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The language of the U.S. Congress is rarely vivid. In calling a colleague to account on Thursday, the first-term Democrat provided a rare exception.
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Why does the President want to raise the issue of his own cognitive capacity in the midst of a campaign he is already losing?
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The Long Game of COVID-19 Research
Warp-speed vaccine trials grab our attention, but more deliberate work is just as urgent.
Jamaica’s Risky Reopening to Tourism
Opening its borders to American tourists puts the country’s population at risk.
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This time around, the decision in Iowa could turn less on particular campaign tactics than on the huge external forces roiling the country.
The Improbable Charisma of Walter Mercado
A new Netflix documentary explores the life of an astrologer who defied all predictions.
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Eye-Catching Art for an Unprecedented Summer, in “Monuments Now”
The outdoor exhibition at Socrates Sculpture Park includes Jeffrey Gibson’s kaleidoscopic ziggurat “Because Once You Enter My House, It Becomes Our House,” performances by indigenous American artists, and more.
From 2014: The Rise and Fall of Cesar Chavez
How the labor leader disserved his dream.
From 1967: Columbia’s Overdue Apology to Langston Hughes
Seven months after the death of the Black writer, Professor James P. Shenton acknowledged at a memorial, “For a while, there lived a poet down the street from Columbia, and Columbia never took the time to find out what he was about.”
From 1948: “The Lottery”
“The people had done it so many times that they only half listened to the directions; most of them were quiet, wetting their lips, not looking around.”
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