Our Feel-Good War on Breast Cancer

I used to believe that a mammogram saved my life. I even wrote that in the pages of this magazine. It was 1996, and I had just turned 35 when my doctor sent me for an initial screening — a relatively common practice at the time — that would serve as...

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The 6th Floor Blog: Behind the Cover Story: Peggy Orenstein on Rethinking Her Stance on Mammograms

Peggy Orenstein, a contributing writer for the magazine, wrote this week's cover article on the public-relations machine fueling breast-cancer awareness and what it means for patients' health. She is the author of several books, most recently "Cinderella...

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Look: The Largest Falcon Hospital in the World

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Our Feel-Good War on Breast Cancer

I used to believe that a mammogram saved my life. I even wrote that in the pages of this magazine. It was 1996, and I had just turned 35 when my doctor sent me for an initial screening — a relatively common practice at the time — that would serve as...

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Eat: Mushroom Bruschetta That Can Carry a Meal

William Brinson for The New York Times; Food stylist: Suzanne Lenzer. Prop stylist: Maeve Sheridan. The waitress placed a steak knife on the table, and everyone's eyebrows went up. No one had ordered steak. There was an appetizer course coming....

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The 6th Floor Blog: Playing With Light in the Darkness

Every other year, the Festival des Arts Visuels, which is devoted to photography and held in Vevey, Switzerland, selects an artist to receive $42,000 to fund a new project. As a member of the festival's jury last week, I helped review the work of 750...

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Our Feel-Good War on Breast Cancer

I used to believe that a mammogram saved my life. I even wrote that in the pages of this magazine. It was 1996, and I had just turned 35 when my doctor sent me for an initial screening — a relatively common practice at the time — that would serve as...

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The 6th Floor Blog: The Exploding Floral Inevitable

It seemed like a never-ending winter this year in the Northeast. Every time warm weather emerged in the past few weeks, another blast of cold quickly followed, leaving us skeptical as to whether spring would ever really come. Perhaps that's one of the...

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The 6th Floor Blog: Pop Relief From the Generationals

Innocence was regained for an hour or so last night during a late set by the New Orleans duo the Generationals at the Bowery Ballroom onthe Lower East Side. They've been roaming the indie circuit for a few years, and a couple of their songs — "When They...

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Eat: Mushroom Bruschetta That Can Carry a Meal

William Brinson for The New York Times; Food stylist: Suzanne Lenzer. Prop stylist: Maeve Sheridan. The waitress placed a steak knife on the table, and everyone's eyebrows went up. No one had ordered steak. There was an appetizer course coming....

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The 6th Floor Blog: Behind the Cover Story: Brian Stelter on the Drama at the ‘Today’ Show

Brian Stelter, a media reporter for The Times, wrote this week's cover article about the struggle to save the "Today" show. His new book, "Top of the Morning," comes out tomorrow. This article is adapted from your new book about morning television....

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The 6th Floor Blog: When Is a Chimp Not a Chimp?

Up there on my totally mundane list of repeat New Year's resolutions each year, right after "drink more water," is "listen to more podcasts." I know there's great stuff happening out there in podcastland — I just haven't succeeded in carving out a regular...

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It’s the Economy: Who Says New York Is Not Affordable?

One of the first things you learn when living in New York is that what qualifies as wealthy somewhere else seems barely middle-class here. On the Upper West Side, where I live, it's hard not to feel as if Manhattan is impossibly expensive for young...

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Even Violent Drug Cartels Fear God

Dominic Bracco II/Prime, for The New York Times The Rev. Robert Coogan waits to exit the prison in Saltillo, Mexico. More Photos » Early on a December morning, Robert Coogan pulled his red Chevy hatchback into the parking lot of the state prison...

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Look: Making Art With Tom Waits

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The 6th Floor Blog: Revisiting Chechnya

Like everyone else, I woke this morning to news of the shootout and the manhunt in Boston, which was soon followed by the revelation that the two suspects were Chechen — or born to Chechen parents — and that they were raised, before coming to the United...

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Even Violent Drug Cartels Fear God

Dominic Bracco II/Prime, for The New York Times The Rev. Robert Coogan waits to exit the prison in Saltillo, Mexico. More Photos » Early on a December morning, Robert Coogan pulled his red Chevy hatchback into the parking lot of the state prison...

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Look: Making Art With Tom Waits

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The 6th Floor Blog: Revisiting Chechnya

Like everyone else, I woke this morning to news of the shootout and the manhunt in Boston, which was soon followed by the revelation that the two suspects were Chechen — or born to Chechen parents — and that they were raised, before coming to the United...

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Even Violent Drug Cartels Fear God

Dominic Bracco II/Prime, for The New York Times The Rev. Robert Coogan waits to exit the prison in Saltillo, Mexico. More Photos » Early on a December morning, Robert Coogan pulled his red Chevy hatchback into the parking lot of the state prison...

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Look: Making Art With Tom Waits

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The 6th Floor Blog: Revisiting Chechnya

Like everyone else, I woke this morning to news of the shootout and the manhunt in Boston, which was soon followed by the revelation that the two suspects were Chechen — or born to Chechen parents — and that they were raised, before coming to the United...

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The 6th Floor Blog: The Long Celebrity Profile: Endangered, Yes, but Not Yet Dead

Recently on the Arts Beat blog, Dwight Garner recommended three collections of classic celebrity profiles — all of which, he notes, were "written before the celebrity-industrial complex was fully formed, when a journalist could still push past an...

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The 6th Floor Blog: Introducing The Daily Dog-Ear

Starting today, The Daily Dog-Ear will appear weekdays on The 6th Floor. It will be a brief post and link from someone at the magazine about something excellent on the Internet — it won't always be a lengthy read, although it could be, because, naturally,...

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The 6th Floor Blog: If Only All Our Cover Stories Could Inspire Music Videos This Awesome

Ruth Padawer's cover article last August on cross-dressing children initiated an interesting conversation about parenting on blogs and in our comments section. It also led to a music video by the band Kingsley Flood, featuring 7-year-olds who manage...

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Who Can Save the ‘Today’ Show?

Photo illustration by Bobby Doherty for The New York Times. Digital composite by Picturehouse. Video still from NBC. Matt Lauer and Ann Curry on Curry's last day as co-host of the ''Today'' show. One Wednesday last month, Ann Curry, camouflaged...

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