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Graham Platner and the Rise of the ‘Dirtbag’ Democrat

And what the Maine candidate reveals about politics today.

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Derek Arthur

When Is It Wrong to Use A.I.?

How to criticize an inevitable disruption.

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Ross Douthat

Norma Jeane’s Still Got It!

Some continue to like it hot.

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Maureen Dowd

And the No. 1 State for Well-Being Is …

Trust, well-being and mental health are all down in America. But some states are better to live in than others, according to a new study.

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Nicholas Kristof

The New Right’s Very Old Vision of Men

The journalist Helen Lewis examines the ancient, angry gender politics of the New Right.

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Annie Galvin

Trump Is Getting Worse at His Job

Trump Is Getting Worse at His Job

“Trump loses more often, on more things, than most.”

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John Guida

Why Those Commencement Speakers Deserved Those Boos

Why Those Commencement Speakers Deserved Those Boos

Companies are trying to automate graduates’ futures away. No wonder they’re furious.

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Molly Jong-Fast

The MAGA Representative Crusading Against Government Secrecy

The MAGA Representative Crusading Against Government Secrecy

Anna Paulina Luna on Epstein, J.F.K. and U.F.O.s.

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Ross Douthat

‘Grotesque and Terrifying and Juvenile’

‘Grotesque and Terrifying and Juvenile’

What’s the matter, can’t you take a joke?

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M. Gessen

A Shocking Betrayal of Black Americans

A Shocking Betrayal of Black Americans

The sweeping effort to dismantle Black-majority congressional districts in the South will have far-reaching consequences for all Americans, and for...

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Mara Gay

Sheinbaum Can’t Put This Off Anymore

Sheinbaum Can’t Put This Off Anymore

Trump wants results against organized crime. Can Mexico’s president deliver?

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Carlos bravo regidor

America Doesn’t Have to Hold Unfair, Unrepresentative Elections

America Doesn’t Have to Hold Unfair, Unrepresentative Elections

Americans should think big about shaking up how we vote.

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Robbie robinette

The British Used to Sound Like We Did

The British Used to Sound Like We Did

When they left, they changed.

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John Mcwhorter

The Government Is Finally Taking A.I. Risk Seriously

The Government Is Finally Taking A.I. Risk Seriously

A.I. will upend cybersecurity as we know it. The president’s new executive order is a good first step in creating a safer tech ecosystem.

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Jen Easterly

Two Comedians Walk Into a … Friendship

Two Comedians Walk Into a … Friendship

I just realized why I liked ‘Hacks’ so much.

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David French

The Boycott That Separated Me From My Neighbors

The Boycott That Separated Me From My Neighbors

I’m not sure that I did the right thing by leaving the Park Slope Food Co-op.

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Rachel Timoner

The Wolf Turned Bald

You spend your whole childhood trying to look different from your dad, only to wake up and see his forehead in the mirror.

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Sameh alaa

The Fluffernutter Theory of Trump

The Fluffernutter Theory of Trump

Mindless optimism is the only antidote to rational despair.

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Bret Stephens

Melinda French Gates: Women, We Deserve Better Than This

Melinda French Gates: Women, We Deserve Better Than This

Too many women walk out of their doctors’ office with no diagnosis, no treatment and no plan.

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Melinda French Gates

The Strait of Hormuz Is Getting Less Dire by the Day

The Strait of Hormuz Is Getting Less Dire by the Day

The longer we go without oil from the Persian Gulf, the less we’ll need it.

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Christopher Smart

This Is Why You Don’t Slash Humanitarian Aid

The fecklessness of Washington leaders contrasts with the courage of doctors, nurses and aid workers in places like Congo.

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Nicholas Kristof

This Man Should Not Be in Charge of National Intelligence

This Man Should Not Be in Charge of National Intelligence

Pulte’s one evident qualification is his eagerness to advance the president’s political revenge campaign.

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The Editorial Board , Review & Outlook

Elon Musk’s Extraterrestrial Money Grab

Elon Musk’s Extraterrestrial Money Grab

What Elon Musk really wants out of the SpaceX I.P.O.: the funds to control the highly profitable earnings potential of low-Earth orbit.

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Clive Irving

Stop Location-Tracking Your Friends and Lovers

Stop Location-Tracking Your Friends and Lovers

Your friends don’t need to know where you are 24/7.

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Jessica Grose

California Got the Candidates It Deserves

California Got the Candidates It Deserves

Why didn’t a great state get to choose among some great candidates? Blame the voters.

