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    What If Working From Home Goes on … Forever?

    Miserable as it can often be, remote work is surprisingly productive — leading many employers to wonder if they’ll ever go back to the office.

    By Clive Thompson

  4. The Ethicist

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    Is It OK to Dump Him Because of His Medical Condition?

    The magazine’s Ethicist columnist on breaking up with someone because of their medical condition, donating money during the pandemic — and more.

    By Kwame Anthony Appiah

  1. Issue 6.14.20

    Behind the Cover: Tech & Design

    For this issue, a look at what it will take for scientists to find a treatment and vaccine for Covid-19.

  2. Poem: Lion

    A poem that asks our most present questions: What comes next? Who knows what?

    By Patricia Kirkpatrick and Naomi Shihab Nye

  3. Screenland

    The Hollow Inspiration of ‘Some Good News’

    The pandemic sparked chin-up gestures like a ‘good news’ YouTube channel. Two months later, mere gestures seem pretty empty.

    By Alex Norcia

  4. Judge John Hodgman on Pronouncing Names With an Accent

    My partner wants to connect our cats to their Rhode Island roots. Should I pronounce their names without an R sound?

  5. At War

    The Army Was Open to Replacing Confederate Base Names. Then Trump Said No.

    “My Administration will not even consider the renaming of these Magnificent and Fabled Military Installations,” President Trump tweeted Wednesday.

    By John Ismay

  6. Beyond the World War II We Know

    How a BMW and a Truck Full of Leather Shoes Helped Me Get to America

    After World War II, I spent three years in a displaced persons camp, trading everything I could until I saved enough money to start over in the United States.

    By Jack Oltuski and Romy Oltuski

  7. Tip

    How to Wheat-Paste Posters

    Thin paper allows the paste to seep through. Amplify the work of artists from the neighborhood where you’re postering.

    By Malia Wollan

  8. Issue 6.7.20

    Behind the Cover: William Barr

    For this issue, a look at the attorney general's long-held expansive view of presidential power and how he is putting his theories to work.

  9. At War

    Serving in the Army as a Queer Black Man Opened My Eyes to Racism in America

    I started filming the protests in New York so I could draw attention to the realities of black America that I was first exposed to during my military service.

    By Richard Brookshire and John Ismay

  10. at war

    Afghan War Casualty Report: June 2020

    At least 75 pro-government forces and 42 civilians have been killed in Afghanistan so far this month.

    By Fahim Abed