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Is It OK to Let My Relatives Think Their Dead Sister Is Still Alive?

The magazine’s Ethicist columnist on whether to come clean about a well-intended lie.

Business

Older Moviegoers Turn Out for ‘A Man Called Otto’

Ticket sales totaled $15 million over the holiday weekend, fueled by older audiences in the middle of the country.

World

And Now a Few Words About How Power Makes You Weird

Gail Collins: Bret, I promise not to hold you accountable for everything the House Republicans try to do during the…

Business

Auburn Banned TikTok, and Students Can’t Stop Talking About It

The school’s prohibition brings a geopolitical fight front and center for TikTok’s biggest fans: young Americans.

World

The New American Dream? Buying Freedom From Irritation.

When you’ve been covering a topic for a while, you see the same story lines pop up over and over.…

Business

Sex, Death, Affairs: Everything People Would Rather Talk About Than Money

The merits of talking candidly about salary are widely acknowledged. Actually doing it is more complicated.

World

The Romance Novelist Who Faked Her Own Death

There are many ways to make yourself Twitter’s main character for a day, but faking your death might be the…

World

Girl Guides of Canada Drops Brownies Name

The organization adopted a new name, Embers, for the branch after current and former members said that the old one…

Arts

5 Broadway Veterans on Race and Representation in Theater Design

“Theater traffics in unconscious symbolism.” Set designers, lighting designers and a sound designer talk about skin tones, aesthetics and more.

Arts

Jon Meacham Grew Up With Civil War Bullets in His Backyard

The presidential biographer was raised on a battlefield, so when he was dispirited by the state of the union, it…

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