Hamptons Behaving Badly
In this installment: The Tale of the Sag Harbor Squatter
Watch Your Step
A Harvard medical professor gets to the root of the 10,000-steps-per-day fad, and it has nothing to do with science
Fawlt Lines
The newest wave of political correctness infects the BBC—and takes away from the Black Lives Matter movement’s urgent cause
1963 All Over Again
Courtney and Corrie Cockrell, grandnieces of the assassinated civil-rights hero Medgar Evers, consider his legacy through the lens of George Floyd
FOSO: Fear of Standing Out
Online, the only thing worse than not showing solidarity with an important cause is showing it in the wrong way
My Name Is Karen …
… and I do not want to speak to your manager
The New King of All Media
Scott Galloway, one half of the must-listen podcast Pivot, is everywhere these days, railing against big tech and spreading big ideas
Not Their First Rodeo
Houston’s black cowboys and cowgirls ride for Black Lives Matter, and champion their unheralded legacy
Burn After Reading
In a baffling twist of fate, a new study reveals that smokers are less likely to get the coronavirus than those who abstain
Social (Media) Unrest
For twentysomething protesters, passions run high. Not just in the streets but also on Instagram
Sex and the System
In New York and in red-light districts around the world, intimacy just got even more complicated
Bleach Party
For enterprising hoteliers, paranoia is the new sustainability
Nazi Lockdown
The German occupation crushed ordinary life in Paris as its citizens hid from the “brown plague”
Putin on the Fritz?
Russia’s strongman fights the coronavirus invasion with faked data and in retreat
Living Your Best Lockdown
If practical advice from even Gwyneth Paltrow herself (!) can’t improve your situation … well, you’re on your own
Don’t Call It a Comeback
Where are they now? Wishing you a happy birthday (or anniversary, etc.) for a fee on Cameo
Office Affairs
“Work from home” puts an end to Christmas-party high jinks and watercooler romances
Why Is No One Talking About Polio?
The disease infected thousands when it tore through the U.S. Sixty-five years later, we’re back to where we were pre-vaccine
School’s Out For … Ever?
With distance learning as the new status quo, the most privileged New York parents are seeking alternative arrangements
From FOMO to FOGO
What happens when social distancing gives way to the return of social commitments?
2016 and All That
A very English take on Donald Trump
How About a Dose of Common Sense?
The anti-vax movement may derail a coronavirus recovery
Mount Everest Goes Red
During a global lockdown, Chinese scientists take over the world’s highest mountain
Unmasked Ball
Cocaine, ketamine, models, and music: New York City’s underground party scene carries on during the pandemic
