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Peek Inside a $200-a-Night ‘Room’ at the World Cup in Qatar
DOHA, Qatar — After Sheng Xie, a 33-year-old soccer fan from Vancouver, booked his flight to the World Cup, he…
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What Is Indigenous Power?
Of all the striking monuments you might encounter while driving an overstuffed minivan west across the United States, few leave…
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Overconfident Regulators Caused the Ticketmaster Mess
Before the federal government let Live Nation merge with Ticketmaster in 2010, it obtained some very solemn promises that the…
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Trump Was a Gift That May Not Keep Giving
The 2022 midterm election revealed dangerous cracks in the Democratic coalition, despite the fact that the party held the Senate…
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Elon, the Mosh Pit Called. It Wants ‘Hard Core’ Back.
Have you ever gotten an email at midnight from the boss with an ominous subject line like “a fork in…
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To Understand the F.B.I., You Have to Understand J. Edgar Hoover
In recent years, as I finished writing a biography of J. Edgar Hoover, director of the F.B.I. for nearly half…
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What to Know About This Year’s Thanksgiving Day N.F.L. Games
Our N.F.L. playoffs calculator has an up-to-date look at the latest playoff picture. The N.F.L. is a thief. As the…
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‘Racism’ Without Racists
I had a feeling that the piece I wrote last week, on the question of whether the terms “systemic,” “structural”…
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The Rams Bet It All for a Title. The Tab Is Coming Due.
The Los Angeles Rams built their 2021 roster to win the Super Bowl at all costs. They won the Super…
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This Holiday, I’m Going to a Gay Bar
They tell us not to flaunt it. They tell us to not shove it in their faces. They tell us…