NYT Magazine | Madonna at 60

is still the original queen of pop.

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Madonna on aging, inspiration and why she refuses to cede control. On the eve of her new album "Madame X," Madonna still remains the highest-charting female musician and highest-grossing female touring musician in history. Even as the pop music landscape which she helped shape changes around her, for many, she is still an object of fascination. Without Madonna, we wouldn't have Britney Spears, Lady Gaga and maybe even Janelle Monae.  Read our profile of the original queen of pop.

The Struggles of Rejecting the Gender Binary Salem, a nonbinary 20-year-old in North Carolina. Jessica Dimmock for The New York Times By DANIEL BERGNER Not everyone identifies as male or female. This is what it's like to be nonbinary in a world that wants to box you in.

The Man Who Told America the Truth About D-Day Ernie Pyle listening to a news report on war activities over the loudspeaker of a Navy transport carrying Marines to the invasion of Okinawa in 1945. Bettmann Archive/Getty Images By DAVID CHRISINGER Ernie Pyle's dispatches offered comfort to readers back home. Then the Normandy landings — 75 years ago this week — changed his perspective on the war's costs.

Stephen Colbert on the Political Targets of Satire Mamadi Doumbouya for The New York Times By DAVID MARCHESE "Not everybody is as mockable as everybody else, and some mockability doesn't have consequences."

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