Opinion
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He’s at the Center of the Storm. And in Over His Head.
KYIV, Ukraine — It’s not hard to guess what President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine must be craving right now: one…
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This Is the Russia-China Friendship that Nixon Feared
Mao Zedong arrived in Moscow in 1949 expecting to be feted for delivering China, the world’s most populous country, to…
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This ‘Could Kill Far More Afghans Than the Past 20 Years of War’
Ninety-five percent of Afghans don’t have enough to eat. Nearly nine million are at risk of starvation. The U.N.’s emergency…
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Why We Love Lazy, Drunk, Broke Women on TV
When we meet Sam, the 40-something protagonist of the HBO dramedy “Somebody Somewhere,” she has returned to her hometown, Manhattan,…
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A Stock Trading Ban Could Help Restore Trust in Congress
Americans are in a sour mood with their elected officials. Blame the pandemic or inflation or Trumpism or stress or…
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Wonking Out: What to Expect When You’re Expecting Inflation
Good news on inflation has been hard to come by lately. But this week we got two encouraging reports from…
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Why Some Red States Aren’t Going for Broke on Abortion — Yet
In 2019 a wave of anti-abortion laws swept this country — a common enough event in the United States, where…
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After a Plague, a Labor Reckoning
In the wake of a devastating pandemic, millions of people are dead and many more have had their lives upended.…
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Should We Blame Mitch McConnell or Brad Pitt?
Pop quiz: When lawmakers meet to study the 2020 census results and redraw their congressional and state legislative districts, their…
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Sanctions Aren’t Perfect. But They’re the Best Tool We’ve Got.
There are two clashing arguments about whether the threat of economic sanctions can be effective now in deterring Russian aggression…