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  1. the body politic
    Stacey Abrams On Finishing the Job In Georgia“It can be undone just as quickly and as effectively as we did it.”
    By Rebecca Traister
  2. four long years
    The Birth of an Extraordinary Modern Progressive MovementThe last four years have been an era of radical right-wing rule in Washington — and of remarkable left-wing populist response.
    By Rebecca Traister
  3. abortion rights
    We Know Exactly How Amy Coney Barrett Feels About AbortionDon’t let Republicans pretend otherwise.
    By Sen. Elizabeth Warren
  4. cut covers
    Barefoot in QuarantineIna Garten has served up comfort and cocktails for decades. We need that more than ever.
    By Matthew Schneier
  5. first person
    Aching for AbolitionAs a survivor of sexual violence, I know prison isn’t the answer.
    By Camonghne Felix
  6. q&a
    How a Marriage Survives a CultSarah Edmondson and Nippy Ames, stars of the HBO docuseries The Vow, on escaping NXIVM and what came after.
    By Anna Silman
  7. first person
    Buying Myself BackWhen does a model own her own image?
    By Emily Ratajkowski
  8. back to school
    You Could Get Us All Sent HomeCollege students have been left to police each other for COVID infractions, fostering a climate of paranoia, finger-pointing, and mistrust.
    By Anna Silman
  9. the lost season
    Miuccia Prada Is Too Wise for Post-Pandemic Predictions“Designers cannot change the economic system.”
    By Cathy Horyn
  10. cut covers
    Chika Is for LoversBut even lovers have their limits.
    By Kiana Fitzgerald
  11. power
    Corey Couldn’t Take It AnymoreA Yale cafeteria worker smashed a monument to slavery, and changed an institution.
    By Quiara Alegría Hudes
  12. family
    Why Did These YouTubers Give Away Their Son?Myka and James Stauffer adopted a toddler from China and shared every step of the process with their online audience. Except the last.
    By Caitlin Moscatello
  13. overloaded
    When Becky Yells at YouAn excerpt from Shayla Lawson’s new book, This Is Major, about working alongside a white woman with a massive inferiority complex.
    By Shayla Lawson
  14. rise and fall
    When We Were Bread HeadsWhat did we want from sourdough? And did we get it after all?
    By Matthew Schneier
  15. write it
    How These Writers Got a Literary AgentEight writers on finding the best person to represent their work.
    By the Cut
  16. encounter
    ‘We Saw This Problem Coming’Lauren Underwood, the youngest Black woman to ever serve in Congress, on remote legislating during a pandemic.
    By Rebecca Traister
  17. fiction
    Fleishman Is in Lockdown: A Short Story by Taffy Brodesser-AknerA sequel, exclusive to the Cut, in which Dr. Toby Fleishman works through the pandemic at a New York hospital.
    By Taffy Brodesser-Akner
  18. what i learned
    Making a New Kind of Space for Each Other“I was born Black. We strive every day to have just a glimmer of hope,” my partner tells me.
    By Carl Swanson
  19. photography
    The Afterlife of George Floyd: A Portfolio by Photographer Eli ReedAmerican iconography of a death, history and a Black southern homecoming.
    By Chaédria LaBouvier
  20. parenting
    The Sacrifice Black Children Shouldn’t Have to MakeThis country prizes Black children’s precocity — insists on it, even, much of the time.
    By Stacia Brown
  21. breonna taylor
    A Mother’s Birthday Tribute to Breonna Taylor“It’s hard to breathe without her.”
    As told to Angelina Chapin
  22. profile
    Surviving It AllShe’s 92, made it through the Holocaust, and set off for a cruise around the world in February.
    By Rebecca Traister
  23. celebrity
    Has Isolation Left You Starved for Gossip?Lainey Gossip’s Elaine Lui on what we can learn from celebrity scuttlebutt in a pandemic.
    By Emilia Petrarca
  24. first person
    The Spaces Between UsWhen friends and neighbors run for the hills, small differences in wealth suddenly loom large.
    By Lisa Miller
  25. first person
    ‘They Separated Me From My Baby’Hospitals are keeping newborns from their parents over coronavirus fears.
    By Irin Carmon
  26. cut covers
    Rah-Rah, BitchesLa’Darius Marshall is the real breakout star of Cheer.
    By Bobby Finger
  27. relationships
    Dating in CaptivityGo ahead and reinstall Tinder in self-isolation. Or, if that doesn’t work, join a virtual sext bunker.
    By Allison P. Davis
  28. dining in
    Just Give In to Alison RomanNow is a great time to accept her culinary authority.
    By Molly Fischer
  29. 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
  30. coronavirus
    How Do You Prepare to Give Birth in a Pandemic?Planning for birth when no one knows anything.
    By Irin Carmon
  31. coronavirus
    A City of BodiesThe week we started hoarding beans.
    By Molly Fischer
  32. feature
    Two Lost DaughtersMari Gilbert’s life, transformed by the death of one daughter, was ended by another.
    By Robert Kolker
  33. politics
    Bernie’s Wife Is the Original SandernistaFor richer or poorer, Jane Sanders married a movement.
    By Bridget Read
  34. science of us
    ‘Light Is My New Drug’The actually convincing science of photomedicine.
    By Melissa Dahl
  35. spring 2020 fashion issue
    Will the Millennial Aesthetic Ever End?Investigating the undying tyranny of terrazzo.
    By Molly Fischer
  36. 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
  37. encounter
    Songs for Feeling Your FeelingsSoccer Mommy writes through her life on Color Theory.
    By Lindsay Zoladz
  38. feature
    The Stolen Kids of Sarah LawrenceWhat happened to the group of bright college students who fell under the sway of a classmate’s father?
    By Ezra Marcus and James D. Walsh
  39. first person
    Replaying My ShameThirteen years later, what happened at Gawker isn’t going away.
    By Emily Gould
  40. where's the party
    Brunch With Extra Sausage (NSFW)One Sunday afternoon with male strippers and an omelet bar.
    By Allison P. Davis
  41. 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
  42. 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
  43. oscars 2020
    The Night I Crashed Colin Firth’s Oscar MomentToday, I still feel a remorseful twinge.
    By Nell Scovell
  44. 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
  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. 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
  47. 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
  48. fiction
    See It SlantWhen I was 19, a girl named K showed me what I was missing. Then she disappeared.
    By C Pam Zhang
  49. first person
    The Healthiest Baby I’ve Ever HadHere we go again, I thought, after the doctor told me there was a problem.
    By Jen Gann
  50. feature
    A Year’s Diary of Climate ReckoningSome scientists say the best way to combat climate change is to talk about it. For 2019, my New Year’s resolution was to do just that.
    By Emily Raboteau
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