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Portrait of a Place: Sucre, Colombia

Photographer Josefina Santos captures her mother’s hometown, a part of her own identity. By Devine Blacksher

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I’m Still Such a Claudia
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my two cents By Charlotte Cowles ‘I’m Sick of Living With My Boyfriend’s Parents to Save Money’ You have to separate your financial quandary from your relationship quandary.

hot bod Is Hiking the Only Summer Activity That’s Still the Same? Perhaps this is why it’s so popular right now. By Maggie Lange
work Vulnerable Workers on the Stress of Returning to the Office “They basically have the power of life or death over me right now.” By Anna Silman

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the wedding files The Anti-Spectacle Wedding That Turned Into a Spectacle Brooklyn Bridge Park was the site of their first date, proposal, and wedding. gallery By Kaitlin Menza
space of the week Home Is Where This Designer’s Art Is Edward Wilkerson lives among a sophisticated palette of black and white, photos and art, and pieces he’s collected while traveling the world. By Wendy Goodman

television By Kerensa Cadenas I’m Still Such a Claudia Netflix’s The Baby-Sitters Club is a soothing nostalgia balm.

auto-refill A Beauty Editor on the 20 Products She Uses to the Last Drop Maya Allen makes a point of supporting smaller brands and Black-owned businesses. By Daise Bedolla
finer things The Bucket Bag Gets a New Shape Celine updates a classic. By Emilia Petrarca

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How This New Delhi–Based Journalist Gets Her Skin So Good By Daise Bedolla
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How This Social Manager Gets Her Skin So Good By Daise Bedolla

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the wedding files A Night at the Philadelphia Museum of Art The flowers were specially treated to protect the masterpieces. By Kaitlin Menza
space of the week An Artsy Loft in a Former Garage in Hudson Onetime East Village antiques dealer John Eaton has made his home in an industrial space upstate. By Wendy Goodman
blonde ambition Looks Like the Celebs Are Ready for Reopening Quarantine’s over, time to bleach your hair. By Erica Smith

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work 5 Vulnerable Workers on the Anxiety of Returning to the Office “They basically have the power of life or death over me right now.” By Anna Silman
power Breonna Taylor Was Shot and Killed by Police in Her Own Home Yet none of the officers involved in her killing have been arrested, and only one has been fired. By Bridget Read

protests By Claire Lampen How to Support the Struggle Against Police Brutality Organizations to donate to, and other actions to take to help demand justice for George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, and other victims of police violence.

ask a boss ‘My Boss’s Venting Is Stressing Me Out’ He is asking for emotional labor from you that he doesn’t have the right to expect. By Alison Green

power Is It Dangerous to Post Pictures of Protesters’ Faces? As images from protests circulate online, some fear that individuals will become targets. By Madeleine Aggeler

my two cents ‘I’m Sick of Living With My Boyfriend’s Parents’ You have to separate your financial quandary from your relationship quandary. By Charlotte Cowles

how i get it done In April, Minnesota representative Ilhan Omar introduced a bill to cancel rent and mortgage payments in response to the coronavirus pandemic. This month, her district erupted in protests against police brutality sparked by the death of George Floyd. She recently published This Is What America Looks Like, a memoir. Here’s how she gets it done.

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astrology Madame Clairevoyant: Horoscopes for the Week of June 29 Saturn retrogrades back into Capricorn this week — expect to revisit some old lessons you thought you’d already learned. By Claire Comstock-Gay
bunny ebola ‘We Refer to It As Bunny Ebola’ A mysterious, highly infectious virus is causing house rabbits throughout the U.S. to suddenly drop dead. By Claire Lampen

hot bod By Maggie Lange Is Hiking the Only Summer Activity That’s Basically Still the Same? Perhaps this is why it’s so popular right now.

science of us ‘It Can Be Hard to Concentrate or Focus on Something Else’ Three Black mental-health experts explain the toll of violent images and videos. By the Cut

it's complicated I Wanted to Feel Athletic and Hot, So I Dated an Awful Jock We didn’t have anything in common but sex. By Shayna Goodman

what i learned What I Learned About My Parents in Quarantine Biker babe, baseball fan, mimic of machinery noises — they’re so much more than Mom and Dad. By Nate Jones

the bigger picture “I took this portrait of my friends Cloe and Max on the last day before we all went into Quarantine. A group of my friends who live close to me decided to go to the beach one last time before we all separated. There was an almost surreal quality to it — like we all knew that life was going to be a lot different in the coming months."

coronavirus The U.S. Keeps Seeing Record Numbers of Coronavirus Cases On Thursday, over 55,000 new cases were reported across the country. By Claire Lampen, Hannah Gold, and Amanda Arnold
coronavirus Here’s What We Know About Asymptomatic COVID-19 Carriers There’s still a lack of clarity about what an asymptomatic case could mean for the future of one’s health. By Amanda Arnold and Katie Heaney

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culture Who Is Destroying Whom? In I May Destroy You, Michaela Coel examines the layers of power and privilege that are always at play when a person is assaulted. By Sangeeta Singh-Kurtz
they seem cool The Psychedelic Pop Singer Who’s ‘Drawn to Chaotic Good’ Meet Macy Rodman. By Devine Blacksher and Andrew Nguyen

pride essentials By Kerensa Cadenas Kristen Arnett on the Butch Punk Bands That Inspired Her The writer shares some of her biggest influences, from Dorothy Allison to The Baby-Sitters Club.

fixations I Think About This Billy Ray Cyrus Tweet a Lot What was on his mind when he told the world he had “much to think about”? By Claire Lampen

they seem cool The Stylist Who Calls Dries Van Noten ‘Papa Dries’ Meet Amanda Murray. By Devine Blacksher

you know what i heard What Will Become of Olivia Jade? And more in this week’s celebrity gossip column. By Allie Jones

art and soul The Artist Who’s Always Known How to Care for Herself Billie Zangewa on strength, femininity, and the healing nature of domesticity. By Enuma Okoro
the bigger picture See the Second Lives of Drive-in Movie Theaters “People make a purposeful trip to visit these places. They’re invested.” By Gretty Garcia
the bigger picture Taking Back the Lens A collective bolstering visibility in photography invites you to “See in Black.” By the Cut

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