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Sunday, June 16, 2019

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If you agreed with the recent Times article that argued that the Aperol spritz is "not a good drink," I come bearing great news: The Negroni is the perfect drink for 2019. Jennifer Finney Boylan makes the case for the cocktail, which is turning 100 this year: "Is it too bitter, you ask? Given the age we now live in, with its fury and its noise, I feel it is exactly bitter enough." Cheers. — Alexandra March

How Retail's Secret Surveillance Tracks Your Every Move

By MICHAEL KWET

Picture this: You're in the grocery store, eyeing your favorite yogurt, and your phone lights up with a notification offering 10 percent off. Perhaps it's coincidence, but more likely, it's bluetooth "beacons."

Forget Everything You Think You Know About the Death Penalty

Max Guther

By NICHOLAS KRISTOF

"A majority of Americans ... favor capital punishment, believing that it will deter offenders or save money and presuming that it will apply only to the vilest criminals and that mistakes are not a serious risk. All these assumptions are wrong."

These Are the Faces of Tranquillity

Nate Edwards, filmmaker and interdisciplinary artist, at Bayou Bend Gardens in Houston. Naima Green for The New York Times

By NAIMA GREEN

Vacant lots. City streets. Urban decay. These are often the scenes that surround people of color in photography, but one photographer is disrupting that narrative.

Should the Police Be Able to Investigate Your Genetic Family Tree?

Joan Wong

By ELIZABETH JOH

It's the same technology that identified Joseph DeAngelo in the Golden State Killer case, and it can help solve other crimes, too. But should it be used for shoplifting? Littering? Other minor crimes?

How to End a Friendship

Tallulah Fontaine

By LAUREN MECHLING

There's a playbook for romantic relationships — and how to end them. But the rules for friendships can be much murkier.

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You're invited to an evening of diverse, personal films on June 19 in Los Angeles. Through these films, which offer a perspective on immigrants' experiences, witness the heartbreak of those detained by ICE and the hope that's found on a dance floor, as well as the optimism in a contest for girls in "the toughest town in Texas." The director Laura Nix will be on hand to speak with subjects from her film, the dancers Paul and Millie Cao; national immigration correspondent Miriam Jordan will moderate; and the dancers Maksym Kapitanchuk and Elena Krifuks will perform. Tickets are available here. Save $5 with discount code TIMESEVENTS.