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Abortion Bans by Any Other Name Are Still Abortion Bans
In the year since Roe v. Wade was overturned, the Republican Party has tested out constantly changing talking points and…
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I Read Banned Books. So Does Almost Everybody Else.
During my grade school years in the early 1970s, I read everything. Books, of course — books about dogs and…
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Christian Nationalism May Not Be Serious, but It’s Dangerous
The more I consider the challenge posed by Christian nationalism, the more I think most observers and critics are paying…
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‘Dumb Money’ Exposes the Baffling Allure of Bad Investment Advice
The new movie “Dumb Money” dramatizes the true story of an unlikely messiah named Roaring Kitty who decides to sink…
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US
Nikki Haley Won the Debate Stage. Now, She’s Trying to Win Over Iowa.
The former governor of South Carolina, who was ambassador to the United Nations under Donald Trump, now needs to appeal…
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Lori Teresa Yearwood, Journalist of Life on the Edge, Dies at 57
Once a reporter for The Miami Herald, she became homeless. She later returned to journalism, calling on her experience to…
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Finance
Pandemic Relief Funding for Child Care Is Ending. What Now?
More than 80 percent of licensed child care providers in the United States received the grants, which they used to…
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Why Unions Are Good for America
As the United Automobile Workers strike continues, we’re likely to hear grumbling about labor unions. “They killed the auto industry…
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Magazine
When Your ‘Doppelganger’ Becomes a Conspiracy Theorist
In June, the Canadian journalist and activist Naomi Klein was sitting in the dark gray booth of a recording studio…
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Why You Should Listen to Your Worst Instincts
There is no end of advice these days on how to be a good person, how to make good decisions,…