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The Economy is on an Upswing. Should Biden Get Credit for It?
The latest economic figures are some of the best of President Biden’s tenure so far. It appears increasingly likely that the United States has manage…
2 years, 9 months ago
The Sunday Read: ‘The Vanishing Family: Life in the Shadow of a Cruel Genetic Mutation’
When Barb’s father all but left, her mother turned inward, sitting quietly in front of the television, always smoking, often with a cocktail. Somethi…
2 years, 9 months ago
Fighting Canada’s Unending Fires
The wildfires sweeping Canada have become the largest in its modern history. Across the country, 30 million acres of forest have burned — three times…
2 years, 9 months ago
43% vs. 43%: Why Trump and Biden Are Tied in Our New Poll
With Donald Trump facing charges in three different criminal cases, the biggest questions in American politics are whether that creates an opening fo…
2 years, 9 months ago
The Charges Against Trump for Conspiring to Overturn the Election
On Tuesday afternoon, the special counsel Jack Smith filed criminal charges against former President Donald Trump over his wide-ranging attempt to ov…
2 years, 9 months ago
The Secret History of Gun Rights
How did the National Rifle Association, America’s most influential gun-rights group, amass its power?A New York Times investigation has revealed the …
2 years, 9 months ago
Italy’s Giorgia Meloni Charts a Path for the Far Right
Last year, Giorgia Meloni, an Italian far-right politician, became prime minister on an agenda that many feared would mark a radical turn for the cou…
2 years, 9 months ago
The Sunday Read: ‘The America That Americans Forget’
On the weekends, when Roy Gamboa was a little boy, his grandfather would wake him before dawn. He would pour some coffee into a bowl of rice, and tha…
2 years, 9 months ago
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