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Opinion
Texas’ Toxic Heart
There are states worse than Texas — states even more regressive, states even more oppressive, redder states and madder states…
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Opinion
What Killed the Blue-Collar Struggle for Social Justice
In 1998, Shannon Mulcahy’s boyfriend beat her up so badly that prosectors in Indiana decided to press charges. She hid…
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Opinion
Is Texas Ready for Matthew McConaughey?
Produced by ‘Sway’ When the actor Matthew McConaughey dropped his rom-com act to pursue hard-hitting dramas, Hollywood called it a…
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Opinion
The Supreme Court’s Pain — and Our Anger
In January 2001, the Supreme Court was hurting. Thirty-six days after Election Day, on Dec. 12, 2000, the justices had…
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America
Bitcoin predica la libertad financiera. Nayib Bukele pone a prueba esa promesa
SAN MIGUEL, El Salvador — Los defensores del bitcóin sueñan con un sistema financiero en gran medida libre de la…
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Europe
As Europe Faces a Cold Winter, Putin Seizes on the Leverage From Russia’s Gas Output
MOSCOW — In Europe, the surge in the price of natural gas has halted factories, startled politicians and alarmed consumers…
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Food
How to Sell Good, Inexpensive Wines Without Pandering
For young people on tight budgets who want to learn more about wine, the points of entry can be discouraging.…
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Tech
We’re Smarter About Facebook Now
This article is part of the On Tech newsletter. Here is a collection of past columns. In Facebook’s major scandals…
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Science
This Chemist’s Pandemic Hobby? Firing Medieval Cannonballs.
In the early days of the pandemic, Dawn E. Riegner, a chemist at an elite college, found that she had…
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Europe
Poland’s Top Court Rules Its Constitution Trumps Some E.U. Laws
WARSAW — Poland’s constitutional court on Thursday set up a head-on collision with the European Union by ruling that the…