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Opioids Came for Country Music. It’s Fighting Back

With fentanyl and pills flooding communities at the heart of the genre, artists such as Brad Paisley, Elvie Shane, Jaime Wyatt, and others are meeting the crisis in song and in action

  • Country Crisis

Jam Master Jay’s Family Waited 22 Years for Justice. They’re Still Processing What It Means

The Run-D.M.C. DJ's sons and cousin reflect on two decades of loss and the impact of the murder trial's guilty verdicts

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‘It Smells Like Earth’: Inside the Eco-Minded World of Human Composting

After eons of burial and cremation being the only options, a new process is giving grieving families — and those contemplating their own death — a new path

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ALBUM REVIEW

Come for the Torture, Stay for the Poetry: This Might Be Taylor Swift’s Most Personal Album Yet

The Tortured Poets Department combines the intimacy of Folklore and Evermore with the synth-pop gloss of Midnights to create music that’s wildly ambitious and gloriously chaotic

Defendant Don

The former president wants to become the future president despite a growing mountain of legal woes that now includes three criminal indictments

Behind the Camera

The Ugly Truth About the Wild Animals of Instagram

Many of the thrilling photographs of bears, wolves, and tigers on your social media feeds are taken at game farms — places critics say are the exotic-animal equivalent of puppy mills

Future of Music

Peso Pluma Broke All the Barriers. Only He Knows Where He’s Going Next

He rocketed to superstardom with a signature brand of música mexicana. Now, can he navigate a new stratosphere of fame?

Music Lists

The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time


More than 250 artists, writers, and industry figures helped us choose a list full of historic favorites, world-changing anthems, and new classics

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