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Kevin McCarthy’s Place in the History Books
What’s happening in Washington — the House of Representatives’ failing to elect a speaker on the first ballot — has…
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Want to Understand L.G.B.T.Q. Life in America? Come to Alabama.
HUNTSVILLE, Ala. — It was an unusually chilly Thursday night in December, and a drag queen named Miss Majesty Divine…
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When American History Turns Into American Mythology
In the realm of folklore and ancient traditions, myths are tales forever retold for their wisdom and underlying truths. Their…
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It Shouldn’t Be This Hard to Get Mentally Ill People the Help They Need
A few weeks before Mayor Eric Adams announced that New York would begin a big push to involuntarily hospitalize severely…
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Once Again, My Family Must Leave Afghanistan
Last September, 13 months after the Taliban takeover, my family and I flew into Kabul one morning as many of…
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A Skeptical Take on the A.I. Revolution
Produced by ‘The Ezra Klein Show’ The year 2022 was jam-packed with advances in artificial intelligence, from the release of…
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Pope Benedict Wasn’t Conservative. He Was Something Much More Surprising.
“The words of a dead man,” W.H. Auden wrote in his elegy for a fellow poet, “are modified in the…
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Michigan State Football Player Who Hit Rival Pleads Guilty to Misdemeanors
On Oct. 29, Khary Crump, a cornerback for the Spartans, swung his helmet and hit an opposing player inside Michigan…
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Making America the Opposite of Great
I admit it: Like many liberals, I’m feeling a fair bit of MAGAfreude — taking some pleasure in the self-destruction…
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N.F.L. Cancels Bills-Bengals Game
The league announced that it would not resume the Monday night matchup that was postponed after Buffalo safety Damar Hamlin…