Opinion
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Social Media Companies Want to Co-opt the First Amendment. Courts Shouldn’t Let Them.
In two cases that could have sweeping implications for free speech online, social media companies including Facebook, YouTube and Twitter…
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I’m Furious at the Unvaccinated
I recently found out that a friend of mine — a smart guy — was not vaccinated, and I confronted…
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Everybody Wants to Be Your Email Buddy
People, have you been barraged by emails from candidates asking for donations? If so, do you feel popular or besieged?…
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Why Is There So Much Judgment About How We Feed Our Kids?
At a routine checkup for Priya Fielding-Singh’s newborn daughter, a well-meaning nurse put the child on a scale and said,…
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Yes, Americans Should Be Mailed Free Tests
The White House press secretary, Jen Psaki, responded with exasperation this week to a question about distributing at-home tests to…
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The Supreme Court Faces a Voting Paradox
There is a chance — not a likelihood, but a chance — that the decision the Supreme Court reaches on…
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The Year America Lost Its Democracy
The foreign-policy journalist Joshua Keating used to write a series for Slate called “If It Happened There,” in which he…
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‘Improvise It, Man.’ How to Make Magic Like the Beatles.
Paul McCartney is stressing out. At various points in “The Beatles: Get Back,” the three-part, nearly-eight-hour documentary chronicling the 1969…
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Trump Won’t Let America Go. Can Democrats Pry It Away?
Do you believe, as many political activists and theorists do, that the contemporary Republican Party poses a threat to democracy?…
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I’m an E.R. Doctor in Michigan, Where Unvaccinated People Are Filling Hospital Beds
Recently a patient in his 70s came seeking care at the small rural hospital in West Michigan where I’ve worked…