The Morning: Amazon vs. the union

The company and its new union share the same problem. 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[Author Headshot](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRkO8rjP0S6aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vYnkvam9kaS1rYW50b3I_Y2FtcGFpZ25faWQ9OSZlbWM9ZWRpdF9ubl8yMDIyMDQxNSZpbnN0YW5jZV9pZD01ODU1NiZubD10aGUtbW9ybmluZyZyZWdpX2lkPTc3Njc0OTUyJnNlZ21lbnRfaWQ9ODkyOTUmdGU9MSZ1c2VyX2lkPWFhNDkxZWY3ZjFkOTY0ZTQ5NzlmYjc4NGU3NGUwMWQ3VwNueXRCCmJL40VZYk46_MdSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjkwQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAAA~~)[Author Headshot](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRkO8rjP0S6aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vYnkva2FyZW4td2Vpc2U_Y2FtcGFpZ25faWQ9OSZlbWM9ZWRpdF9ubl8yMDIyMDQxNSZpbnN0YW5jZV9pZD01ODU1NiZubD10aGUtbW9ybmluZyZyZWdpX2lkPTc3Njc0OTUyJnNlZ21lbnRfaWQ9ODkyOTUmdGU9MSZ1c2VyX2lkPWFhNDkxZWY3ZjFkOTY0ZTQ5NzlmYjc4NGU3NGUwMWQ3VwNueXRCCmJL40VZYk46_MdSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjkwQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAAA~~) By [Jodi Kantor](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRkO8rjP0S6aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vYnkvam9kaS1rYW50b3I_Y2FtcGFpZ25faWQ9OSZlbWM9ZWRpdF9ubl8yMDIyMDQxNSZpbnN0YW5jZV9pZD01ODU1NiZubD10aGUtbW9ybmluZyZyZWdpX2lkPTc3Njc0OTUyJnNlZ21lbnRfaWQ9ODkyOTUmdGU9MSZ1c2VyX2lkPWFhNDkxZWY3ZjFkOTY0ZTQ5NzlmYjc4NGU3NGUwMWQ3VwNueXRCCmJL40VZYk46_MdSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjkwQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAAA~~) and [Karen Weise](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRkO8rjP0S6aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vYnkva2FyZW4td2Vpc2U_Y2FtcGFpZ25faWQ9OSZlbWM9ZWRpdF9ubl8yMDIyMDQxNSZpbnN0YW5jZV9pZD01ODU1NiZubD10aGUtbW9ybmluZyZyZWdpX2lkPTc3Njc0OTUyJnNlZ21lbnRfaWQ9ODkyOTUmdGU9MSZ1c2VyX2lkPWFhNDkxZWY3ZjFkOTY0ZTQ5NzlmYjc4NGU3NGUwMWQ3VwNueXRCCmJL40VZYk46_MdSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjkwQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAAA~~) Good morning. Amazon and its new union share the same problem. Derrick Palmer, an Amazon worker, protesting in 2020.Dave Sanders for The New York Times Amazon vs. the union Last Wednesday, Derrick Palmer clocked in for his 7:15 a.m. shift at Amazon’s giant warehouse on Staten Island and spent the day packing boxes with board games, iPhones and mini vacuum cleaners. The following morning, he boarded a train to Washington, D.C., where more experienced labor leaders hailed him and his best friend, Christian Smalls, for doing what had once seemed impossible: unionizing an Amazon facility. In the past week, their [David-versus-Goliath victory](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRkO8rjP0TiaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyMi8wNC8wMi9idXNpbmVzcy9hbWF6b24tdW5pb24tY2hyaXN0aWFuLXNtYWxscy5odG1sP2NhbXBhaWduX2lkPTkmZW1jPWVkaXRfbm5fMjAyMjA0MTUmaW5zdGFuY2VfaWQ9NTg1NTYmbmw9dGhlLW1vcm5pbmcmcmVnaV9pZD03NzY3NDk1MiZzZWdtZW50X2lkPTg5Mjk1JnRlPTEmdXNlcl9pZD1hYTQ5MWVmN2YxZDk2NGU0OTc5ZmI3ODRlNzRlMDFkN1cDbnl0QgpiS-NFWWJOOvzHUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAAA~) has become a symbol of growing worker power. On a recent episode of “[The Daily](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRkO8rjP0TkaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyMi8wNC8xMS9wb2RjYXN0cy90aGUtZGFpbHkvbmV3LXlvcmstYW1hem9uLXVuaW9uLmh0bWw_Y2FtcGFpZ25faWQ9OSZlbWM9ZWRpdF9ubl8yMDIyMDQxNSZpbnN0YW5jZV9pZD01ODU1NiZubD10aGUtbW9ybmluZyZyZWdpX2lkPTc3Njc0OTUyJnNlZ21lbnRfaWQ9ODkyOTUmdGU9MSZ1c2VyX2lkPWFhNDkxZWY3ZjFkOTY0ZTQ5NzlmYjc4NGU3NGUwMWQ3VwNueXRCCmJL40VZYk46_MdSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjkwQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAAA~~),” the two men relayed the twists and turns of their story, from a fateful misdirected email that rebounded in their favor, to the D.I.Y. tactics they used, like free marijuana and bonfires, to forge a bond with co-workers. But whether their victory will last is far from assured. In the coming weeks, the fight between the new union and Amazon is likely to become even more heated. Amazon is marshaling its legal might to [try to overturn](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRkO8rjP0TpaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyMi8wNC8wOC9idXNpbmVzcy9hbWF6b24tYWxhYmFtYS11bmlvbi12b3RlLW9iamVjdGlvbnMuaHRtbD9jYW1wYWlnbl9pZD05JmVtYz1lZGl0X25uXzIwMjIwNDE1Jmluc3RhbmNlX2lkPTU4NTU2Jm5sPXRoZS1tb3JuaW5nJnJlZ2lfaWQ9Nzc2NzQ5NTImc2VnbWVudF9pZD04OTI5NSZ0ZT0xJnVzZXJfaWQ9YWE0OTFlZjdmMWQ5NjRlNDk3OWZiNzg0ZTc0ZTAxZDdXA255dEIKYkvjRVliTjr8x1IbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luOTBAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAA) the