Opinion
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America’s Crumbling Global Position
A “complex, coordinated and deliberate attack,” was how John Kirby, the Pentagon press secretary, on Monday described a recent drone…
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Wokeness Is Oversimplifying the American Creed
The University of Chicago’s Dorian Abbot is a climate scientist with some vital observations about the sustainability of life on…
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Beyond Zuckerberg
Let’s just cut to the chase: Who’s going to replace Mark Zuckerberg as C.E.O. of Facebook? Before you go, “Whoa…
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Is ‘Havana Syndrome’ an ‘Act of War’ or ‘Mass Hysteria’?
This article is part of the Debatable newsletter. You can sign up here to receive it on Tuesdays and Thursdays.…
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Face It, Facebook Won’t Change Unless Advertisers Demand It
Facebook has endured one of the most punishing stretches of corporate coverage in recent memory, exposing its immense power and…
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‘Dune’ Is the Movie We Always Wanted
The blogger John Rogers once noted that there are two novels that can shape the lives of bookish 14-year-olds: “Atlas…
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Build Less Better
The Build Back Better Act’s strength is also its weakness. Tackling health care coverage, prescription drug prices, family care, education…
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Cori Bush and AOC Are Right About Jan. 6 and 1866
When, in the early morning hours of Jan. 7, Congress finally certified the 2020 Electoral College count, more than 140…
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This Movement Is Taking Money Away From Fossil Fuels, and It’s Working
I remember the night in the autumn of 2012 when the first institution in the U.S. publicly committed to divest…
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Why ‘Evangelical’ Is Becoming Another Word for ‘Republican’
The conventional wisdom about religion in the United States is that the number of people who have no religious affiliation…