Opinion
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These Truths We Hold—and Share
The heart does not exactly swell with patriotic pride this Independence Day, as the gut absorbs one dizzying, disorienting blow…
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Abortion, Like Prohibition, Has a Clear Racial Dimension
Last week, David Frum wrote a fascinating article for The Atlantic comparing our current abortion battle to Prohibition, another contentious…
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The Persistent Myth That Restricting Abortion Rights Won’t Affect the Rich
If there’s one assumption about abortion rights that’s accepted across the ideological spectrum, it’s this: The Supreme Court’s reversal of…
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An Ode to the Queen City of the Hudson
POUGHKEEPSIE, N.Y. — When I accepted a job to teach literature and writing at Vassar College in the summer of…
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My O.C.D. Diagnosis Was a Blessing, Until It Became Too Central to My Identity
Five years ago, seemingly out of nowhere, my brain fell into an abyss of unrelenting intrusive thoughts — What if…
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Let’s Not Pretend We’re Keeping Our Promises on Asylum
In this restive age of unprecedented human displacement, 100 million people have fled disaster and oppression to try their luck…
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The American Flag Belongs to Me, Too, and This Year I’m Taking It Back
NASHVILLE — We bought our house from a military veteran who hauled his flag out on every officially patriotic occasion.…
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The Republican War on Sex
One day I hope to become a mother. But for now I have sex just because I like it. Sex…
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We Are Not Powerless Against Calamity
In the face of rising inflation, the Federal Reserve is trying to cool down the economy, raising interest rates by…
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Wonking Out: Taking the ‘Flation’ Out of Stagflation
A funny thing happened on the way to the Federal Reserve’s latest rate hike. The Fed went big on June…