Opinion
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A Nuclear Iran Has Never Felt More Possible
The uncertainty ushered in by the death of Iran’s president, Ebrahim Raisi, in a helicopter crash, just weeks after an…
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Forget the Polls, President Biden. Our Readers Have Some Strategy Ideas.
The results of the latest New York Times/Siena College polls showing Donald Trump leading President Biden in five crucial battleground…
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Pay Caitlin Clark What She’s Worth
In 1969, the National Basketball Association was a relatively young professional basketball league fighting to establish itself. It was generating…
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America Is Losing the Green Tech Race to China
On May 14, President Biden announced a major escalation of the country’s emerging climate trade war with China, raising existing…
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Justice Alito’s Blame-the-Wife Defense
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The Victims of U.S. Nuclear Testing Deserve More Than This
The men and women came to Capitol Hill last week bearing surgical scars, lengthy medical histories and fading photographs of…
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The Gender Pay Gap Is a Culture Problem
American women made significant progress toward closing the gender pay gap in the second half of the 20th century, but…
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A Consequential President for All the Wrong Reasons
When historians and political scientists rank presidents from best to worst, Donald Trump invariably comes out at the bottom. This…
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The End of Polio Is in Sight. What Have We Learned?
The fight to eradicate polio has been long and difficult. It’s been nearly 50 years since vaccines eliminated the disease…
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Nicholas Kristof: ‘Never Bet Against Democracy in the Long Run’
By Nicholas Kristof Produced by Jillian Weinberger Nicholas Kristof has spent his career reporting on difficult topics: genocide, war, famine.…