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The Landlords of Social Media Seem Happy to Play the Villain

Why are property owners on social media crowing about the least lovable parts of their job?

This Southern Staple Is Pure Gold

Preparing fresh green beans may be a task, but it yields dividends in this dish.

Longer Commutes, Shorter Lives: The Costs of Not Investing in America

Every morning in21st-century America, thousands of people wake up and prepare to take a cross-country trip. Some are traveling for…

My Wife Once Agreed To an Open Relationship. Can I Hold Her to It?

The magazine’s Ethicist columnist on the pressures of romantic promises and the shifting terms of a marriage.

How Jesmyn Ward Is Reimagining Southern Literature

Jesmyn Ward gestured with her eyes and a tilt of her face, hands on the wheel. “This crazy colored house…

Judge John Hodgman on the Soup Debate

Paul writes: I’m the cook in our house. As summer turns to fall, I like to make hearty soups. But…

Poem: fluid cupid

Credit...Illustration by R. O. BlechmanA longtime postcard poet, Buck Downs has been sending out monthly poems to readers since the…

This Is Not a Taylor Swift Profile

Section 301, In the second-to-highest tier of Levi’s Stadium, floats 105 feet above Santa Clara, Calif. It comprises 251 seats…

I’m an American Living Abroad Permanently. Should I Vote in U.S. Elections?

The magazine’s Ethicist columnist on the implications of casting a ballot in a country you have no plans to return…

Can Usher Turn America On Again (to R.&B.)?

One Saturday evening in February, the night before the Grammys, Usher, Interscope Records and Flipper’s Roller Boogie Palace repurposed the…

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