Opinion
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Kathy Hochul Just Upended a Lot More Than Congestion Pricing
Gov. Kathy Hochul’s decision to “indefinitely pause” congestion pricing in Manhattan is likely to reverberate for decades, much like the…
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Mitch McConnell: We Cannot Repeat the Mistakes of the 1930s
On this day in 1944, the liberation of Western Europe began with immense sacrifice. In a tribute delivered 40 years…
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The Absolute Worst Argument for Why Trump Won’t Win
I’m routinely gobsmacked by how many people — including influential Democrats — tell me that they can’t imagine a victory…
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Prison Time Is the Real Factor in the Trump Verdict’s Impact on 2024
People are not always great at predicting their own behavior. We know what we think and feel in the moment,…
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Why Miami’s Approach to Addiction Is Working
The force behind Florida’s first legal needle exchange, Dr. Hansel Tookes, received an anxiety-provoking call from the state surgeon general’s…
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Vermont Takes On Big Oil. Will Other States Follow?
As extreme climate-driven weather events and rising seas savage infrastructure and human health, the costs to states grow. Expensive but…
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It May Be Scary, but Europe Is Coming to Life
Election season in Europe rarely sets the pulse racing. In the five I’ve covered since 1999, Brussels would be abuzz…
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The Beauty of Embracing Aging
As Evelyn Couch said to Ninny Threadgoode in Fannie Flagg’s “Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe”: “I’m too…
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Donald Trump, Crime and Punishment
More from our inbox: Hochul’s Surprise Reversal on Congestion Pricing in New York CityAn Immigration Policy Based on Xenophobia‘We Need…
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How Will Trump’s Conviction Affect the Election?
More from our inbox: Foster Kids Deserve Their MoneyFree School MealsCredit...Damon Winter/The New York TimesTo the Editor: Re “‘Guilty’ May…