Opinion
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The Arc of Britney Spears Bends Toward Justice
It’s fair to say that 2023 was a good year for blond girl-culture icons with a long history of being…
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I Was Transformed by the Best Cult Ever: Michigan Football
I went to Ann Arbor, Mich., for a journalism fellowship because I was stuck in life. An outside observer might…
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Why the Humanities Are Indeed Worth Teaching
Readers respond to a guest essay by a philosophy professor about difficulties defending the humanities.
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A Nursing Student Dreams of Her Own Clinic in Haiti
Naomie Ambroise, a 19-year-old nursing student, knows exactly where she’ll travel once she has her degree: Japan and Thailand are…
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Electrify All the Big, Noisy, Belching Trucks
This morning in Mott Haven, a neighborhood in the South Bronx, tens of thousands of New Yorkers — more than…
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Debbie Dingell: How to Stand Up to Trump
“Rot in hell.” Those words were part of Donald Trump’s Christmas Day message, spewed at his political enemies. The next…
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This Was a Terrible Year, and Also Maybe the Best One Yet for Humanity
As the year ends, civilians are dying at a staggering pace in Gaza and the genocide in Darfur may be…
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I Want a City, Not a Museum
Some years ago, as my mother and I were walking on New York City’s Upper West Side, she pointed out…
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A Midwestern Republican Stands Up for Trans Rights
As 2023 slouches to an ignominious end, some news came Friday that gave me an unexpected jolt of hope. I…
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What Nikki Haley Didn’t Say
The presidential candidate Nikki Haley drew criticism this week for what she didn’t say. As she campaigned in New Hampshire,…