Opinion
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How Protesters Can Actually Help Palestinians
Student protesters: I admire your empathy for Gazans, your concern for the world, your moral ambition to make a difference.…
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When Banks Fail, Why Do We Keep Bailing Out Uninsured Depositors?
Michael Ohlrogge has a theory about the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, the agency that makes sure ordinary depositors don’t lose…
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Are Smartphones Driving Our Teens to Depression?
Here is a story. In 2007, Apple released the iPhone, initiating the smartphone revolution that would quickly transform the world.…
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The ‘Impossible Life’ of Equal Devotion to Art and Mothering
“Too much life enters this house,” Tillie Olsen, the writer, labor activist and mother of four daughters, wrote in a…
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This Is Peak College Admissions Insanity
Selective college admissions have been a vortex of anxiety and stress for what seems like forever, inducing panic in more…
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If Bird Flu Spreads, These Workers Will See It First
H5N1 is in a better position than ever to move between species and spill over aggressively into humans: This bird…
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Biden Is Not Winning. His Campaign Should Stop Acting Like It Is.
In February, there was a flurry of discussion about whether Joe Biden’s advancing age and seeming weakness in a matchup…
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Nixon, Trump and What Justice for All Means in America
Of the four criminal cases that Donald Trump is facing, the one now unfolding in Manhattan is generally considered the…
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A Huge Gender Gap Is Emerging Among Young Voters
It has become clear that one constituency — young voters, 18 to 29 years old — will play a key,…
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Bird Flu Is Spreading. Did We Learn Nothing From Covid?
By Zeynep Tufekci Produced by Vishakha Darbha American dairy cows have been contracting avian flu, and inactive traces of the…