election. The new union will attempt to win another, more difficult vote at a second Staten Island location. And everyone will be watching to see if similar efforts emerge at other Amazon facilities — and whether the company will be able to extinguish them. The original Amazon Labor Union protesters.DeSean McClinton-Holland for The New York Times As this unfolds, here are three questions to watch for: 1. What does this union want? Smalls and the other Amazon Labor Union leaders won in large part because the Staten Island workers have a long, varied list of frustrations. This week, he said that the A.L.U. was prepared to demand broad changes in Amazon’s working conditions and on safety, pay and benefits. But the campaign lacks the kind of single, galvanizing goal, like a $15-an-hour minimum wage, that has given other labor organizing efforts a focal point. Amazon, [partly responding](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRkO8rjP0TYaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAxOC8xMC8wMi9idXNpbmVzcy9hbWF6b24tbWluaW11bS13YWdlLmh0bWw_Y2FtcGFpZ25faWQ9OSZlbWM9ZWRpdF9ubl8yMDIyMDQxNSZpbnN0YW5jZV9pZD01ODU1NiZubD10aGUtbW9ybmluZyZyZWdpX2lkPTc3Njc0OTUyJnNlZ21lbnRfaWQ9ODkyOTUmdGU9MSZ1c2VyX2lkPWFhNDkxZWY3ZjFkOTY0ZTQ5NzlmYjc4NGU3NGUwMWQ3VwNueXRCCmJL40VZYk46_MdSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjkwQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAAA~~) to the political pressures of the national minimum wage campaign, raised wages to $15 in 2018 and now pays an average starting pay of more than $18 an hour. 2. How will Amazon respond? To overturn the election, Amazon would have to meet a high bar, proving not only that misconduct occurred but that [the problems](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRkO8rjP0TpaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyMi8wNC8wOC9idXNpbmVzcy9hbWF6b24tYWxhYmFtYS11bmlvbi12b3RlLW9iamVjdGlvbnMuaHRtbD9jYW1wYWlnbl9pZD05JmVtYz1lZGl0X25uXzIwMjIwNDE1Jmluc3RhbmNlX2lkPTU4NTU2Jm5sPXRoZS1tb3JuaW5nJnJlZ2lfaWQ9Nzc2NzQ5NTImc2VnbWVudF9pZD04OTI5NSZ0ZT0xJnVzZXJfaWQ9YWE0OTFlZjdmMWQ5NjRlNDk3OWZiNzg0ZTc0ZTAxZDdXA255dEIKYkvjRVliTjr8x1IbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luOTBAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAA) were so widespread that they tainted the entire vote, Wilma Liebman, a former head of the National Labor Relations Board, explained. But no matter the outcome, or whether the new group succeeds in negotiating a contract, the company has a larger question to answer: How will it respond to the underlying concerns that allowed the union drive to get this far? Amazon, in a sense, faces the same conceptual challenge that the new union does: The list of workers’ grievances with the company is just so long. Our [Times investigation](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRkO8rjP0TZaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vaW50ZXJhY3RpdmUvMjAyMS8wNi8xNS91cy9hbWF6b24td29ya2Vycy5odG1sP2NhbXBhaWduX2lkPTkmZW1jPWVkaXRfbm5fMjAyMjA0MTUmaW5zdGFuY2VfaWQ9NTg1NTYmbmw9dGhlLW1vcm5pbmcmcmVnaV9pZD03NzY3NDk1MiZzZWdtZW50X2lkPTg5Mjk1JnRlPTEmdXNlcl9pZD1hYTQ5MWVmN2YxZDk2NGU0OTc5ZmI3ODRlNzRlMDFkN1cDbnl0QgpiS-NFWWJOOvzHUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAAA~) last year revealed how strained Amazon’s labor model had become, with a sky-high 150 percent annual turnover rate and a low-trust, management-by-machine approach. In contrast to its precise handling of packages, its human resources systems were so overtaxed that we found [a pattern](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRkO8rjP0TjaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyMS8xMC8yNC90ZWNobm9sb2d5L2FtYXpvbi1lbXBsb3llZS1sZWF2ZS1lcnJvcnMuaHRtbD9jYW1wYWlnbl9pZD05JmVtYz1lZGl0X25uXzIwMjIwNDE1Jmluc3RhbmNlX2lkPTU4NTU2Jm5sPXRoZS1tb3JuaW5nJnJlZ2lfaWQ9Nzc2NzQ5NTImc2VnbWVudF9pZD04OTI5NSZ0ZT0xJnVzZXJfaWQ9YWE0OTFlZjdmMWQ5NjRlNDk3OWZiNzg0ZTc0ZTAxZDdXA255dEIKYkvjRVliTjr8x1IbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luOTBAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAA) in which the company inadvertently fired its own employees. Injury rates continue to be [a serious