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Some Homeless Encampments Can Stay, but the Underlying Issues Remain
Three court decisions have now ruled that the shelter system does not meet the needs of homeless people.
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Finance
This Is What It Looks Like to Try to Count America’s Homeless Population
To fix a problem, you need to know its scope. To do that, you need sheriffs, social workers, volunteers, flashlights…
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Inclusive or Alienating? The Language Wars Go On
Before the millions of views, the subsequent ridicule and finally the earnest apology, The Associated Press Stylebook practically oozed good…
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Be Open to Spiritual Experience. Also, Be Really Careful.
Pundits depend on categorizations, especially in periods of turbulence. We reach for labels like “populist” or “nationalist,” for instance, in…
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World
Asia Is Loosening Rules on Masks. Here’s Why People Still Wear Them.
Many other countries dropped pandemic mask requirements months ago. But in places like South Korea, which got rid of its…
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World
Pope Francis Lands in Congo, Where All His Priorities Converge
The Central African country is wracked by war, poverty and environmental plunder — and it may be the future of…
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News
Ron DeSantis Wants to Erase Black History. Why?
An unrelenting assault on truth and freedom of expression in the form of laws that censor and suppress the viewpoints,…
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The Temptations of the ‘Personal Brand’
Whatever else social media may do, it makes nearly everything performative. Of course, not all of us with Twitter, Instagram…
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World
Your Monday Briefing: The Fallout from a Police Beating
Also, violence is flaring in Israel and the West Bank.
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News
Layoffs by Email Show What Employers Really Think of Their Workers
Google’s parent company, Alphabet, recently announced that it would lay off around 12,000 people, 6 percent of its work force.…
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