The New York Times Magazine - USA (2022-05-01)

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May 1, 2022

9 Screenland Green Fields By Jake Nevins / 13 Talk Vaclav Smil By David Marchese/ 16 Diagnosis Recurrences By Lisa Sanders, M.D. / 20 The Ethicist Class Trolls
By Kwame Anthony Appiah / 22 Letter of Recommendation Québécois Foot Percussion By Eric Boodman / 24 Eat Cheese Enchiladas By Bryan Washington

4 Contributors / 6 The Thread / 12 Poem / 20 Judge John Hodgman / 23 Tip / 54, 56, 58 Puzzles / 54 Puzzle Answers

Woodrow Wilson High School in
Long Beach, Calif., where a
200-student riot in 1992, reported
in The Los Angeles Times as a
response to the Rodney King verdict,
never actually took place. Page 26.

26 Memories of Fire
By Héctor Tobar / In 1992, I was a
young reporter at The Los Angeles
Times when the city erupted in
violence. Thirty years later, I’m still
trying to figure out what happened
— and what didn’t.

40 Metaverse Medicine
By Helen Ouyang / Can virtual reality
help ease chronic pain?

48 King of the Character Actors
By Matthew Klam / Now in his 70s,
Henry Winkler has finally broken
free from stardom’s curse to find his
true calling.

On the Cover Photograph by Ken Lubas/Los Angeles Times, via Getty Images.
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