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One Great Story

The one story you shouldn’t miss today, selected by New York’s editors.

from the wings

Life As a Millennial Stage Mom

 A journey into the cutthroat and adorable world of professional child actors. podcast By Lauren Hilgers
palisades fire

I Saw the Beginning of Hell

 What started as small flames engulfed my city and my life. By Lucy Sherriff
social studies

The Next Drug Epidemic Is Blue Raspberry Flavored

 How Galaxy Gas became synonymous with the country’s burgeoning addiction to gas. podcast By Ezra Marcus

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  1. diary of a hospital
    Diary of a Hospital: A Head Nurse’s Burden“I don’t want to play God.”
    As told to Anna Silman
  2. best of new york
    101 Things We Hope to Eat Again SoonCelebrating restaurants at a time when they can use all the support they can get.
    By Robin Raisfeld and Rob Patronite
  3. coronavirus
    Why Did an Expert Who Warned About COVID-19 Have So Much Trouble Being Heard?Though we often feel that we live in a sea of panic, it may be that the general din prevents us from hearing most important warning cries.
    By David Wallace-Wells
  4. the simulation
    I Can’t See My Family Right Now, So I Rebuilt Them As SimsAs the world around me falls to shit, what I really want is simulated quotidian life.
    By Rachel Handler
  5. dining in
    Just Give In to Alison RomanNow is a great time to accept her culinary authority.
    By Molly Fischer
  6. coronavirus
    ‘We’re Flying Blind’: Why Testing for Coronavirus Antibodies Will MatterInfectious-disease reporter Laurie Garrett shares her thoughts on PPE supply chains, COVID-19 reinfection fears, and the limits of current testing.
    By James D. Walsh
  7. buffering
    What Happens Now for the TV Industry?The entire TV business has come to a halt because of the coronavirus. Here are five proposals for what to do next.
    By Josef Adalian
  8. coronavirus
    Getting By With a Little Help From My Friends“Social distancing” is turning to “remote leaning” on my social circle. It’s been vital.
    By Lindsay Zoladz
  9. coronavirus
    How Do You Prepare to Give Birth in a Pandemic?Planning for birth when no one knows anything.
    By Irin Carmon
  10. coronavirus
    Come On, You Live in a SocietyBelieve it or not, your actions affect other people.
    By Sarah Jones
  11. crime
    The Stabbing in Morningside ParkEvery generation, a crime tells a new story about New York. The murder of Tessa Majors is ours.
    By Lisa Miller
  12. coronavirus
    A City of BodiesThe week we started hoarding beans.
    By Molly Fischer
  13. feature
    Two Lost DaughtersMari Gilbert’s life, transformed by the death of one daughter, was ended by another.
    By Robert Kolker
  14. profile
    The Disaster ArtistEmily St. John Mandel’s Station Eleven is speaking to our pandemic-frenzied moment. Her new book is even bleaker.
    By Hillary Kelly
  15. coronavirus
    When the Coronavirus Came to a Right-wing Pep RallyCOVID-19 made its first appearance on the American political landscape at CPAC. There has been a lot of fallout.
    By Ben Jacobs
  16. politics
    Bernie’s Wife Is the Original SandernistaFor richer or poorer, Jane Sanders married a movement.
    By Bridget Read
  17. coronavirus
    Why Is Pandemic Fiction So Comforting Right Now?The coronavirus crisis is terrifying. Contagion is a surprisingly soothing way to grapple with that fear.
    By Kathryn VanArendonk
  18. coronavirus
    Bicycling in Sichuan Under the Shadow of CoronavirusI tried to escape the stultifying paranoia of the surveillance state by bicycling in the countryside. Instead, it followed me there.
    By Lauren Teixeira
  19. science of us
    ‘Light Is My New Drug’The actually convincing science of photomedicine.
    By Melissa Dahl
  20. spring 2020 fashion issue
    Will the Millennial Aesthetic Ever End?Investigating the undying tyranny of terrazzo.
    By Molly Fischer
  21. politics
    Katie Hill, After the ScandalHer rise to Congress heralded the arrival of a new and modern political generation. And then the pictures leaked.
    By Caitlin Moscatello
  22. vision 2020
    Inside Bloomberg’s $6-Million-a-Day Spoiler CampaignThe ego and the altruism of the would-be savior of the Democratic Party.
    By Vanessa Grigoriadis
  23. abortion
    The Next Big Abortion Case Comes Down to John RobertsClinics and their attorneys must appeal to Chief Justice Roberts, a devout Catholic who has never voted against an abortion restriction.
    By Irin Carmon
  24. encounter
    Songs for Feeling Your FeelingsSoccer Mommy writes through her life on Color Theory.
    By Lindsay Zoladz
  25. first person
    Replaying My ShameThirteen years later, what happened at Gawker isn’t going away.
