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12 Recipes for Pickles, No Canning Required
By MARK BITTMAN
As long as they’re eaten within a week or two, there are countless pickles that you can make quickly and easily.
How One Lawyer’s Crusade Could Change Football Forever
By MICHAEL SOKOLOVE
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The N.F.L. is more popular — and more profitable — than ever. But its coming settlement over brain injuries could lay the groundwork that pushes the sport to the margins of American culture.
Inside the Vigilante Fight Against Boko Haram
By ALEXIS OKEOWO
Benedicte Kurzen/Noor Images
Abba Aji Kalli at his Civilian Joint Task Force office in Maiduguri, Nigeria.
As their military struggles to combat the Islamist terrorist group, everyday Nigerians have formed citizen battalions to defend their towns. But have they gone too far?
My Captivity
By THEO PADNOS
Andrea Modica for The New York Times
Theo Padnos.
In 2012, the author was kidnapped in Syria by the Nusra Front. After months of beatings and torture, he was certain he would be executed. Instead, he lived to tell this tale.
Alex Prager for The New York Times
Christopher Nolan
The Exacting, Expansive Mind of Christopher Nolan
By GIDEON LEWIS-KRAUS
With “Interstellar,” the director once again creates mass entertainment out of mind-bending fantasy.
The Biggest Ship in the World (Though It Isn’t Exactly a Ship)
By ROBERT SULLIVAN
Technically, this monstrous natural-gas refinery is a “floating facility,” not a “ship,” but c’mon.
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Bernard Hopkins hardening his core at Joe Hand Boxing Gym in North Philadelphia.
Bernard Hopkins, Boxing’s Oldest – and Most Cunning – Champion
By CARLO ROTELLA
The 49-year-old fighter is known for using his mental acumen to weaken, and eventually defeat, his opponents in the ring.
Columns
Lives
The Good Student in North Korea
By SUKI KIM
I was an English instructor, but what was I really teaching?
It's the Economy
Will the LeBron James Stimulus Be Good for Cleveland?
By BINYAMIN APPELBAUM
Some locals are hoping King James’s return will revive the city’s economy, but experts say these predictions are wildly inflated and unlikely to last.
Eureka
The Astonishing Weaponry of Dung Beetles
By DOUGLAS EMLEN
Animal arms races always unfold in the same way. But those with the biggest weapons don’t always win.
Essay
Treating Ebola Without Fear
By ABRAHAM VERGHESE
A doctor reflects on his history with infectious disease.
The Ethicist
Is It Wrong to Divulge a Secret to Protect Someone’s Honor?
By CHUCK KLOSTERMAN
Say nothing; pay something.
Talk
Megan Smith: ‘You Can Affect Billions of People’
Interview by SUSAN DOMINUS
The chief technology officer of the United States is bringing a Silicon Valley ethos to Washington.
From The Archive
12 Minutes of Freedom in 460 Days of Captivity
Amanda Lindhout’s 2013 account of her abduction in Somalia.
Old Masters at the Top of Their Game
Photographs by ERIK MADIGAN HECK
After 80, some people don’t retire. They reign.
Photo Essay
Rise and Shine
Photographs by HANNAH WHITAKER
What do kids around the world eat for breakfast? It’s as likely to be coffee or kimchi as it is a sugary cereal.
Forty Portraits in Forty Years
Photographs by NICHOLAS NIXON
The Brown sisters have been photographed every year since 1975. The latest image in the series is published here for the first time.
Look
Let a Hundred McMansions Bloom
Photographs by GEORGE STEINMETZ
Converting Chinese rice fields into luxury villas.
Photo Essay
The Women of West Point
Few collegians work as hard as the U.S. Military Academy’s 786 female cadets.
Photo Essay
On the Ground in Israel and Gaza
Photographs by PAOLO PELLEGRIN and PETER VAN AGTMAEL; TEXT by JODI RUDOREN
Two photographers capture scenes from the most recent outbreak of war.
Look
How a Pair of Twins Redrew an Iconic Photograph With Camera-Like Precision
Photographs by DAVID LA SPINA
With the help of a 30-pound “concave easel,” Trevor and Ryan Oakes are creating a handmade version of an Edward Steichen original.
Look
Staking Out the Great White Shark
Photographs by MICHAEL MULLER
A rare photograph of a nighttime breach.
Look
Before Learning to Crawl, You Must Learn to Swim
Photographs by SETH CASTEEL
Underwater photographs of infants learning to swim.
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