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World
The Left United to Keep the Far Right From Power. Its Strategy Appeared to Work.
Even as vote counting was still underway across France on Sunday night, one thing was clear: The left-wing coalition called…
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News
France Is Headed for Disaster
Things are not going according to plan. Three weeks ago, President Emmanuel Macron of France called a snap vote hoping…
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Food
How Long Does Rice Last in the Fridge? And Other Pressing Rice Questions, Answered
If the social media rumors are true, your leftover rice may be trying to kill you. Experts on the matter,…
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Magazine
Why We’re All Living in Matthew Barney’s Sticky, Slimy World
In May and June, Matthew Barney, the visionary artist behind the epic “Cremaster Cycle” film series (1994-2002) and “River of…
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News
Can the Left Be Happy?
A crucial moment in the development of modern left-wing culture arrived some time in 2013, when Ta-Nehisi Coates, reading books…
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US
A Watershed Moment for the Politics of Israel, Courtesy of Chuck Schumer
Republicans have long sought to make Israel a partisan issue, framing their party as the only one truly supportive of…
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World
Why Power Eludes the French Left
The signs that a protest is happening in Paris are nearly always the same: the quiet of blocked-off streets; the…
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Finance
Your Old 401(k): Out of Sight, Out of Mind and Out of Money
In 2024, more low-balance, forgotten 401(k)s and similar retirement plans could be forced into rollover accounts, which don’t benefit their…
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News
What’s Driving Former Progressives to the Right?
In a new essay in the progressive magazine In These Times, the writers Kathryn Joyce and Jeff Sharlet grapple with…
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News
How Geert Wilders Won
A country where depopulating rural areas are losing physicians, bus stops and elementary schools while urban areas thrive is fertile…
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