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Let’s learn from ‘The Last of Us.’ We’re not ready for the next outbreak

If you watch HBO’s “The Last of Us,” you see how a pandemic didn’t destroy the world — failure to communicate did. Trust collapsed....

yesterday 30

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Justin Ángel Knighten

David Souter set an example for the Supreme Court

David Souter, the former U.S. Supreme Court justice who died at 85 on Thursday, was sometimes mistakenly thought to have turned into a liberal...

previous day 20

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Noah Feldman

How the US gave India and Pakistan an excuse to stand down

When President Donald Trump announced Saturday that India and Pakistan had agreed to a ceasefire, it surprised most on the subcontinent. The...

previous day 20

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Mihir Sharma

Can K-pop still be K-pop without Korea?

“K-pop is K-pop — throwing in British is like forcing fish and chips into kimchi.” This was one of the comments I encountered after publishing my...

wednesday 9

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Kwon Mee-Yoo

Make public broadcasting great again by shaking it up

The animus that has led President Donald Trump to order an end to federal funding of PBS and NPR isn’t new. Public broadcasting has been an...

wednesday 1

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Llewellyn King

Confucius vs. Korean women

13.05.2025 30

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Peter S. Kim

Trump’s tariffs decimate small businesses

President Donald Trump’s goal of more manufacturing in the United States is laudable. However, the approach of using tariffs as a weapon is...

13.05.2025 30

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Willie Wilson

If your commute is a nightmare, blame Congress

America’s mass transit agencies are teetering on the brink of collapse. The money they got from Congress to help them through COVID-19 is running...

12.05.2025 4

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Matthew Yglesias