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Culture & Lifestyle

How my white family fed me stereotypes alongside the pictures of my Black birth father

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Culture & Lifestyle

Reading the same books to my son was getting old — until I noticed something I'd missed

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Georgia's runoff shows how a new 'Southern Strategy' could reconstruct America

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I used to think my anxiety about taking time off was paranoid. Now I know better.

A graphic feature chronicling true COVID-19 tales. Words by Ethan Sacks and art by Dalibor Talajić, in partnership with AWA.

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Image: Anti-Brexit protesters demonstrate outside the Houses of Parliament in London

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The cruel truth is Brexit's broken promises provide less independence, not more

James RodgersJan. 1, 2021 / 4:31 AM EST

Image: Photos of Roger Lextrait when he lived, in total isolation, on an atoll 100 miles from Hawaii.

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I agreed to live alone on a desert island for a year. Here's how I stayed for eight.

Roger LextraitDec. 31, 2020 / 4:30 AM EST

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What many Covid survivors have in common with chronic illness survivors like me

Caira ConnerDec. 30, 2020 / 4:32 AM EST

Dr. Jason Sample and Dr. Carlos Arauja-Preze.

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My son is an ICU doctor. I feel like the father of a soldier in a war zone.

Jack SampleDec. 29, 2020 / 5:11 PM EST

Illustration of man in backpack climbing mountains by himself. Other students in the distance walk on flat ground.

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My father's murder disrupted my education. But I survived and got back on track.

Oghenechovwe Donald EkpekiDec. 29, 2020 / 4:32 AM EST / Updated Dec. 29, 2020 / 4:33 AM EST

Healthcare workers at John H. Stroger Jr. Hospital clap and cheer as they watch the U.S. Navy's Blue Angels flight demonstration squadron fly over Chicago on May 12, 2020.

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The case for making Jan. 1, 2021, the first official Covid Memorial Day

Dan ArielyDec. 28, 2020 / 3:33 PM EST

Image: A woman, going through stages of grief, looks out a sunny window while crying in the shadow of her room; she receives flowers from a friend, and cries at her desk.

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You don't survive a parent's death. You just keep living after they're gone.

Jenni MillerDec. 27, 2020 / 4:30 AM EST

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THINKing about how we survived one of the worst years ever — and what happens next

Image: Rows of streets show dark houses with one lit up in Christmas lights.

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I knew this Christmas was going to be awful. And then I saw my neighbor's Christmas lights.

Little boy looking at store window on Christmas

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I was wrong to ban Christmas in my home. Now I'm welcoming it.

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NORAD is tracking more than Santa this year. It's showing kids how Covid spreads.

Director Tommy Oliver

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Tommy Oliver: We have to learn what Philly did to MOVE, to keep it from happening again

COVID-19 social distancing

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Covid is encouraging a hierarchy of grievance — but what we really need is compassion

From left, Abby (Kristen Stewart), Tipper (Mary Steenburgen), and Ted (Victor Garber), in "Happiest Season."

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Happy holidays! Socially distanced celebrations are a gift to queer families like mine

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The essay I wish I could have read when I was a 22-year-old virgin

Judi KettelerDec. 12, 2020 / 4:30 AM EST

Image: Alyssa Milano on a cut out photo of crosses marking those who died of Covid in Louisiana, with red dots floating.

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Getting Covid shattered my illusion of safety — and changed the way I look at the world

Alyssa MilanoDec. 11, 2020 / 5:28 AM EST

March For Our Lives In Washington, DC

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There's a double standard when it comes to older parents. And moms like me lose.

Amy KleinDec. 10, 2020 / 4:30 AM EST

2020 Vanity Fair Oscar Party Hosted By Radhika Jones - Roaming Arrivals

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Don't get Mindy Kaling's non-ethnic kids' names? Ask someone whose name you've butchered

Ranjana SrinivasanDec. 8, 2020 / 4:16 PM EST

Stephanie Ruhle with her family.

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My entire family's Covid diagnosis was a terrifying pandemic wake-up call

Stephanie RuhleDec. 7, 2020 / 9:53 AM EST

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Because my parents came here legally, DACA doesn't protect me. That's not fair.

Dip PatelDec. 4, 2020 / 4:32 AM EST

Image: University of Montana students take a socially distanced Introduction to Natural Chemistry final exam in Missoula

Tommy Martino / AP

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Grades no longer define success for many college students. Covid shows why.

Mansee KhuranaNov. 29, 2020 / 1:28 PM EST

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