9
The Brief
19
The View
26
Whistle-Blower
Frances Haugen’s life before Facebook compelled her to expose the company’s secrets
By Billy Perrigo
34
Melting Pot
To understand why teaching race has become an incendiary political issue, look no further than one school’s fight over “cultural responsiveness”
By Molly Ball

44
Wind Workers
The U.S. East Coast is preparing to draw energy from offshore wind farms. And trainees are preparing for the jobs they’re told will come too
By Alejandro de la Garza
48
‘Peak Redundancy’
The burden of TV streaming services that want to be all things to everyone
By Judy Berman
54
The Year in Photos
Moments of clarity, in a 2021 marked by fraught transitions

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Time Off
A fisherman feeds whale sharks in Tan-Awan, the Philippines, in September; while the chance to swim with big fish is a tourist draw, conservation groups denounce hand feeding
Photograph by Hannah Reyes Morales—The New York Times/Redux
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