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World
Orangutan, Heal Thyself
For the first time, scientists observed a primate in the wild treating a wound with a plant that has medicinal…
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Can I Ask My Mother-in-Law Who My Wife’s Biological Father Is?
Although his wife has long maintained that she doesn’t want to know the identity of her birth father, a reader…
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Magazine
I’m Pregnant, and My Husband Says We Can’t Tell Anyone About the Donor Egg
The magazine’s Ethicist columnist on whether to honor a spouse’s seemingly irrational request about privacy and assisted reproduction.
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World
Getting Dressed for the ‘Muslim Met Gala’
Hasan Minhaj and Ramy Youssef joined hundreds of Muslims dressed to the nines at a morning prayer gathering for the…
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Should I Confront Our Former Minister Over His Plagiarized Sermons?
The magazine’s Ethicist columnist on grace, intellectual property, and pastorly accountability.
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World
We Owe It to Nex Benedict to Do Better by Bullied Teens
There’s much we don’t know about why Nex Benedict, a nonbinary teenager in Owasso, Okla., died a day after a…
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Food
The Deadly Business of Restricting Immigration
In “Brought Forth on This Continent” and “The Last Ships From Hamburg,” people fleeing violence and famine meet resistance in…
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World
Can Domestic Violence Victims Have Safety Without Secrecy?
I once visited a domestic violence shelter in New England. It was a small, nondescript Cape Cod-style house, jammed between…
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Food
Super Snacks for the Super Bowl
Though we’d welcome baked Buffalo wings, bacon-Cheddar dip and Frito pie on any given Sunday.
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