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Phones and Fingers

Word of the Day: obtrusive

How Is Your Generation Changing Politics?

A Cap on Friends?

Word of the Day: satire

How Much Have You and Your Community Changed Since George Floyd’s Death?

Summer Pleasures

Word of the Day: tenable

Punk Rock Teens

Word of the Day: deforestation

Have You Ever Felt Pressure to ‘Sell Your Pain’?

How Much Do You Know About Yemen?

The Perilous Hunt for Coconut Crabs on a Remote Polynesian Island

How Are You Right Now?

Word of the Day: lithe

What’s Going On in This Picture? | May 24, 2021

Pinwheel Activity

Are You a Sneakerhead?

Sounds of Serenity

Word of the Day: cryptography

Film Club: ‘Is It Basketball … or Socialism?’

What Students Are Saying About Getting Vaccinated, New Masking Guidelines and What They’ve Made This Year

Sharing

Word of the Day: feasible

Who Should We Honor on Our Money?

Teaching About the Current Conflict in Gaza and Israel

Twisted Needle

Word of the Day: unkempt

What Have You Made This Year?

Beach Days

Word of the Day: kinship

How Much Do You Know About Vanuatu?

Glimpses of a Deserted Soviet Mining Town, Preserved in the High Arctic

What Is Your Reaction to New Guidelines That Loosen Mask Requirements?

Word of the Day: incentive

What’s Going On in This Picture? | May 17, 2021

Are C.E.O.s Paid Too Much?

As Professors, New York Times Staff Members Teach, and Learn

Packing

Word of the Day: rescind

Film Club: ‘The Stonewall You Know Is a Myth. And That’s O.K.’

What Students Are Saying About Living in Political Bubbles, Annual College Lists and Being Productive

Weekly News Quiz for Students: Presidential Photo, Colombia Protests, China Rocket

Do You Feel You’re Friends With Celebrities or Influencers You Follow Online?

Lesson of the Day: ‘‘‘Belonging Is Stronger Than Facts”: The Age of Misinformation’

Talking to Strangers

Word of the Day: quintessence

Small Towns

Word of the Day: elated

Robert Slavin, Who Studied How Children Learn, Dies at 70