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Giving Brooklyn Nonprofits a Bigger Piece of the Pie
The Brooklyn Community Foundation has awarded grants to organizations in the borough, including the Workers Justice Project, which aids delivery…
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Magazine
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.
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Science
Let’s Hack the Universe
A popular cosmological theory holds that we live in a vast computer simulation. So how hard could it be to…
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Food
Sickle Cell Cure Brings Mix of Anxiety and Hope
Some people who have long lived with the disease say they worry about living as a healthy person, while others…
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World
China’s Economy Stumbled Last Year With Covid Lockdowns Hobbling Growth
New government data shows that growth for the year fell far short of Beijing’s goal. With Covid curbs lifted but…
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US
In Montecito, the Million-Dollar Views Still Come With Mudslide Risks
MONTECITO, Calif. — Roads flooded, trees toppled, creeks raged and residents braced for the deadly catastrophe they knew could come.…
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News
Diversity Trainings Try to Change Hearts and Minds. That’s a Mistake.
Diversity trainings have been around for decades, long before the country’s latest round of racial reckoning. But after George Floyd’s…
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World
Germany Appoints New Defense Minister as Pressure Mounts Over Ukraine
BERLIN — Chancellor Olaf Scholz has tapped Boris Pistorius, the interior minister of one of Germany’s largest states, to become…
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World
Hummus, Tahini and Other Tastes of Home in Jerusalem’s Old City
A local provides a throw-away-the-map food tour of the Muslim quarter, offering a window into the city that tourists rarely…
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News
The Trouble With Paradise
One day in my 20s, several decades ago, I got on a plane in New York City and flew across…