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History was made earlier this week when Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson was confirmed by the Senate on Thursday, making her the first Black woman to become a Justice of the Supreme Court. And, though it was not quite as monumental in scale, a “Saturday Night Live” sketch commemorated this achievement,…

Hello, readers. It’s the best time of the year: seed time! Has anyone else been gardening? I’ve got containers proliferating on the window and beneath grow lights. I purchased the grow lights last year in an attempt to bring a few stragglers through the winter after the remnants of Hurricane…

In the beginning, there was Alpha. Then Beta, Delta, Omicron and a bunch of lesser-known coronavirus variants in between. We’re used to the cycle now: Right when we think we can breathe a sigh of relief, a new variant appears with fresh mysteries and confusion. It’s frustrating to keep having…

I felt twin flashes of annoyance and concern, then the thunderclap of an epiphany: I was reading my texts without glasses! In a dark car! I could see the full palette of emojis, right down to stripes on the zebra and holes in the Swiss cheese. It wasn’t exactly the…

She also places emphasis on movement as an intrinsic source of pleasure, not a means for delayed gratifications like a cookie, better-fitting clothes or approval from your doctor. “I operate from a space where exercise is fun and engaging, just because it is,” she said. If you’re worried that you’d…

[For more on family relationships, sign up for the Well Family newsletter.] Going forward, you have two goals. You want your son to think twice before pulling a stunt like this again, and you want to rebuild a trusting, positive relationship with him. You’ve probably covered the first one by…