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The Trump administration has systematically stripped funding from research into the health of L.G.B.T.Q. people. Benjamin Mueller, a reporter covering health and medicine for The New York Times, describes how hundreds of...

As part of “Believing,” The New York Times asked several writers to explore a significant moment in their religious or spiritual lives.Sign up to receive the latest installments of “Believing” in your...

When discussing the history of women’s hats in the United States, the designer and author Steven Stolman was reminded of Stephen Sondheim’s “Company,” in which Joanne wryly asks, “Does anyone still wear...

Aging is a privilege, as they say, and I agree. You gain the benefits of hindsight, experience, relationships that have grown deeper and more meaningful. You have more appreciation for the little...

A prime example of elderspeak: Cindy Smith was visiting with her father in his assisted living apartment in Roseville, Calif. An aide who was trying to induce him to do something —...

“It’s definitely that vibe,” Ms. Ehrenkranz said. “The whole point of Laid Off is to show that it’s not a personal failure.”Anu Lingala, 33, spoke to Ms. Ehrenkranz about losing her job...

Stacy London wants you to wear whatever you want.Ms. London, a fashion expert and entrepreneur, is best known for the show “What Not to Wear,” which she co-hosted with Clinton Kelly on...

Spend enough time in San Francisco, peering into the cyberpunk future, and you may find that weird things start seeming normal. Fleets of self-driving cars? Yawn. A start-up trying to resurrect the...

Stephen Mo Hanan, a vibrant performer who sang arias and other music as a busker in San Francisco before playing Kevin Kline’s lieutenant in the acclaimed 1981 Broadway production of “The Pirates...

Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the nation’s health secretary, has said that tackling a chronic disease “epidemic” would be a cornerstone of his Make America Healthy Again agenda, often invoking alarming statistics as...