Opinion
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Wonking Out: Why Monetary Policy Has Gotten So Hard
Today’s newsletter isn’t about what the Federal Reserve or its counterpart the European Central Bank should be doing. I have…
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Was a British Journalist the Latest Victim of Bolsonaro’s War on the Amazon?
Monday began, for me, with a call that became a horror story. I discovered that Dom Phillips, a British journalist…
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Donald Trump, American Monster
WASHINGTON — Monsters are not what they used to be. I’m reading “Frankenstein” by Mary Shelley for school and the…
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‘We All Have a Duty to Ensure That What Happened on Jan. 6 Never Happens Again’
On Thursday night, a congressional committee began an unflinching conversation with the citizens of this country about, in the words…
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Our Racial Reckoning Could Have Come Sooner. What Made 2020 Different?
Why was there an all-encompassing racial reckoning in this country starting in the spring of 2020? And why then? Examining…
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A Single Image of Gun Violence Could Help Change Minds
At a judges’ dinner this week for the Livingston Awards, aimed to honor the work of journalists under 35 years…
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Lockdowns Protected Older People. But at What Cost to the Health of Young Adults?
Covid-19 has killed mostly old people. But since the pandemic began, the rate of death from all causes for younger…
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The Watergate Hearings Gripped a Nation. Can the Jan. 6 Hearings Do the Same?
The Jan. 6 committee kicked off Thursday night with a powerful first hearing, complete with compelling witnesses, video clips of…
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Shanghai’s Lockdown Punctured the Chinese Dream
SHANGHAI — In late March, Shanghai’s government assured us that there would be no Covid lockdown. Our city, China’s largest…
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What Do We Mean When We Call Mass Shooters ‘Evil’?
Greg Abbott, the governor of Texas, began his press conference on the day of the Uvalde massacre not with policy…