concern](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRkO8rjP0TzaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuc2VhdHRsZXRpbWVzLmNvbS9idXNpbmVzcy9hbWF6b25zLWluanVyeS1yYXRlLWp1bXBlZC0yMC1sYXN0LXllYXItbmV3LXJlcG9ydC1zaG93cy8_Y2FtcGFpZ25faWQ9OSZlbWM9ZWRpdF9ubl8yMDIyMDQxNSZpbnN0YW5jZV9pZD01ODU1NiZubD10aGUtbW9ybmluZyZyZWdpX2lkPTc3Njc0OTUyJnNlZ21lbnRfaWQ9ODkyOTUmdGU9MSZ1c2VyX2lkPWFhNDkxZWY3ZjFkOTY0ZTQ5NzlmYjc4NGU3NGUwMWQ3VwNueXRCCmJL40VZYk46_MdSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjkwQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAAA~~). And there’s more. On Thursday, in his [first letter to shareholders](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRkO8rjP0TdaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuYWJvdXRhbWF6b24uY29tL25ld3MvY29tcGFueS1uZXdzLzIwMjEtbGV0dGVyLXRvLXNoYXJlaG9sZGVycz9jYW1wYWlnbl9pZD05JmVtYz1lZGl0X25uXzIwMjIwNDE1Jmluc3RhbmNlX2lkPTU4NTU2Jm5sPXRoZS1tb3JuaW5nJnJlZ2lfaWQ9Nzc2NzQ5NTImc2VnbWVudF9pZD04OTI5NSZ0ZT0xJnVzZXJfaWQ9YWE0OTFlZjdmMWQ5NjRlNDk3OWZiNzg0ZTc0ZTAxZDdXA255dEIKYkvjRVliTjr8x1IbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luOTBAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAA) since taking over as chief executive, Andy Jassy acknowledged the breadth of problems. “We’ve researched and created a list of what we believe are the top 100 employee experience pain points and are systematically solving them,” he wrote. Palmer speaking to a truck driver about unionizing last year.Dave Sanders for The New York Times But Amazon, known for its ambition, shows no sign of making fundamental changes. In yesterday’s letter, Jassy said he would continue to take an “iterative” approach — making repeated tweaks — to the company’s year-old goal of becoming “Earth’s Best Employer.” 3. Will other warehouses follow? Smalls has said that workers at more than a hundred other Amazon facilities have contacted the union, interested in organizing at their locations. In an interview this week, he said that the A.L.U. now plans to go national. If the Staten Island efforts prove contagious, Amazon would start looking more like Starbucks, where more locations are voting to unionize every week. But it’s too early to tell if anything like that will happen. “Let’s not make a single event a movement,” Andrew Stern, the former president of the Service Employees International Union, said in an interview this week. “We don’t know whether this is an extraordinary occurrence or a reproducible event.” Last month, in another contested election, workers at an Amazon warehouse in Alabama appear to have narrowly rejected unionizing, though the [margin is close enough](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRkO8rjP0TkaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyMi8wMy8zMS90ZWNobm9sb2d5L2FtYXpvbi11bmlvbi1lbGVjdGlvbi1hbGFiYW1hLmh0bWw_Y2FtcGFpZ25faWQ9OSZlbWM9ZWRpdF9ubl8yMDIyMDQxNSZpbnN0YW5jZV9pZD01ODU1NiZubD10aGUtbW9ybmluZyZyZWdpX2lkPTc3Njc0OTUyJnNlZ21lbnRfaWQ9ODkyOTUmdGU9MSZ1c2VyX2lkPWFhNDkxZWY3ZjFkOTY0ZTQ5NzlmYjc4NGU3NGUwMWQ3VwNueXRCCmJL40VZYk46_MdSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjkwQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAAA~~) that the results will not be known until hundreds of contested ballots are litigated. The key difference between Amazon and Starbucks is the sheer size of each site, which must individually unionize. For Starbucks, the union needs about 20 votes to prevail in a single cafe; at Amazon, with its enormous warehouses, the union needs more than a thousand, making each election a far harder task. The stakes of this fight could not be higher for Amazon, whose entire retail model rests on a coast-to-coast chain of manual labor, or for unions themselves. Despite the rapid organizing at Starbucks — and the frequent arrival of [high-profile](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRkO8rjP0TgaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyMi8wNC8xMi90aGVhdGVyL3dhaXRyZXNzLWFjdG9ycy1lcXVpdHktdW5pb24uaHRtbD9jYW1wYWlnbl9pZD05JmVtYz1lZGl0X25uXzIwMjIwNDE1Jmluc3RhbmNlX2lkPTU4NTU2Jm5sPXRoZS1tb3JuaW5nJnJlZ2lfaWQ9Nzc2NzQ5NTImc2VnbWVudF9pZD04OTI5NSZ0ZT0xJnVzZXJfaWQ9YWE0OTFlZjdmMWQ5NjRlNDk3OWZiNzg0ZTc0ZTAxZDdXA255dEIKYkvjRVliTjr8x1IbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luOTBAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAA) examples of other new organizing efforts — union membership has been on a downhill slope for decades. If workers at Amazon — the nation’s second-largest employer, and perhaps the most influential one of our time — decide they don’t want or need unions, or cannot overcome Amazon’s resources, it will be an ominous sign for the relevance of organized labor. So expect nothing less than a bitter, messy, drawn-out battle that could help determine the future of American work. 