May-Ying Lam

• On Parenting

The old reality promised baby showers, gender-reveal parties, visits with grandparents and browsing stores for onesies. Now, these moms-to-be contemplate how they would handle a coronavirus diagnosis, prepare to give birth while wearing a mask and fight through old traumas that the virus has triggered.

Photographer May-Ying Lam spent a year overseas and confronted a different version of her family’s city.

• Magazine

On the campaign trail with a spiritual guru who hopes to fix America with love. Tough love.

• Style

Demanding more money got her shunned in showbiz and earned her a “difficult” reputation. But the Queen of Comedy stands by her truth at all costs.

• Magazine

What does it say about the world today that we suddenly need to treat everything like wine?

• Magazine

The rift is the subject of a lawsuit filed by Virginia Tech professor Marc Edwards against three activists he worked with.

• Style

Inside the world of Plinko, screaming fans, Drew Carey and the American dream.

• Magazine

How cancer changed his political views — and influenced his vote.

• Music

Elizabeth Rowe’s case against the Boston Symphony Orchestra could change how orchestras pay men and women.