Opinion
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The Self-Isolation of the American Left
Franklin Roosevelt, Lyndon Johnson and Martin Luther King Jr. were among the great champions of progressive ideas in the 20th…
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Is Our True-Crime Obsession Doing More Harm Than Good?
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J.D. Vance’s Hillbilly Hypocrisy
I seriously doubt that J.D. Vance has scraped the bottom of his barrel — it appears to be a roomy…
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A Farewell to Readers, With Hope
My life was transformed when I was 25 years old and nervously walked into a job interview in the grand…
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Vaccine Policy Should Consider the Power of ‘Hybrid Immunity’
As a physician in a Covid-19 care unit, I celebrate the vaccines as one of medicine’s greatest triumphs. They provide…
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We Knew Bolsonaro Was Guilty. Now We Have 1,288 Pages of Proof.
SÃO PAULO, Brazil — If my country had managed just an average response to the pandemic, over 400,000 Brazilians would…
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There’s No Cheap Way to Deal With the Climate Crisis
This article is copublished with ProPublica, a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. There will be no bargains with…
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Katie Couric Isn’t Afraid of Getting Canceled
Produced by ‘Sway’ Katie Couric has drawn fire for her new memoir, which chronicles over two decades of a TV…
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Glenn Youngkin vs. Toni Morrison
Glenn, you, sir, are no match for Mother Toni. In the homestretch of the campaign for governor of Virginia, Republican…
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You Can’t Fight City Hall. But You Can Pick Who Runs It.
Guess I’m going for the vegan. Next week we’ll be voting in local elections all around the country. In New…