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Why Are Our Most Important Teachers Paid the Least?
Many preschool teachers live on the edge of financial ruin. Would improving their training — and their pay — improve outcomes for their students?
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A Comfort Food Dish Rich in Friendship
Tofu and quinoa can be just as good for the soul as chicken soup.
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CreditDamon Winter/The New York Times Readers Share Their New York Subway Stories
Readers respond to our cover story about the case for the subway with their own stories about riding the mass- transit system.
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CreditIllustration by Tracy Ma Letter of Recommendation
Letter of Recommendation: Learned League
Life doesn’t present us with many opportunities to put to use the facts that we know for no other reason than that we know them.
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On Dessert
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CreditGentl and Hyers for The New York Times. How Rice Pudding Gave Me Courage
Using intuition can bring delicious surprises.
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CreditJessica Chou for The New York Times Gabrielle Union Isn’t Done Talking About Sexual Assault
The actress on #MeToo, W.E.B. DuBois’ double consciousness and whether or not she’s aged.
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The Ethicist
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CreditIllustration by Tomi Um Should I Accept a Cash Reward for Doing the Right Thing?
The magazine’s Ethicist columnist on whether a good deed is its own reward and more.
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CreditSasha Rudensky for The New York Times The Mystery of the Exiled Billionaire Whistle-Blower
From a penthouse on Central Park, Guo Wengui has exposed a phenomenal web of corruption in China’s ruling elite — if, that is, he’s telling the truth.
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On Technology
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CreditIllustration by Jon Han Learning to Fool Our Algorithmic Spies
Social media has put humanity in touch with a new sort of omniscience — the kind we can easily trick.
