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In India, a Dark Shadow Falls on Its Vaunted Elections

In India, a Dark Shadow Falls on Its Vaunted Elections

On Saturday, New Delhi, the Indian capital, was under siege. The Indian government deployed more than 20,000 police and paramilitary personnel,...

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Gautam Bhatia

Normalcy Bias Prevented Me from Recognizing My Daughter’s Heart Failure

Normalcy Bias Prevented Me from Recognizing My Daughter’s Heart Failure

I didn’t know the term yet, but early in the second year of my daughter Karuna’s life, I’d fallen into something psychologists call normalcy...

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Raj Panjabi

We Need to Bring Back Matchmaking Our Friends

We Need to Bring Back Matchmaking Our Friends

Last year, I started hosting monthly house parties. When I saw two friends get on really well, I set them up on a date. “You two should go out...

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Meehika Barua

The Case for Shifting Mental Health Care From Institutions to Communities

The Case for Shifting Mental Health Care From Institutions to Communities

In recent decades, many countries have made meaningful progress in developing community-based mental health services. Moreover, rights-based...

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Anura Kumara Dissanayake And Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus

The Benefits of Prescribing Food as Medicine

The Benefits of Prescribing Food as Medicine

We all know that eating a healthy diet is good for us.  In fact, nutrition is one of the most powerful tools we have to prevent and manage chronic...

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Sadiya S. Khan

Under the Gun: Understanding America’s Defense Spending Paradox

Under the Gun: Understanding America’s Defense Spending Paradox

Due to the technical or legal reasons, readability mode is not available for this article. Thank you for your kind understanding.

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Joshua Keating

Paternity Leave Is More Than a Perk. It Builds a Baby’s Brain

Paternity Leave Is More Than a Perk. It Builds a Baby’s Brain

We often treat paternity leave like a company perk—something HR lists next to the gym stipend and the 401k match. The research says we are wrong...

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Alvin Thomas

Why South Korea and Ukraine Are Fighting Over Two Prisoners of War

Why South Korea and Ukraine Are Fighting Over Two Prisoners of War

On Sept. 23, President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine spoke at the UN General Assembly about the military support Russia was getting from North Korea...

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Andrew Yeo

The Cornell 7 Case Demands More Than Outrage

The Cornell 7 Case Demands More Than Outrage

By now, most of America has heard about the young woman who says she was gang raped by fraternity brothers while she was a student at Cornell...

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Tarana Burke

The New Fight to Legitimize Conversion Therapy

The New Fight to Legitimize Conversion Therapy

I spent eight years in conversion therapy trying to heal what church leaders called my “core wounds.” I did individual therapy with Christian...

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Timothy Schraeder Rodriguez

Why We Must Invest in Scientists, Not Just Science

Why We Must Invest in Scientists, Not Just Science

We often think of science as a search for answers to a specific issue: a solution to a known problem, or a cure for a particular disease. In practice,...

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Nicholas B. Dirks

The Great Healthcare Cost Hike Is Here

The Great Healthcare Cost Hike Is Here

American healthcare, the priciest healthcare system in the world, is set to get even more expensive In the coming weeks, the roughly 160 million...

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Neale Mahoney And Abigail Sanchez

How the Unraveling of Brazil’s Social Contract Paved the Way for Bolsonaros

How the Unraveling of Brazil’s Social Contract Paved the Way for Bolsonaros

Picture this: after being defeated in his bid for re-election, a president refuses to concede, spreads lies about voter fraud and calls upon...

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Guilherme Casarões

Cuteness Is Political

Cuteness Is Political

When you think of a military general, the descriptor “cute” probably doesn’t come to mind.  But cuteness may have helped Prabowo Subianto, a...

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Chethana Achar And Carolyn Wells Keller

How to Beat Trump’s Noise Machine

How to Beat Trump’s Noise Machine

On Monday night in Grand Island, Nebraska, defending the price Americans are paying for his war with Iran, President Donald Trump bragged to a...

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Jeffrey Sonnenfeld And Steven Tian

What the Cornell 7 Case Reveals About Consent and Bravery

What the Cornell 7 Case Reveals About Consent and Bravery

By now, most parents have likely read an article or two about the alleged assault involving a young woman and seven young men that took place at a...

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Reshma Saujani

How Oct. 7 Changed Israel

How Oct. 7 Changed Israel

The world changed when Hamas attacked Israelis on Oct. 7, 2023, catalyzing devastating conflict throughout the region. But within Israel, political...

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Dahlia Scheindlin

The War in Iran Will Make It Harder for Americans to Stay Warm This Winter

The War in Iran Will Make It Harder for Americans to Stay Warm This Winter

As America’s war with Iran continues and winter approaches, families already struggling to cover rising living costs could face another financial...

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Sanya Carley

Hoping for Better, 3 Years Since Oct. 7

Hoping for Better, 3 Years Since Oct. 7

And I will always be the mother of Hersh Goldberg-Polin. Hersh will always be my eldest child. Hersh will always be my only son. And Hersh will always...

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Rachel Goldberg-Polin

The Ghosts That Haunt Egypt

I grew up in Cairo under Hosni Mubarak, who had ruled for longer than I had been alive. I was 15 when the revolution erupted in January 2011, a high...

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Abdelrahman Elgendy

The Ghosts That Haunt Egypt

I grew up in Cairo under Hosni Mubarak, who had ruled for longer than I had been alive. I was 15 when the revolution erupted in January 2011, a high...

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Abdelrahman Elgendy

The Fossil Fuel Turning Point

The Fossil Fuel Turning Point

The world has spent decades debating how to transition away from fossil fuels. Three years ago, at COP28 in Dubai, 195 countries reached, by...

