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China Has a Plan for Its Housing Crisis. Here’s Why It’s Not Enough.

A new approach by China’s top leaders is bold but pales against the problem: a vast number of empty apartments…

Politics

A Dreamy Bean Dip in Under 30 Minutes

Topped with deeply browned onions, this snack is as simple or complex as you make it.

Arts

‘Butcher’ Tells the (Mostly) True Story of a Very Bad Gynecologist

Through the lens of a 19th-century doctor, Joyce Carol Oates explores gothic medical horror.

World

An Ex-President, a Senator and the Center of the (Legal) Universe

Manhattan is playing host to two of the biggest political trials in American history. The courthouses are just 500 feet…

World

Loneliness Is a Problem That A.I. Won’t Solve

When I was reporting my ed tech series, I stumbled on one of the most disturbing things I’ve read in…

Politics

How the Language of TV is Influencing How We See Ourselves

TikTok has spawned a curious new way of understanding ordinary life: villain arcs, main character energy and seasons.

Arts

Hades II’s Eternal Pursuit of a Tantalizing Past

The video game sequel’s central character struggles to exhume the memory of her former life. Out of the pandemic, our…

World

Why You Can Hear the Temperature of Water

A science video maker in China couldn’t find a good explanation for why hot and cold water sound different, so…

Politics

Your Neighbors Are Retiring in Their 30s. Why Can’t You?

Even before he really knew what it meant, Allen Wong wanted to be rich. As a kid, he didn’t yet…

World

The Best College Is One Where You Don’t Fit In

This time of year, college campuses like the one where I live fill up with high school seniors preparing to…

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