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How Much of a Threat Is Kennedy to Biden?
The columnist Michelle Goldberg reports on Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s coalition of the alienated.
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She Dreams of Pink Planets and Alien Dinosaurs
Lisa Kaltenegger, director of the Carl Sagan Institute at Cornell University, hunts for aliens in space by studying Earth across…
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A Soccer Team Stopped Charging for Tickets. Should Others Do the Same?
When Paris F.C. made its tickets free, it began an experiment into the connection between fans and teams, and posed…
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Rev. Cecil Murray, Leader Amid Los Angeles Riots, Dies at 94
He used his church, First African Methodist Episcopal, as a base to address the social ills that confronted the city’s…
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Trevor Griffiths, Marxist Writer for Stage and Screen, Dies at 88
For him, “art played a particular role in social change,” the director Mehmet Ergen said. “Everything was political.”
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Clarence Henry, New Orleans R&B Star Known as the Frogman, Dies at 87
A local hero in his hometown, he was best known for his hit “Ain’t Got No Home,” which showcased the…
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Stumbling Into Goldilocks
The U.S. economy has been far more successful at recovering from the Covid shock than it was in dealing with…
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Trump’s New Stance on Abortion
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50 Years After Historic Home Run, Hank Aaron Gets a Stamp and a Statue
The baseball legend hit his record-breaking home run on April 8, 1974. His statue will be unveiled at the Baseball…
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Peter Higgs, Nobelist Who Discovered the ‘God Particle,’ Dies at 94
The Higgs boson was named for him. It was a key element of the Standard Model, which encapsulated all human…