    By Emily Gould
  26. the industry
    The 2016 Election Changed Podcasting. Will Podcasting Change the 2020 Election?The medium has exploded in the last four years. What are voters hearing?
    By Nicholas Quah
  27. skin-care
    Kevin Coughlin In 'Maryjane
    Everything You Wanted to Know About the Drugstore: A Conversation With ExpertsIncluding an internist’s tip for buying generic drugs, a pediatrician’s case for off-brand Band-Aids, and a hairstylist on the best at-home hair dye.
    By Charlotte Klein
  28. where’s the party
    Brunch With Extra Sausage (NSFW)One Sunday afternoon with male strippers and an omelet bar.
    By Allison P. Davis
  29. language
    Why Do Corporations Speak the Way They Do?The pernicious spread of garbage language.
    By Molly Young
  30. sports
    The Most Famous High School Basketball Team in the WorldThe children of LeBron James and Dwyane Wade play for the same L.A. prep school — and they’re not the only future first-round picks.
    By Reeves Wiedeman
  31. power
    The Immoderate Susan CollinsAfter a long career voting across the aisle, why did the Maine senator gamble her legacy on Trump?
    By Rebecca Traister
  32. media
    A Visit With Andrew Neil, The Spectator’s Publisher and Boris Johnson’s Old BossThe TV interviewer and chairman of Britain’s ancient conservative magazine is taking a whack at America.
    By Shawn McCreesh
  33. nyfw fall 2020
    Alive and Kicking at Marc JacobsThe designer staged a dance-based show that evoked the past but felt entirely modern.
    By Cathy Horyn
  34. the law
    We Now Have a Perfect Symbol of Trump and Barr’s Badly Damaged DOJThe actions of Trump’s newly installed U.S. Attorney in Washington, D.C., reek of political influence.
    By Barbara McQuade
  35. oscars 2020
    How Parasite Pulled Off Its History-Making Best Picture WinIt was both the best film and the film of the moment.
    By Nate Jones
  36. obits
    What Does It Mean to Mourn the Golden Age of Hollywood?On Kirk Douglas, his noir legacy, and the ways we reckon with legends.
    By Angelica Jade Bastién
  37. oscars 2020
    The Night I Crashed Colin Firth’s Oscar MomentToday, I still feel a remorseful twinge.
    By Nell Scovell
  38. fame
    Meghan Markle’s Ambitions Are Bigger Than RoyaltyShe’s inverting the Disney dream of a prince whisking her away to a castle; now the princess is ready to make her own empire.
    By Vanessa Grigoriadis
  39. public health
    Who Thought Sucking on a Battery Was a Good Idea?Millions of Americans, some of them teens who never would’ve picked up a cigarette, are vaping. Last year’s panic might be the least of our worries.
    By Stephen S. Hall
  40. that feeling when
    If You Can Say It, You Can Feel ItSome scientists believe we have infinite emotions, so long as we can name them.
    By Melissa Dahl
  41. sundance 2020
    When Documentaries Make You Question EverythingThis year’s slate of Sundance docs is unusually focused on narrative control: who has it, who demands it, and what happens when it changes hands.
    By Bilge Ebiri
  42. close reads
    The Good Place’s Final TwistEverything ends, we don’t know exactly what that looks like, and that’s okay.
    By Kathryn VanArendonk
  43. cityscape
    Every Plan to Fix Penn Station, RankedMore than 30 years’ worth of schemes, renderings, misfires, and good intentions.
    By Justin Davidson
  44. vision 2020
    Amy Klobuchar Might Finally Have Some Momentum. But Is It Too Late to Matter?Amy Klobuchar is rising in polls and her campaign says she’s coming on strong in Iowa. For what it’s worth, her opponents don’t seem scared yet.
    By Gabriel Debenedetti
  45. testing testing
    Mommy Can’t Talk Right Now — She’s Dopamine FastingI tried the Silicon Valley trend and came up with a better idea.
    By Rebecca Harrington
  46. grammys 2020
    The Grammys Can’t Go On Like ThisThe show needed to be caustic and political, but calamity had other plans.
    By Craig Jenkins
  47. profile
    Vivian Gornick Doesn’t Get the HypeThe 84-year-old memoirist has a newfound audience, but she’s skeptical of their adoration.
    By Nora Caplan-Bricker
  48. first person
    When I Moved to Saudi Arabia as a Kid, Boxing Saved MeI was furious and isolated. Then I discovered Muhammad Ali.
    By Hilal Isler
  49. in conversation
    Frank Gehry Doesn’t Know How to RetireIn conversation with the most famous architect alive, who’s fully engaged and working nonstop as he turns 91.
    By Justin Davidson
  50. vision 2020
    One of the Iowa Contenders Could Beat Trump, Right?Two weeks out from the caucus, it’s an unprecedented four-way deadlock. Ready, set, go!
    By Gabriel Debenedetti
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