Politics
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The Maine Shooter’s Traumatic Brain Injury Didn’t Have to Happen
It’s hard to explain how it feels to be behind an artillery piece when it fires. First is the roaring…
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How Does Paris Stay Paris? By Pouring Billions Into Public Housing
One quarter of residents in the French capital now live in government-owned housing, part of an aggressive effort to keep…
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Elephants and Rihanna and Billionaires, Oh My!
Rihanna, Mark Zuckerberg, bejeweled elephants and 5,500 drones. Those were some of the highlights of what is likely the most…
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Will Mexico’s Claudia Sheinbaum, a Jewish Woman, Blaze a Trail or Follow One?
Mexico’s presidential campaign is well underway and if the polls are to be believed, Claudia Sheinbaum, a physicist and candidate…
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Five Ways Buying and Selling a House Could Change
The National Association of Realtors has agreed to change its policies to settle several lawsuits brought by home sellers —…
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Do I Have to Allow the Landlord to Do Building Repairs in My Apartment?
The law permits landlords to make upgrades in rent-stabilized units, but that doesn’t mean your rent has to go up.
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Larry H. Parker, an Injury Lawyer Who Promised to ‘Fight for You,’ Dies at 75
In the Los Angeles area, Mr. Parker was a common sight on billboards and television commercials in which he promised…
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Kellyanne Conway Has Some Weak Advice for Her Party
It is beyond obvious at this point that abortion is the Achilles’ heel of the Republican Party. The prospect of…
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Part-Time Employees: The Plight of the Mistreated
Readers discuss a novelist’s guest essay about how the retailers benefit but the workers struggle.
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President Biden, You Have Leverage That Can Save Lives in Gaza. Please Use It.
President Biden is sounding tougher toward Israel these days and showing more compassion for people starving in Gaza. “There are…