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Josh Barro

Feeling Nihilistic? You’re Not Alone.

Feeling Nihilistic? You’re Not Alone.

A case for mourning the American dream.

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Vishakha Darbha

Spike Lee: Knicks in Six

Spike Lee: Knicks in Six

The Knicks are New York’s soul, and they are bringing us together again in the championship series against San Antonio.

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Spike Lee

America Broke Something When It Gave Trump a Second Chance

America Broke Something When It Gave Trump a Second Chance

Lincoln would know how to deal with these Republicans.

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Jamelle Bouie

I Went to Lebanon and Found Something Strangely Hopeful

If given the chance, the country could remake itself on its own terms.

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William Keo

Dear President Ozymandias

Dear President Ozymandias

Look on his works and despair.

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Bret Stephens

Graham Platner and the Amoral Center

Graham Platner and the Amoral Center

Why a morally divided country might find sleazy candidates reassuring.

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Ross Douthat

Trump Has Failed as Commander in Chief

Trump Has Failed as Commander in Chief

Trump has failed to unite the country while at war and instead is seeking personal gain.

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Thomas L. Friedman

Ian Bremmer on the Risks America Poses to the World

Ian Bremmer on the Risks America Poses to the World

The political risk analyst Ian Bremmer argues that the greatest driver of risk in the world right now is President Trump.

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Annie Galvin

‘You’ve Got to Move With the Times’: 14 Baby Boomers on Their Generation and America Today

‘You’ve Got to Move With the Times’: 14 Baby Boomers on Their Generation and America Today

The group discusses their generation, the world today and the problems younger generations face.

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Adrian J. Rivera

How the Oprah Tax Code Swept America

How the Oprah Tax Code Swept America

Here’s how to make taxes work.

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Natasha Sarin

Putin Has No Good Way Out

Putin Has No Good Way Out

Perpetuating a war is not the same as winning one.

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Michael Kimmage

It’s Never Been Easier in America to Get Buzzed

It’s Never Been Easier in America to Get Buzzed

Evidence suggests that people would drink and use illegal drugs less if the prices were higher.

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German Lopez

Going to Europe This Summer? Good Luck.

Going to Europe This Summer? Good Luck.

Air travel could be disrupted into next year because of high jet fuel prices.

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Robert w. mann jr

Don’t Be Fooled. Trump’s Sweating the Midterms

Don’t Be Fooled. Trump’s Sweating the Midterms

The president’s nonchalance is just a show.

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Frank Bruni

Bernie Sanders: A.I. Belongs to the People, Not to Billionaires

Bernie Sanders: A.I. Belongs to the People, Not to Billionaires

All Americans should have a stake in the future of this technology.

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Bernie Sanders

In a Tennessee Execution Chamber, I Saw Chaos

In a Tennessee Execution Chamber, I Saw Chaos

Nothing prepared me to witness the agony that my client experienced in the execution chamber.

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Maria deliberato

How Long Can Marco Rubio Keep This Up?

How Long Can Marco Rubio Keep This Up?

The secret to the Secretary of State’s success.

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Manuel roig-franzia

Algorithms Ruined Mass Culture. Slop Filled the Void.

Algorithms Ruined Mass Culture. Slop Filled the Void.

A.I. slop is reconstituting a shared cultural base line.

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Dan Brooks

Germany Has Lots of Problems. This Is Its Biggest.

Germany Has Lots of Problems. This Is Its Biggest.

The economy is in a terrible mess.

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Konstantin Richter

Make America Read Again

Make America Read Again

The reading crisis is real, but the solution does not require new inventions.

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Brian Bannon

The Museum of Wretched Ideas Has Reopened

The Museum of Wretched Ideas Has Reopened

We seem to have forgotten more or less everything.

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David French

The Problem With Martin Luther King Jr.’s Origin Story

The Problem With Martin Luther King Jr.’s Origin Story

A civil-rights leader’s friendship with a white boy sits at the heart of his account of how he encountered racism.

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Jonathan Eig

We Have to Take the Future of A.I. Into Our Own Hands

We Have to Take the Future of A.I. Into Our Own Hands

We’ve heard a lot about what it can do for businesses, and for individuals, but what about society?

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Ezra Klein

Being Straight Is Great, Actually

“Heteropessimism” is all the rage — but really, there’s never been a better time to be looking for love. Go on, be a hetero-optimist.

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Magdalene J. Taylor

The Best News in America

The Best News in America

A low murder rate is by no means the only measure of a good society. But it’s a pretty good measure of a society’s underlying stability.

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Ross Douthat