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News
Here’s How an Open Democratic Convention Would Work
Produced by ‘The Ezra Klein Show’ [You can listen to this episode of “The Ezra Klein Show” on the NYT…
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Magazine
Is Shoplifting OK if the Shop Owner Is Awful?
The magazine’s Ethicist columnist on the moral implications of a friend’s stealing habit.
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News
What Do We Owe Black Americans?
In my debut novel, a family retraces their lineage in order to be eligible for the nation’s first federal reparations…
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News
Trump Is Losing It
It is unclear whether Donald Trump has forgotten the precise nature of NATO or whether he ever fully grasped it…
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Arts
How Do You Get Acoustic Instruments to Play Electronic Music?
The composer Matthew Sheeran, brother of the pop star Ed Sheeran, discusses how he translated microtonal electronic music for a…
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News
What Are We So Afraid Of? Here’s the Expert to Ask.
Christopher Bader is a sociologist at Chapman University in Orange, Calif., where he has three times been the principal investigator…
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Magazine
How Many Rings Is Too Many?
A reader wonders if stacking jewelry can look tacky. Recent red carpets suggest otherwise, our critic writes.
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News
The Things We Disagree On About Gaza
I’ve been very critical of Israel’s counterattack on Gaza, which appears to have killed a woman or child about once…
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News
How to Thrive in an Uncertain World
A close friend’s daughter was getting married in the pandemic summer of 2021. “We can’t invite friends to the wedding,”…
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US
Manchin, ‘Not Here Campaigning,’ Stirs 2024 Chatter in New Hampshire
The attention-seeking West Virginia senator, who has teased a late third-party presidential bid, tried to keep up the suspense at…