Opinion
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The Radical Normalcy of a Trans ‘Jeopardy!’ Winner
I’d like Transgender Equality for $100, please. The answer is: This kind of behavior infuriates people opposed to progress for…
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My Dinner With Sidney Poitier
Yes, he came to dinner. In the summer of 2014, I received word through a friend that I was being…
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F.D.R.’s Court-Packing Plan Had Two Parts. We Need to Bring Back the Second.
When the Supreme Court hears oral arguments on Friday in two pairs of challenges to Biden administration rules regarding Covid…
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‘It’s Going to Be the White House Next’: Nine Democrats Grapple With Jan. 6
This article is based on a focus group we held with Democratic voters about the events of Jan. 6, 2021,…
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‘Trump’s People Don’t Act Like That’: How Republican Voters See Jan. 6
This article is the result of a focus group we held with Republican voters about the events of Jan. 6,…
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Our Democracy Isn’t Just Going to Fix Itself
This article is part of a collection on the events of Jan. 6, one year later. Read more in a…
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What Putin Really Wants
MOSCOW — President Vladimir Putin of Russia is playing a game of suspense. When he kicked over the global chessboard…
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The Economic Case for Goldilocks
For the U.S. economy, 2021 was both the best of times and the worst of times — well, maybe not…
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Why Democrats Are So Bad at Defending Democracy
When it comes to elections, the Republican Party operates within a carapace of lies. So we rely on the Democrats…
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Are We Really Facing a Second Civil War?
Barbara F. Walter, a political scientist at the University of California, San Diego, has interviewed many people who’ve lived through…