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Kamala Harris.

Kamala Harris Gives New Meaning to the Biden Campaign

Biden has consistently said that he is just a “transitional” figure—a generational bridge. Now we know a bit more about who may come next.

Letter from Wisconsin
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How Farmers May Determine Trump’s Fate

As rural Wisconsin’s fortunes have declined, its political importance has grown.

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In the Gendered Economy, Women Are Perpetual Debtors

Kate Manne’s “Entitled” speaks to a moment that she could not have foreseen.

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Trump’s Attack on the Postal Service Is a Double Threat

If Republicans succeed in their long-sought goal of privatizing the postal service, they will suck out what life remains in many of the communities they theoretically represent.

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Donald Trump holds up a signed executive order.

Trump’s Latest Executive Orders Are a Political Stunt

The claim that the recent orders will substantially help unemployed Americans, or the economy as a whole, is ludicrous, even by the President’s standards.

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Bill de Blasio Slept Here

The listing for the yellow clapboard house in Park Slope sounded too good to be true, and it was: the landlord turned out to be the Mayor of New York City.

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Can Minneapolis Dismantle Its Police Department?

After George Floyd’s killing, the city council pledged to “end policing as we know it.” They were far less certain about how they would do it.

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New York City Recovers from the Pandemic

Digital sketches of New York City as it reëmerges from a protective cocoon, amid a transformation that is not yet complete.

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Kathleen Edwards.

The Return of Kathleen Edwards

The singer-songwriter quit music and opened up a café. Now she has a new album.

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How Did I Catch the Coronavirus?

For the majority of the nearly five million COVID-19 cases across the United States, the point of infection is unknown.

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A filmed Q. & A. with students at the Cinémathèque Française, in 1982, offers both a moving portrait of the caged cinematic lion and an insightful set of lessons on the art and the practice of making movies.

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Connecticut Primary Live Election Results

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The latest election results from the Connecticut primary ahead of the 2020 Presidential election.

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Potential Missteps on the Way to Becoming a Wise-Older-Mentor Type

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Do not get caught up comparing the quality of your panic attacks to those of your young mentee.

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Bonus Daily Cartoon: Back to School for Trump

The President gets the dunce-mask treatment.

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Trump Praises Woodrow Wilson for Opposing Online Learning During 1918 Pandemic

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“There were a lot of crybabies saying, ‘The schools aren’t safe—let the kids learn on their computers,’ ” Trump told reporters.

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Escaping the City Heat at Rockaway Beach

This summer, masks are required on all city beaches—and so is social distancing—but swimmers can remove them before getting in the water.

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Isabel Wilkerson’s Theory of Race and Caste

By comparing white supremacy in the U.S. to the caste system in India, her new book at once illuminates and collapses a complex history.

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Taking a Blowtorch to the President’s Dad

A 911 call alerted cops in Woodhaven, Queens, to vandals preparing to deface a plaque to Fred Trump in a supermarket parking lot. One of them worked for Alexandra Ocasio-Cortez.

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“You Are My Dear Friend”

“Each morning, she lay in bed, worrying about the things the girl was going to do and say that day.”

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How A Spy’s Defection Changed His Son’s Life

The fallout from an East German spy’s defection to the West continues to be felt by his son, Andy Stiller Hudson, who grew up without knowing about his father, or his career with the Stasi.

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Inmates and former inmates debate the most critical topics of the day, parliamentary style. Plus, the Pulitzer Prize-winning writer explains America’s racial caste system.

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