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Ukraine said it had [struck it with missiles](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRkO8rjP0TeaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyMi8wNC8xNC93b3JsZC9ldXJvcGUvcnVzc2lhLXdhcnNoaXAtZXUtb2lsLmh0bWw_Y2FtcGFpZ25faWQ9OSZlbWM9ZWRpdF9ubl8yMDIyMDQxNSZpbnN0YW5jZV9pZD01ODU1NiZubD10aGUtbW9ybmluZyZyZWdpX2lkPTc3Njc0OTUyJnNlZ21lbnRfaWQ9ODkyOTUmdGU9MSZ1c2VyX2lkPWFhNDkxZWY3ZjFkOTY0ZTQ5NzlmYjc4NGU3NGUwMWQ3VwNueXRCCmJL40VZYk46_MdSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjkwQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAAA~~); Russia blamed it on an onboard fire. Here’s [what we know](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRkO8rjP4QUAWh0dHBzOi8vd3d3Lm55dGltZXMuY29tL2xpdmUvMjAyMi8wNC8xNS93b3JsZC91a3JhaW5lLXJ1c3NpYS13YXItbmV3cy9oZXJlcy13aGF0LXdlLWtub3ctYWJvdXQtdGhlLW1vc2t2YS1ydXNzaWFzLXN1bmtlbi13YXJzaGlwP2NhbXBhaWduX2lkPTkmZW1jPWVkaXRfbm5fMjAyMjA0MTUmaW5zdGFuY2VfaWQ9NTg1NTYmbmw9dGhlLW1vcm5pbmcmcmVnaV9pZD03NzY3NDk1MiZzZWdtZW50X2lkPTg5Mjk1JnRlPTEmdXNlcl9pZD1hYTQ5MWVmN2YxZDk2NGU0OTc5ZmI3ODRlNzRlMDFkN1cDbnl0QgpiS-NFWWJOOvzHUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAAA~). - Russia seems to be close to [capturing the port city of Mariupol](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRkO8rjP4QIAWh0dHBzOi8vd3d3Lm55dGltZXMuY29tL2xpdmUvMjAyMi8wNC8xNS93b3JsZC91a3JhaW5lLXJ1c3NpYS13YXItbmV3cy9ydXNzaWFuLWZvcmNlcy1hcHBlYXItY2xvc2UtdG8tdGFraW5nLW1hcml1cG9sP2NhbXBhaWduX2lkPTkmZW1jPWVkaXRfbm5fMjAyMjA0MTUmaW5zdGFuY2VfaWQ9NTg1NTYmbmw9dGhlLW1vcm5pbmcmcmVnaV9pZD03NzY3NDk1MiZzZWdtZW50X2lkPTg5Mjk1JnRlPTEmdXNlcl9pZD1hYTQ5MWVmN2YxZDk2NGU0OTc5ZmI3ODRlNzRlMDFkN1cDbnl0QgpiS-NFWWJOOvzHUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAAA~), which would be a significant victory. - Ukrainian refugees face a hurdle when they reach the U.S.: [Their dogs are not allowed](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRkO8rjP0TgaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyMi8wNC8xNC91cy91a3JhaW5pYW4tcmVmdWdlZXMtZG9ncy11cy1ib3JkZXIuaHRtbD9jYW1wYWlnbl9pZD05JmVtYz1lZGl0X25uXzIwMjIwNDE1Jmluc3RhbmNlX2lkPTU4NTU2Jm5sPXRoZS1tb3JuaW5nJnJlZ2lfaWQ9Nzc2NzQ5NTImc2VnbWVudF9pZD04OTI5NSZ0ZT0xJnVzZXJfaWQ9YWE0OTFlZjdmMWQ5NjRlNDk3OWZiNzg0ZTc0ZTAxZDdXA255dEIKYkvjRVliTjr8x1IbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luOTBAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAA). - Ballet has long been a symbol of Russian culture. Now it’s [becoming a symbol of Russian isolation](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRkO8rjP0TpaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyMi8wNC8xNS9hcnRzL29sZ2Etc21pcm5vdmEtYmFsbGV0LWJvbHNob2ktdWtyYWluZS13YXIuaHRtbD9jYW1wYWlnbl9pZD05JmVtYz1lZGl0X25uXzIwMjIwNDE1Jmluc3RhbmNlX2lkPTU4NTU2Jm5sPXRoZS1tb3JuaW5nJnJlZ2lfaWQ9Nzc2NzQ5NTImc2VnbWVudF9pZD04OTI5NSZ0ZT0xJnVzZXJfaWQ9YWE0OTFlZjdmMWQ5NjRlNDk3OWZiNzg0ZTc0ZTAxZDdXA255dEIKYkvjRVliTjr8x1IbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luOTBAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAA). Politics - Florida’s governor signed a bill [banning most abortions after 15 weeks](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRkO8rjP0TJaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vYXJ0aWNsZS9hYm9ydGlvbi1sYXdzLXVzLmh0bWw_Y2FtcGFpZ25faWQ9OSZlbWM9ZWRpdF9ubl8yMDIyMDQxNSZpbnN0YW5jZV9pZD01ODU1NiZubD10aGUtbW9ybmluZyZyZWdpX2lkPTc3Njc0OTUyJnNlZ21lbnRfaWQ9ODkyOTUmdGU9MSZ1c2VyX2lkPWFhNDkxZWY3ZjFkOTY0ZTQ5NzlmYjc4NGU3NGUwMWQ3VwNueXRCCmJL40VZYk46_MdSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjkwQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAAA~~). - The Jan. 6 committee spent about [eight hours questioning Stephen Miller](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRkO8rjP0TqaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyMi8wNC8xNC91cy9wb2xpdGljcy9zdGVwaGVuLW1pbGxlci1qYW51YXJ5LTYtY29tbWl0dGVlLmh0bWw_Y2FtcGFpZ25faWQ9OSZlbWM9ZWRpdF9ubl8yMDIyMDQxNSZpbnN0YW5jZV9pZD01ODU1NiZubD10aGUtbW9ybmluZyZyZWdpX2lkPTc3Njc0OTUyJnNlZ21lbnRfaWQ9ODkyOTUmdGU9MSZ1c2VyX2lkPWFhNDkxZWY3ZjFkOTY0ZTQ5NzlmYjc4NGU3NGUwMWQ3VwNueXRCCmJL40VZYk46_MdSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjkwQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAAA~~), a former White House adviser. - A jury convicted an Ohio man [who blamed Donald Trump](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRkO8rjP0TjaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyMi8wNC8xNC91cy9wb2xpdGljcy9kdXN0aW4tdGhvbXBzb24tamFuLTYtdHJpYWwuaHRtbD9jYW1wYWlnbl9pZD05JmVtYz1lZGl0X25uXzIwMjIwNDE1Jmluc3RhbmNlX2lkPTU4NTU2Jm5sPXRoZS1tb3JuaW5nJnJlZ2lfaWQ9Nzc2NzQ5NTImc2VnbWVudF9pZD04OTI5NSZ0ZT0xJnVzZXJfaWQ9YWE0OTFlZjdmMWQ5NjRlNDk3OWZiNzg0ZTc0ZTAxZDdXA255dEIKYkvjRVliTjr8x1IbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luOTBAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAA) for