Opinion
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Why People Fail to Notice Horrors Around Them
The miraculous history of our species is peppered with dark stories of oppression, tyranny, bloody wars, savagery, murder and genocide.…
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Baseball Is Designed to Break Your Heart
The familiar emptiness hit me in the pit of my stomach. For the second time in five years my beloved…
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It’s Not as Easy as Just Getting Biden to Drop Out
In a recent episode of his podcast, my colleague Ezra Klein made the strongest case yet for replacing President Biden…
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A U.S. Call for a Humanitarian Cease-Fire in Gaza
Vetoing a United Nations Security Council resolution calling for an immediate cease-fire in Gaza while circulating a softer hostages-for-cease-fire resolution…
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Sex and the Capital City
While Joe Biden celebrates connubial sex, Republicans emblazon the Scarlet Letter.
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Nikki Haley’s Republican Party of One
In Rock Hill, S.C., last weekend, the biggest boom of a reaction came when Nikki Haley told the crowd, “Everybody’s…
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Toxic Beauty Standards Can Be Passed Down
When my best friend and I lived together 13 years ago, our shared bathroom had a handful of products: soap,…
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Alexei Navalny Inspired Me to Start Pussy Riot. His Vision Is Immortal.
By Nadya Tolokonnikova Produced by Jillian Weinberger Aleksei Navalny spent most of his life working toward a free Russia. Since…
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Where Did the ‘True Detective’ Magic Go? To Another Show.
If I were asked to condense the entire era of prestige television — all its plots, moods, tropes and aesthetics…
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Will Gaza Cost Biden Re-election?
As infuriated as she is by Joe Biden’s stalwart support for Israel, Layla Elabed has not ruled out voting for…