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Biden takes on Putin

What game is Putin playing?

The hard-liner poised to become Iran’s President

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Why is FDA approval of an Alzheimer’s drug controversial?

Animal instincts • Magawa, an African giant pouched rat credited as one of the most successful rodents trained to find land mines, is retiring after five years of dangerous work. He’s “helped save many lives,” Magawa’s trainer told the BBC, but is “slowing down” in old age. Here, other heroic animal feats.

Milestones

Omar Sy • In Netflix’s smash hit Lupin, Omar Sy plays a hero to match the current moment

Who made Juneteenth?

Inflation worries are keeping Larry Summers up at night

The popularity of rescue pets

A turning point for athlete mental health

The overt operative • How an accused Kremlin agent worked with Rudy Giuliani in a plot to sway the 2020 election

Ben Crump’s quest to raise the value of Black life in America • How a ‘country lawyer’ became the go-to advocate for families fighting police abuse

As employees at the factory that makes Kate Hudson’s activewear line allege rampant sexual abuse, a workers’-rights movement takes hold

Tourism revisited • BARCELONA WANTS THE SECTOR TO WORK FOR LOCALS TOO

The giving spree • MacKenzie Scott donated $6 billion last year. It’s not as easy as it sounds

A New Hope for Health Care Opener • THE PANDEMIC REVEALED THE FISSURES IN OUR CURRENT SYSTEM. NOW’S OUR CHANCETO MEND THEM

How we get better • THE HEALTH CARE SYSTEM WILL IMPROVE ONLY WHEN WE RETHINK WHO COUNTS AS AN EXPERT

The Sequencing Solution • GENETIC SURVEILLANCE IS THE KEY TO CONTROLLING FUTURE PANDEMICS

Scientific breakthroughs we missed during the pandemic • While most eyes were on COVID-19, researchers have also made groundbreaking advancements in other fields. Here’s a look.

We’re Entering a new era of Innovation

Do therapists still need couches? • TELETHERAPY IS SUPPOSED TO DEMOCRATIZE MENTAL HEALTH. THE PAST YEAR WAS THE PERFECT TEST

Elder care grows up • COVID-19 EXPOSED THE NEED TO FIX ONE OF THE U.S.’S TOUGHEST PUBLIC-HEALTH CHALLENGES. CAN IT BE DONE?

Maybe there doesn’t need to be a next time • 73 EXPERTS EXPLAIN HOW TO PREVENT ANOTHER PANDEMIC

What kids learned from the crisis • Too many young generations have been shaped by the global crises they faced—Depression-era poverty, Cold War nuclear fears. Add to them the COVID generation. The virus itself may typically go easier on kids than it does on adults, but the mind of a child is another thing. It’s dependent on certainty, safety, the comfort of routine. Take all of that away—shutter schools, keep grandparents at a distance, cancel summer camps—and kids suffer. But as the following stories from young people show, they also grow and learn, gain maturity and wisdom. The virus has been tough; plenty of kids, it turns out, have been tougher.

The more we change, the more we stay the same

A literary feast

Bill Clinton and James Patterson • The co-authors on their second thriller, political tribes and what Donald Trump needs