storming the Capitol. - A Republican state senator in Nebraska accused Charles Herbster, a Trump-endorsed candidate for governor, [of groping her in 2019](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRkO8rjP0TtaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyMi8wNC8xNC91cy9wb2xpdGljcy9jaGFybGVzLWhlcmJzdGVyLWp1bGllLXNsYW1hLW5lYnJhc2thLmh0bWw_Y2FtcGFpZ25faWQ9OSZlbWM9ZWRpdF9ubl8yMDIyMDQxNSZpbnN0YW5jZV9pZD01ODU1NiZubD10aGUtbW9ybmluZyZyZWdpX2lkPTc3Njc0OTUyJnNlZ21lbnRfaWQ9ODkyOTUmdGU9MSZ1c2VyX2lkPWFhNDkxZWY3ZjFkOTY0ZTQ5NzlmYjc4NGU3NGUwMWQ3VwNueXRCCmJL40VZYk46_MdSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjkwQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAAA~~). Herbster denied the allegations. Other Big Stories - Pfizer said its booster strengthened the immune response in [children 5 to 11](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRkO8rjP4QuAWh0dHBzOi8vd3d3Lm55dGltZXMuY29tL2xpdmUvMjAyMi8wNC8xNC93b3JsZC9jb3ZpZC0xOS1tYW5kYXRlcy1jYXNlcy12YWNjaW5lL3BmaXplci1zYXlzLWl0cy1ib29zdGVyLXN0cmVuZ3RoZW5zLXRoZS1pbW11bmUtcmVzcG9uc2UtZm9yLWNoaWxkcmVuLTUtdG8tMTE_Y2FtcGFpZ25faWQ9OSZlbWM9ZWRpdF9ubl8yMDIyMDQxNSZpbnN0YW5jZV9pZD01ODU1NiZubD10aGUtbW9ybmluZyZyZWdpX2lkPTc3Njc0OTUyJnNlZ21lbnRfaWQ9ODkyOTUmdGU9MSZ1c2VyX2lkPWFhNDkxZWY3ZjFkOTY0ZTQ5NzlmYjc4NGU3NGUwMWQ3VwNueXRCCmJL40VZYk46_MdSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjkwQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAAA~~), and the F.D.A. [authorized a Covid breath test](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRkO8rjP4QTAWh0dHBzOi8vd3d3Lm55dGltZXMuY29tL2xpdmUvMjAyMi8wNC8xNC93b3JsZC9jb3ZpZC0xOS1tYW5kYXRlcy1jYXNlcy12YWNjaW5lP2NhbXBhaWduX2lkPTkmZW1jPWVkaXRfbm5fMjAyMjA0MTUmaW5zdGFuY2VfaWQ9NTg1NTYmbmw9dGhlLW1vcm5pbmcmcmVnaV9pZD03NzY3NDk1MiZzZWdtZW50X2lkPTg5Mjk1JnRlPTEmdXNlcl9pZD1hYTQ5MWVmN2YxZDk2NGU0OTc5ZmI3ODRlNzRlMDFkNyN0aGUtZmRhLWF1dGhvcml6ZXMtdGhlLWZpcnN0LWNvdmlkLTE5LWJyZWF0aC10ZXN0VwNueXRCCmJL40VZYk46_MdSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjkwQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAAA~~). - A judge ordered the suspect in the Brooklyn subway shooting [to be detained until his trial](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRkO8rjP0TpaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyMi8wNC8xNC9ueXJlZ2lvbi9icm9va2x5bi1zdWJ3YXktc2hvb3RpbmctZnJhbmstamFtZXMuaHRtbD9jYW1wYWlnbl9pZD05JmVtYz1lZGl0X25uXzIwMjIwNDE1Jmluc3RhbmNlX2lkPTU4NTU2Jm5sPXRoZS1tb3JuaW5nJnJlZ2lfaWQ9Nzc2NzQ5NTImc2VnbWVudF9pZD04OTI5NSZ0ZT0xJnVzZXJfaWQ9YWE0OTFlZjdmMWQ5NjRlNDk3OWZiNzg0ZTc0ZTAxZDdXA255dEIKYkvjRVliTjr8x1IbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luOTBAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAA). - Elon Musk [made a bid to buy Twitter](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRkO8rjP0TWaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vbGl2ZS8yMDIyLzA0LzE0L2J1c2luZXNzL2Vsb24tbXVzay10d2l0dGVyP2NhbXBhaWduX2lkPTkmZW1jPWVkaXRfbm5fMjAyMjA0MTUmaW5zdGFuY2VfaWQ9NTg1NTYmbmw9dGhlLW1vcm5pbmcmcmVnaV9pZD03NzY3NDk1MiZzZWdtZW50X2lkPTg5Mjk1JnRlPTEmdXNlcl9pZD1hYTQ5MWVmN2YxZDk2NGU0OTc5ZmI3ODRlNzRlMDFkN1cDbnl0QgpiS-NFWWJOOvzHUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAAA~) for about $43 billion. The company’s board is considering a plan to thwart him. (For more: [Why Musk is a digital Citizen Kane](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRkO8rjP0TqaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyMi8wNC8xNC90ZWNobm9sb2d5L2Vsb24tbXVzay1pcy1hLWRpZ2l0YWwtY2l0aXplbi1rYW5lLmh0bWw_Y2FtcGFpZ25faWQ9OSZlbWM9ZWRpdF9ubl8yMDIyMDQxNSZpbnN0YW5jZV9pZD01ODU1NiZubD10aGUtbW9ybmluZyZyZWdpX2lkPTc3Njc0OTUyJnNlZ21lbnRfaWQ9ODkyOTUmdGU9MSZ1c2VyX2lkPWFhNDkxZWY3ZjFkOTY0ZTQ5NzlmYjc4NGU3NGUwMWQ3VwNueXRCCmJL40VZYk46_MdSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjkwQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAAA~~).) - [Clashes between Israeli riot police and Palestinians](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRkO8rjP0TjaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyMi8wNC8xNS93b3JsZC9taWRkbGVlYXN0L2FsLWFxc2EtbW9zcXVlLWNsYXNoZXMuaHRtbD9jYW1wYWlnbl9pZD05JmVtYz1lZGl0X25uXzIwMjIwNDE1Jmluc3RhbmNlX2lkPTU4NTU2Jm5sPXRoZS1tb3JuaW5nJnJlZ2lfaWQ9Nzc2NzQ5NTImc2VnbWVudF9pZD04OTI5NSZ0ZT0xJnVzZXJfaWQ9YWE0OTFlZjdmMWQ5NjRlNDk3OWZiNzg0ZTc0ZTAxZDdXA255dEIKYkvjRVliTjr8x1IbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luOTBAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAA) erupted