So many men have retreated from intimacy, hiding behind firewalls, filters and curated personas, dabbling and scrolling. We miss you.May 17. A warm Saturday night in Wicker Park, a vibrant stretch of Chicago where seven restaurants crowd a single block.Listen to this article, read by Gabra ZackmanTroy and ...

For the past couple years, menopause has been the hot topic among Gen X and Xennials now that they’re in its unrelenting, sweaty grip. Halle Berry and the best-selling memoirist Naomi Watts have been promoting menopause-wellness programs and beauty and health products. And a year after it first ...

Modern Love in miniature, featuring reader-submitted stories of no more than 100 words.Brian Rea‘A Memorable Weekend Adventure’People do crazy things for love. That may explain how I ended up on a Pennsylvania back road with a lamb peeing in my Subaru. It was five days before Eid al-Adha ...

She is one half of a Trump-world power couple. But she’s on Team Elon. It’s gotten complicated.It was the three-word gavel-bang heard across Washington — the conversation-ender meant to cow colleagues and cabinet secretaries, deployed daily by a slight woman with a big job:“Elon wants this.”For months, Katie ...

A video of the singer’s heated discussion about privacy with a group of photographers has been widely shared, sometimes without the full context of the situation.Justin Bieber is making headlines again.In videos circulating across social media and news outlets, Mr. Bieber is shown having what appears to be ...

What is it about a man in uniform?For decades, even centuries, the allure has been a romantic cliché. But swooning heroines are not the only ones who love the look. So do autocrats like Vladimir Putin and Kim Jong Un — and so, apparently, does President Trump, who ...

Debra Robinson and Andre Galloway bonded over love songs. At Sismas, a holiday event, their favorite song, “Good Luck Charm” by Jagged Edge, signaled a new chapter in their relationship.Debra Lynette Robinson was celebrating Sismas, an annual holiday event honoring sisterhood among women, with 60 of her friends ...

The federal holiday, celebrated on June 19, is embraced as a nationwide celebration of Black history. Here’s how and where to partake.On June 19, 1865, a Union general informed enslaved African Americans in Galveston, Texas, that they were free — two and half years after the Emancipation Proclamation ...

It’s called a turbot pot — turbotière, if you’re fancy — and it’s almost certainly not in stock.A low-key weekend with the boys looks a little different when the boys have a combined net worth of $342.5 billion. For starters, it can be safely assumed that most attendees ...

Modern Love in miniature, featuring reader-submitted stories of no more than 100 words.Brian ReaAn Arrow to AmsterdamTraveling Berlin solo, I download a dating app to find someone in the famously queer city. Waiting at a cafe, I text: “all black, striped bag, blond head.” Maren embraces me with ...

After nearly a decade of close friendship, a reader is hurt and mystified by the radio silence from a woman who was in her wedding party just a year ago.My best friend and confidante of nine years has simply vanished from my life. Last year, she stood by ...

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A pair of over-the-top announcers have become social media stars in the United States for their reactions during the N.B.A. finals.Game 1 of this year’s N.B.A. finals had a spectacular finish, with the Indiana Pacers completing a 15-point comeback over the Oklahoma City Thunder to stun the crowd ...

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Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Amazon Music | YouTube |iHeartRadio‘The best gift you can give your children is your own health and recovery. Do your work.’David Dee Delgado/Getty Images for The New York TimesFor Father’s Day, the Modern Love team asked for your ...