11 of Our Best Weekend Reads

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How does that Foo Fighters song go? “It’s times like these you learn to live again. It’s times like these you give and give again. It’s times like these you learn to love again. It’s times like these time and time again.” I feel like that is where we are — all pried out of our comfort zones and left to our own devices. I, for one, am using the telephone a lot more. Whatever you’re doing to get by, try to make some time for some great journalism.

Grace Fusco, the matriarch of a large New Jersey family, died Wednesday night without ever knowing that her two oldest children had died before her. She is shown above, center, with her 11 children in a family photo.

[Also read: “Her Facebook Friends Asked If Anyone Was Actually Sick. She Had an Answer.”]

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President Trump’s imprint on the nation’s appeals courts has been swift and historic. He has named judges with records on a range of issues important to Republicans — and to his re-election.

[Also read “51 Judges Named by Trump,” and “These Judges Are Shifting the Appeals Court to the Right.”]

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Kerry Washington on Beyoncé, Ta-Nehisi Coates on Kendrick Lamar, Oprah Winfrey on Toni Morrison, Issa Rae on ‘Scandal,’ and 31 other prominent black artists on the work that inspires them most.

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During its annual wildflower eruption, Anza-Borrego Desert State Park in Southern California drew a family who had a few things to learn about the basics of camping, cactuses and ghost flowers.

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The social club’s employees have a story to tell about the company that sold the world Instagram-ready feminism.

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Digital dance raves. Streaming soundbaths. Book readings by phone. Now we’ve gotta get creative.

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Yes, experts say. Equal parts transit alternative and therapy, contemplative strolls are helping people’s mental and physical health. Just stay six feet apart.

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The chef Chris Shepherd has promoted immigrant restaurateurs and the city, and become a big name himself in the process.

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When the university told Sarah Viren, right, about sexual-harassment complaints against her wife, Marta, left, they knew the accusations weren’t true. But they had no idea how strange the truth really was.

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“Visible mending” has been taken up by those who want to protest fast fashion and disposable culture. It’s also thrifty.

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