“Oh, Shit, That Was Alex”

On Saturday, Alex Pretti was pushed to the ground and fatally shot by federal agents. Video shows that, moments before, ...

A.I. Was Supposed to “Revolutionize” Work. In Many Offices, It’s Only Creating Chaos.

Few people are as knee-deep in our work-related anxieties and sticky office politics as Alison Green, who has been fielding ...

Alex Pretti Was Killed in My Neighborhood

Shortly after 9 a.m. Saturday morning, my wife Julia woke up from a nightmare that federal agents were trying to break into ...

Don’t Let Them Tell You That Was Self-Defense

Pretti was a licensed, law-abiding gun owner, registered nurse, and a military veteran.

I’ll Never Forgive the Way My Brother’s Kids Acted After the Divorce. No Matter How Hard He Tries.

When my brother got his divorce, his kids were in their early 20s and late teens. There was infidelity on both sides, but the ...

My Parents Kicked Me Out of the House When I Was 14. I Always Dreamed of Having Them Back—But Not Like This.

My daughter is 4 and my niece is almost 6; they’re the only grandchildren on my husband’s side. At my daughter’s birthday ...

In Minnesota, the Fight Against ICE Is Also the Fight Against Authoritarianism

This is part of a series of on-the-ground reports from Minneapolis.

I Walked In On My Colleague Defiling a Precious Piece of Art. Now His Fate Is in My Hands.

It’s anonymous! Dear How to Do It, I rent a studio space in a building with several other artists. The other night I stopped ...

The Problem With Secondhand Clothing

Secondhand hauls can still be bad for the planet, says Peleg Mizrachi: “Once we’re buying a lot in a high volume, there’s an environmental price to that.” Her study finds that people who buy primarily ...