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André Corrêa do Lago And Bruce Douglas

The Case Against Wearing Headphones in Public

The Case Against Wearing Headphones in Public

I keep losing my wireless headphones. When I do have them with me, they’re often out of battery. So one day earlier this summer, I decided to ditch...

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Meehika Barua

We Must Fight Health Misinformation With Empathy

We Must Fight Health Misinformation With Empathy

In November 2008, I was eight months pregnant, watching the election returns roll in. Somehow, I’d found a way to make myself even more...

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Megan L. Ranney

We Won't Know the Answers to AI's Most Important Questions Until It's Too Late

We Won't Know the Answers to AI's Most Important Questions Until It's Too Late

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Geoffrey Irving

How to Have More Self-Control

How to Have More Self-Control

The ability to manage one’s thoughts, regulate emotions, and restrain impulses is key to a happy and healthy life. People who have good self-control...

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Joan M. Cook

Why I Bring My Kids to Vote with Me

Why I Bring My Kids to Vote with Me

Every election, when I head to the polls, I try to bring my kids with me. They love to get their “future voter” sticker. Well, maybe not my oldest...

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Jeanette Senecal

Awe in the Age of AI

Awe in the Age of AI

Another day, another jaw-dropping feat by AI. Just last month, OpenAI announced that it had solved one of the seven Millennium Prize Problems, a set...

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Arianna Huffington

What Martin Luther King Jr.'s Granddaughter's First Vote Is Up Against

What Martin Luther King Jr.'s Granddaughter's First Vote Is Up Against

This year, our daughter, Yolanda Renee King, the only grandchild of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King, will vote for the very first...

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Martin Luther King Iii And Arndrea Waters King

The System That Failed Cornell’s Jane Doe

The System That Failed Cornell’s Jane Doe

On Sept. 16, a student at Cornell University filed a lawsuit against the university, fraternities, and sororities after she was allegedly drugged and...

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Kendra Barkoff Lamy

Why the U.S. Must Simultaneously Compete—and Cooperate—With China on AI

Last week, President Donald Trump hosted Chinese President Xi Jinping at the White House. It's their second meeting this year, following the May...

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Gina Raimondo

The President and the Press

Berating reporters, revoking credentials, suing news organizations—hardly a week goes by without Donald Trump’s attacking the press. An...

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David Greenberg

Can Venture Capital Help Unlock Wealth and Equality for All?

My interest in venture capital (VC) began long before I ever imagined building an actual venture capital fund. In college, I opened a women’s...

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Arian Simone

Jane Goodall Prepared Us for a World Without Her

A year ago today, when Jane Goodall died in Los Angeles, the world lost an icon. I lost one of my oldest, closest friends. Thinking both about that...

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Henry Breed

Trump's Title IX Announcement Is Cruel. But It Does Not Change The Law

Even though transgender people represent only an estimated 1% of the United States population, we are increasingly the target of restrictive...

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Chase Strangio

Half of Girls Who Want to Play Sports Never Get the Chance

For decades, women’s sports were asked to prove themselves. Would people watch? Would fans fill the stands? Would brands invest? Today, we know the...

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Gabby Thomas

How the War is Changing the Geography of Iran’s Influence

On Sept. 10, Israel destroyed Hezbollah’s underground command center and weapons stores beneath the Ali al-Tahir ridge in southern Lebanon, about 10...

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Hamidreza Azizi

Flying Doesn’t Have to Be This Miserable

When did flying become so expensive, cumbersome, and, in a word, miserable? While the summer 2026 travel season has officially come to an end, the...

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Ganesh Sitaraman

After 23 Years of Oversight, Oakland’s Police Reform Offers New Hope

In the spring of 2014, civil rights lawyers John Burris and Jim Chanin invited me to Oakland, California, to serve as a subject matter expert. They...

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Jennifer L. Eberhardt

The Case Against Pacing the AI Frontier

Should we hit pause on AI development? This question is front of mind for many.  However, the debate over pacing the frontier cannot be settled...

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Ravi Kumar S

Money Reveals What Kind of Friend You Are

There is a scene in season two of Friends I think about often. Rachel, Phoebe, and Joey, who have low-paying jobs, decide to have a serious...

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Meehika Barua

Nursing Homes Have Become Last-Resort Housing

As an occupational therapist working in medical respite care, Caitlin Synovec saw people in their 50s or 60s at a moment when their lives had forever...

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Michele Cohen Marill

K-pop, BTS, and What the Grammys Get Wrong About Asian Music

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Stephanie Choi

We Turned Sleep Into Homework. Now We’re Losing Sleep Over It

A few months ago, a new patient sat down in my office and started talking before I had finished my hello. She hadn’t slept well in months, and it...

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Joshua Tal

What Peacemaking Loses When Women Are Left Out

Wars exact a heavy toll on women and yet, too often their voices and concerns are pushed to the margins of global peacemaking. Since the end of the...

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Cristal Downing

Why You Should Join a Choir

Last year, I couldn’t shake the feeling that something wasn’t right. My life was fine—wonderful, even—and yet mercurial feelings of anxiety,...

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Elizabeth Endicott

The Data Center Debate Taking Over Native American Tribes

Whether to support data center development is a defining issue in this campaign season, and it is a debate that has taken over many Native American...

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Petala Ironcloud

AI Arrived at the Worst Possible Moment

AI is not arriving in a world capable of receiving it. Instead, it is coming into a world that has spent the last two decades systematically...

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Tiffany Xingyu Wang

What the World Owes the Marshall Islands

This week, the U.N. General Assembly affirmed that statehood endures the loss of land. My country, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, will persist...

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Hilda C. Heine

America, China and the Evolving New World Order

On Thursday, President Xi Jinping of China is meeting President Donald Trump at the White House. The United States and China are in significantly...

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Yu Jie