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One nation, peeling potatoes

You know how sometimes, when you stir diced onion into a slick of hot oil in a frying pan and leave to clean your cutting board, you come back to find...

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New York is my country now

The day after the election, my son and I texted, commiserating, musing about where he might move. “Yearning for Copenhagen,” he wrote but without...

19.11.2024 50

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If only Trump’s pants really did catch fire

Pick a random Donald Trump appearance and count the lies. Or, if you’re busy, let the pros do it. NPR found 162 lies and distortions in an hour-long...

31.10.2024 30

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Jessica Valenti’s abortion-debate decoder ring

28.10.2024 8

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Psst. Don’t tell anyone, but we might get a female president.

We made some noise about it in 2016. During her campaign for president, Hillary Clinton’s gender was much discussed — by her opponent, who accused...

03.10.2024 6

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Six parents on how to talk to kids about political violence

Parents can’t always control when kids learn about horrible things. But we can prepare them. A police vehicle outside the Butler Farm Show...

26.08.2024 10

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America the Bachelorette

24.08.2024 20

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Kamala Harris is making politics fun again

25.07.2024 8

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Go to the beach. Leave your body woes behind.

Opinion Go to the beach. Leave your body woes behind. A waterfront reprieve from the futile battles against the social expectations for our...

22.07.2024 10

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Ten Commandments in classrooms? Consider these posters instead.

The Louisiana law mandating the commandments’ display fails to further historical education. The Ten Commandments are seen as part of a...

03.07.2024 10

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A memorial to the fall of Roe

Opinion A memorial to the fall of Roe It’s not just the loss of life we mourn. It’s the loss of personhood. ...

21.06.2024 100

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Want to go back in time? Visit a school where cellphones are banned.

It’s too much to expect students to resist the gravitational pull of devices designed to addict them. Students at Bethlehem Central High...

06.06.2024 40

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As good Americans, we should get rid of the National Day of Prayer

WASHINGTON, DC - DECEMBER 4: Reverend Billy Graham preaches in Washington, DC on December 4, 1970. (Charles Del Vecchio/The Washington Post) ...

30.04.2024 100

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Kill the zombies! Undead laws can come back to bite you.

A protester outside the Arizona state Capitol in Phoenix on Sept. 23, 2022. (Matt York/AP) Listen 5 min Share Comment...

10.04.2024 7

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Does admissions fairness make my campus look too female?

Opinion Does admissions fairness make my campus look too female? By Kate Cohen Contributing columnist | ...

11.03.2024 30

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This is the ‘Barbie’ speech the real ‘real world’ needs to hear

America Ferrera, Greta Gerwig and Margot Robbie attend the Seoul premiere of “Barbie” on July 2. (Chung Sung-Jun/Getty mages) Listen...

05.03.2024 70

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Meet the thought police of Rockingham County, Va.

13.02.2024 40

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What if Ozempic is the new orthodontia

Opinion What if Ozempic is the new orthodontia By Kate Cohen Contributing columnist | Add Follow January 18, 2024 at...

18.01.2024 50

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Who deserves my charity? I’m reconsidering.

Opinion I’m rethinking how I choose to give to those in need By Kate Cohen Contributing columnist | Add ...

29.12.2023 10

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