at one of the holiest sites in Jerusalem, as Ramadan, Passover and Easter converge. Opinions A nurse’s fatal mistake reflects [a problem in medicine](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRkO8rjP0ThaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyMi8wNC8xNS9vcGluaW9uL3JhZG9uZGEtdmF1Z2h0LW1lZGljYWwtZXJyb3JzLmh0bWw_Y2FtcGFpZ25faWQ9OSZlbWM9ZWRpdF9ubl8yMDIyMDQxNSZpbnN0YW5jZV9pZD01ODU1NiZubD10aGUtbW9ybmluZyZyZWdpX2lkPTc3Njc0OTUyJnNlZ21lbnRfaWQ9ODkyOTUmdGU9MSZ1c2VyX2lkPWFhNDkxZWY3ZjFkOTY0ZTQ5NzlmYjc4NGU3NGUwMWQ3VwNueXRCCmJL40VZYk46_MdSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjkwQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAAA~~), Dr. Daniela Lamas writes. To reduce your carbon emissions, [ditch the gas leaf blower](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRkO8rjP0TjaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyMi8wNC8xNS9vcGluaW9uL2NsaW1hdGUtY2hhbmdlLWdhcy1sZWFmLWJsb3dlcnMuaHRtbD9jYW1wYWlnbl9pZD05JmVtYz1lZGl0X25uXzIwMjIwNDE1Jmluc3RhbmNlX2lkPTU4NTU2Jm5sPXRoZS1tb3JuaW5nJnJlZ2lfaWQ9Nzc2NzQ5NTImc2VnbWVudF9pZD04OTI5NSZ0ZT0xJnVzZXJfaWQ9YWE0OTFlZjdmMWQ5NjRlNDk3OWZiNzg0ZTc0ZTAxZDdXA255dEIKYkvjRVliTjr8x1IbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luOTBAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAA), Jessica Stolzberg says. 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[Then he vanished.](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRkO8rjP0T2aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyMi8wNC8xNC9ib29rcy9yZXZpZXcvbWFuLXdoby1pbnZlbnRlZC1tb3Rpb24tcGljdHVyZXMtcGF1bC1maXNjaGVyLmh0bWw_Y2FtcGFpZ25faWQ9OSZlbWM9ZWRpdF9ubl8yMDIyMDQxNSZpbnN0YW5jZV9pZD01ODU1NiZubD10aGUtbW9ybmluZyZyZWdpX2lkPTc3Njc0OTUyJnNlZ21lbnRfaWQ9ODkyOTUmdGU9MSZ1c2VyX2lkPWFhNDkxZWY3ZjFkOTY0ZTQ5NzlmYjc4NGU3NGUwMWQ3VwNueXRCCmJL40VZYk46_MdSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjkwQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAAA~~) Climate change: Even the cactus may [not be safe](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRkO8rjP0TZaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyMi8wNC8xNC9jbGltYXRlL2NhY3R1cy1jbGltYXRlLWNoYW5nZS5odG1sP2NhbXBhaWduX2lkPTkmZW1jPWVkaXRfbm5fMjAyMjA0MTUmaW5zdGFuY2VfaWQ9NTg1NTYmbmw9dGhlLW1vcm5pbmcmcmVnaV9pZD03NzY3NDk1MiZzZWdtZW50X2lkPTg5Mjk1JnRlPTEmdXNlcl9pZD1hYTQ5MWVmN2YxZDk2NGU0OTc5ZmI3ODRlNzRlMDFkN1cDbnl0QgpiS-NFWWJOOvzHUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAAA~). Modern Love: The loneliness of [the locked-down single mother](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRkO8rjP0TyaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyMi8wNC8xNS9zdHlsZS9tb2Rlcm4tbG92ZS1sb25lbGluZXNzLWxvY2tlZC1kb3duLXNpbmdsZS1tb3RoZXIuaHRtbD9jYW1wYWlnbl9pZD05JmVtYz1lZGl0X25uXzIwMjIwNDE1Jmluc3RhbmNlX2lkPTU4NTU2Jm5sPXRoZS1tb3JuaW5nJnJlZ2lfaWQ9Nzc2NzQ5NTImc2VnbWVudF9pZD04OTI5NSZ0ZT0xJnVzZXJfaWQ9YWE0OTFlZjdmMWQ5NjRlNDk3OWZiNzg0ZTc0ZTAxZDdXA255dEIKYkvjRVliTjr8x1IbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luOTBAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAA). A Times classic: How to [keep moths off your clothes](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRkO8rjP0TIaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAxMC8wMS8yOC9nYXJkZW4vMjhmaXguaHRtbD9jYW1wYWlnbl9pZD05JmVtYz1lZGl0X25uXzIwMjIwNDE1Jmluc3RhbmNlX2lkPTU4NTU2Jm5sPXRoZS1tb3JuaW5nJnJlZ2lfaWQ9Nzc2NzQ5NTImc2VnbWVudF9pZD04OTI5NSZ0ZT0xJnVzZXJfaWQ9YWE0OTFlZjdmMWQ5NjRlNDk3OWZiNzg0ZTc0ZTAxZDdXA255dEIKYkvjRVliTjr8x1IbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luOTBAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAA). Advice from Wirecutter: Spring cleaning? Here’s how to wash [bathroom tile](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRkO8rjP0TgaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vd2lyZWN1dHRlci9yZXZpZXdzL2hvdy10by1jbGVhbi1iYXRocm9vbS10aWxlLWdyb3V0Lz9jYW1wYWlnbl9pZD05JmVtYz1lZGl0X25uXzIwMjIwNDE1Jmluc3RhbmNlX2lkPTU4NTU2Jm5sPXRoZS1tb3JuaW5nJnJlZ2lfaWQ9Nzc2NzQ5NTImc2VnbWVudF9pZD04OTI5NSZ0ZT0xJnVzZXJfaWQ9YWE0OTFlZjdmMWQ5NjRlNDk3OWZiNzg0ZTc0ZTAxZDdXA255dEIKYkvjRVliTjr8x1IbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luOTBAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAA), [kitchen countertops](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRkO8rjP0TfaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vd2lyZWN1dHRlci9ndWlkZXMvaG93LXRvLWNsZWFuLWtpdGNoZW4tY291bnRlcnRvcHMvP2NhbXBhaWduX2lkPTkmZW1jPWVkaXRfbm5fMjAyMjA0MTUmaW5zdGFuY2VfaWQ9NTg1NTYmbmw9dGhlLW1vcm5pbmcmcmVnaV9pZD03NzY3NDk1MiZzZWdtZW50X2lkPTg5Mjk1JnRlPTEmdXNlcl9pZD1hYTQ5MWVmN2YxZDk2NGU0OTc5ZmI3ODRlNzRlMDFkN1cDbnl0QgpiS-NFWWJOOvzHUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAAA~) and [hardwood floors](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRkO8rjP0TbaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vd2lyZWN1dHRlci9ndWlkZXMvaG93LXRvLWNsZWFuLWhhcmR3b29kLWZsb29ycy8_Y2FtcGFpZ25faWQ9OSZlbWM9ZWRpdF9ubl8yMDIyMDQxNSZpbnN0YW5jZV9pZD01ODU1NiZubD10aGUtbW9ybmluZyZyZWdpX2lkPTc3Njc0OTUyJnNlZ21lbnRfaWQ9ODkyOTUmdGU9MSZ1c2VyX2lkPWFhNDkxZWY3ZjFkOTY0ZTQ5NzlmYjc4NGU3NGUwMWQ3VwNueXRCCmJL40VZYk46_MdSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjkwQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAAA~~). Lives Lived: William G. Hamilton spent more than 40 years fixing bone spurs, tendinitis and other dance-induced ailments as New York City Ballet’s first in-house doctor. He [died at 90](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRkO8rjP0TeaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyMi8wNC8xMy9hcnRzL2RhbmNlL3dpbGxpYW0tZy1oYW1pbHRvbi1kZWFkLmh0bWw_Y2FtcGFpZ25faWQ9OSZlbWM9ZWRpdF9ubl8yMDIyMDQxNSZpbnN0YW5jZV9pZD01ODU1NiZubD10aGUtbW9ybmluZyZyZWdpX2lkPTc3Njc0OTUyJnNlZ21lbnRfaWQ9ODkyOTUmdGU9MSZ1c2VyX2lkPWFhNDkxZWY3ZjFkOTY0ZTQ5NzlmYjc4NGU3NGUwMWQ3VwNueXRCCmJL40VZYk46_MdSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjkwQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAAA~~). ARTS AND IDEAS Rehearsing “The Scandal at Mayerling” in Glasgow.Emily Macinnes for The New York Times Bringing consent to ballet For dancers, touch is routine. Now, when it comes to choreography that simulates sex or violence onstage, some companies are [hiring intimacy directors](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRkO8rjP0TgaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyMi8wNC8xMy9hcnRzL2RhbmNlL2ludGltYWN5LWRpcmVjdG9ycy1iYWxsZXQuaHRtbD9jYW1wYWlnbl9pZD05JmVtYz1lZGl0X25uXzIwMjIwNDE1Jmluc3RhbmNlX2lkPTU4NTU2Jm5sPXRoZS1tb3JuaW5nJnJlZ2lfaWQ9Nzc2NzQ5NTImc2VnbWVudF9pZD04OTI5NSZ0ZT0xJnVzZXJfaWQ9YWE0OTFlZjdmMWQ5NjRlNDk3OWZiNzg0ZTc0ZTAxZDdXA255dEIKYkvjRVliTjr8x1IbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luOTBAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAA), Laura Cappelle writes in The Times. In recent years, [more films and plays](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRkO8rjP0TjaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyMC8wMS8xNC9tYWdhemluZS9zZXgtc2NlbmUtaW50aW1hY3ktY29vcmRpbmF0b3IuaHRtbD9jYW1wYWlnbl9pZD05JmVtYz1lZGl0X25uXzIwMjIwNDE1Jmluc3RhbmNlX2lkPTU4NTU2Jm5sPXRoZS1tb3JuaW5nJnJlZ2lfaWQ9Nzc2NzQ5NTImc2VnbWVudF9pZD04OTI5NSZ0ZT0xJnVzZXJfaWQ9YWE0OTFlZjdmMWQ5NjRlNDk3OWZiNzg0ZTc0ZTAxZDdXA255dEIKYkvjRVliTjr8x1IbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luOTBAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAA) have turned to intimacy directors to choreograph scenes and look after the physical and emotional well-being of performers. But intimacy work for screen and theater doesn’t necessarily translate to dance, where the choreography mostly can’t be altered. And dancers have been discouraged from speaking up when they feel uncomfortable. Tales of boundaries being crossed are commonplace in ballet, where training starts young and most companies maintain a strict hierarchy. Intimacy coaching sessions offer a space for dancers to voice their concerns. For [a production at Scottish Ballet,](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRkO8rjP4QZAWh0dHBzOi8vd3d3LnRoZWd1YXJkaWFuLmNvbS9zdGFnZS8yMDIyL2Fwci8xNC9zY290dGlzaC1iYWxsZXQtdGhlLXNjYW5kYWwtYXQtbWF5ZXJsaW5nLXJldmlldy10aGVhdHJlLXJveWFsLWdsYXNnb3cta2VubmV0aC1tYWNtaWxsYW4_Y2FtcGFpZ25faWQ9OSZlbWM9ZWRpdF9ubl8yMDIyMDQxNSZpbnN0YW5jZV9pZD01ODU1NiZubD10aGUtbW9ybmluZyZyZWdpX2lkPTc3Njc0OTUyJnNlZ21lbnRfaWQ9ODkyOTUmdGU9MSZ1c2VyX2lkPWFhNDkxZWY3ZjFkOTY0ZTQ5NzlmYjc4NGU3NGUwMWQ3VwNueXRCCmJL40VZYk46_MdSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjkwQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAAA~~) two intimacy directors gave workshops and had private discussions with dancers. Afterward, the change in the dancers was “instant,” the company’s director said. In one exercise, the dancers used a drawing of a body to mark the areas that felt vulnerable, and then communicated that to their colleagues. “To see it in black and white, and to speak to your partner, it opens up that whole trust,” one dancer said. “And it wasn’t just me saying it. It was the whole group.” PLAY, WATCH, EAT What to Cook David Malosh for The New York Times. Food Stylist: Simon Andrews. Matzo crackers replace