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Menopause Is Having a Moment
Some of the worst symptoms of menopause — including hot flashes, sleeplessness and pain during sex — have an established treatment. Why aren’t more w…
2 years, 9 months ago
Affirmative Action for the 1 Percent
A major new study has revealed just how much elite colleges admissions in the U.S. systematically favor the rich and the superrich.David Leonhardt, a…
2 years, 9 months ago
Hunter Biden’s Day in Court
On Wednesday morning, Hunter Biden was scheduled to a guilty plea in a Delaware courtroom, marking the end of a yearslong federal investigation that …
2 years, 9 months ago
Russia’s Newest Target: The Global Food Supply
When Russia invaded Ukraine, it put the global food supply at risk — until the two countries struck an unusual deal to keep shipments flowing. Last w…
2 years, 9 months ago
A One-Man Blockade Against the U.S. Military
For the past few months, a single senator — Tommy Tuberville — has blocked hundreds of promotions in the U.S. military.Karoun Demirjian, a congressio…
2 years, 9 months ago
The Sunday Read: ‘The Trillion- Gallon Question’
On the morning of Feb. 7, 2017, two electricians were working on a warning siren near the spillway of Oroville Dam, 60 miles north of Sacramento, whe…
2 years, 9 months ago
Can Barbie Be Rebranded as a Feminist Icon?
“Barbie” is premiering this weekend and is trying to pull off a seemingly impossible task: taking a doll best known for reinforcing conventional ster…
2 years, 9 months ago
The Man Trying to Save Phoenix From Historic Heat
As a historic heat wave grips much of the world and the United States, no city has become more emblematic of the crisis than Phoenix, where temperatu…
2 years, 9 months ago
How the Birth Control Pill Got Over the Counter
Last week, for the first time in U.S. history, federal regulators approved the sale of a birth control pill without a prescription.Pam Belluck, a hea…
2 years, 9 months ago
The Writers’ Revolt Against A.I. Companies
To refine their popular technology, new artificial intelligence platforms like Chat-GPT are gobbling up the work of authors, poets, comedians and act…
2 years, 9 months ago