pasta in this Passover-friendly, [ricotta-filled lasagna](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRkO8rjP0TNaHR0cHM6Ly9jb29raW5nLm55dGltZXMuY29tL3JlY2lwZXMvMTAyMDE1OC1tYXR6by1sYXNhZ25hP2NhbXBhaWduX2lkPTkmZW1jPWVkaXRfbm5fMjAyMjA0MTUmaW5zdGFuY2VfaWQ9NTg1NTYmbmw9dGhlLW1vcm5pbmcmcmVnaV9pZD03NzY3NDk1MiZzZWdtZW50X2lkPTg5Mjk1JnRlPTEmdXNlcl9pZD1hYTQ5MWVmN2YxZDk2NGU0OTc5ZmI3ODRlNzRlMDFkN1cDbnl0QgpiS-NFWWJOOvzHUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAAA~). What to Watch Alexander Skarsgard breaks down the [mud and blood that went into making “The Northman,”](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRkO8rjP0TjaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyMi8wNC8xNC9tb3ZpZXMvYWxleGFuZGVyLXNrYXJzZ2FyZC10aGUtbm9ydGhtYW4uaHRtbD9jYW1wYWlnbl9pZD05JmVtYz1lZGl0X25uXzIwMjIwNDE1Jmluc3RhbmNlX2lkPTU4NTU2Jm5sPXRoZS1tb3JuaW5nJnJlZ2lfaWQ9Nzc2NzQ5NTImc2VnbWVudF9pZD04OTI5NSZ0ZT0xJnVzZXJfaWQ9YWE0OTFlZjdmMWQ5NjRlNDk3OWZiNzg0ZTc0ZTAxZDdXA255dEIKYkvjRVliTjr8x1IbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luOTBAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAA) a movie about Vikings. What to Listen to The culture critic Wesley Morris rethinks his obsessions with best-of lists on [the season premiere of “Still Processing.”](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRkO8rjP0TlaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyMi8wNC8xNC9wb2RjYXN0cy9zdGlsbC1wcm9jZXNzaW5nLWFtZXJpY2FuLXRvcC00MC5odG1sP2NhbXBhaWduX2lkPTkmZW1jPWVkaXRfbm5fMjAyMjA0MTUmaW5zdGFuY2VfaWQ9NTg1NTYmbmw9dGhlLW1vcm5pbmcmcmVnaV9pZD03NzY3NDk1MiZzZWdtZW50X2lkPTg5Mjk1JnRlPTEmdXNlcl9pZD1hYTQ5MWVmN2YxZDk2NGU0OTc5ZmI3ODRlNzRlMDFkN1cDbnl0QgpiS-NFWWJOOvzHUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAAA~) Late Night The hosts [aren’t thrilled about Musk](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRkO8rjP0TpaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyMi8wNC8xNS9hcnRzL3RlbGV2aXNpb24vdHJldm9yLW5vYWgtZWxvbi1tdXNrLXR3aXR0ZXIuaHRtbD9jYW1wYWlnbl9pZD05JmVtYz1lZGl0X25uXzIwMjIwNDE1Jmluc3RhbmNlX2lkPTU4NTU2Jm5sPXRoZS1tb3JuaW5nJnJlZ2lfaWQ9Nzc2NzQ5NTImc2VnbWVudF9pZD04OTI5NSZ0ZT0xJnVzZXJfaWQ9YWE0OTFlZjdmMWQ5NjRlNDk3OWZiNzg0ZTc0ZTAxZDdXA255dEIKYkvjRVliTjr8x1IbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luOTBAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAA). Take the News Quiz How well did you [keep up with the headlines this week](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRkO8rjP0T7aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vaW50ZXJhY3RpdmUvMjAyMi8wNC8xNS9icmllZmluZy9uZXdzLXF1aXotaW5mbGF0aW9uLW5hdG8tbmV3LXlvcmstc2hvb3RpbmcuaHRtbD9jYW1wYWlnbl9pZD05JmVtYz1lZGl0X25uXzIwMjIwNDE1Jmluc3RhbmNlX2lkPTU4NTU2Jm5sPXRoZS1tb3JuaW5nJnJlZ2lfaWQ9Nzc2NzQ5NTImc2VnbWVudF9pZD04OTI5NSZ0ZT0xJnVzZXJfaWQ9YWE0OTFlZjdmMWQ5NjRlNDk3OWZiNzg0ZTc0ZTAxZDdXA255dEIKYkvjRVliTjr8x1IbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luOTBAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAA)? Now Time to Play ~/AAAAAQA~/RgRkO8rjP0TAaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vcHV6emxlcy9zcGVsbGluZy1iZWU_Y2FtcGFpZ25faWQ9OSZlbWM9ZWRpdF9ubl8yMDIyMDQxNSZpbnN0YW5jZV9pZD01ODU1NiZubD10aGUtbW9ybmluZyZyZWdpX2lkPTc3Njc0OTUyJnNlZ21lbnRfaWQ9ODkyOTUmdGU9MSZ1c2VyX2lkPWFhNDkxZWY3ZjFkOTY0ZTQ5NzlmYjc4NGU3NGUwMWQ3VwNueXRCCmJL40VZYk46_MdSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjkwQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAAA~~ The pangrams from yesterday’s Spelling Bee were hometown and townhome. Here is today’s puzzle — or you can [play online](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRkO8rjP0TAaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vcHV6emxlcy9zcGVsbGluZy1iZWU_Y2FtcGFpZ25faWQ9OSZlbWM9ZWRpdF9ubl8yMDIyMDQxNSZpbnN0YW5jZV9pZD01ODU1NiZubD10aGUtbW9ybmluZyZyZWdpX2lkPTc3Njc0OTUyJnNlZ21lbnRfaWQ9ODkyOTUmdGU9MSZ1c2VyX2lkPWFhNDkxZWY3ZjFkOTY0ZTQ5NzlmYjc4NGU3NGUwMWQ3VwNueXRCCmJL40VZYk46_MdSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjkwQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAAA~~). Here’s [today’s Wordle](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRkO8rjP0TDaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vZ2FtZXMvd29yZGxlL2luZGV4Lmh0bWw_Y2FtcGFpZ25faWQ9OSZlbWM9ZWRpdF9ubl8yMDIyMDQxNSZpbnN0YW5jZV9pZD01ODU1NiZubD10aGUtbW9ybmluZyZyZWdpX2lkPTc3Njc0OTUyJnNlZ21lbnRfaWQ9ODkyOTUmdGU9MSZ1c2VyX2lkPWFhNDkxZWY3ZjFkOTY0ZTQ5NzlmYjc4NGU3NGUwMWQ3VwNueXRCCmJL40VZYk46_MdSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjkwQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAAA~~). 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