Politics
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Bluesky’s Big Bet, and Are Deals Dead in Silicon Valley?
Listen and follow ‘Hard Fork’Apple | Spotify | Amazon | YouTube Hosted by Kevin Roose and Casey Newton Produced by…
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Mermaids and Roses: The Harlem Home of a ‘Hadestown’ Star
‘I’ve been here a while,’ said Lillias White, who plays Hermes in the Tony-winning musical. ‘Hence the clutter.’
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To Deepen Love, Consider Duty
Susan Sontag, in her 1978 essay “Illness as Metaphor,” described “the Kingdom of the Ill” — a place to which…
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Feb. 13: A Holiday I Prefer Not to Celebrate
By Kristina Samulewski Produced by Vishakha Darbha Galentine’s Day, celebrated on Feb. 13, a day before Valentine’s Day, has been…
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What Do We Owe Black Americans?
In my debut novel, a family retraces their lineage in order to be eligible for the nation’s first federal reparations…
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Trump Is Losing It
It is unclear whether Donald Trump has forgotten the precise nature of NATO or whether he ever fully grasped it…
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The Politics of Betrayal Are at Work in Michigan
Betrayal is a powerful emotion, especially at the ballot box. Voters who feel betrayed tend to act like spurned lovers,…
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Only Biden and M.B.S. Can Redirect the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
One of the most unexpected developments in the Israel-Hamas war is the emergence of a powerful alignment of interests and…
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Biden’s Age Is a Campaign Problem, Not a Governing One
Last fall I found myself at a dinner party that included a former Biden administration official and a Democratic donor,…
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‘An Incoherent Riot’: Why London’s Skyline Looks So Weird
London has a jarring profusion of odd skyscrapers with funny names or nicknames. There are the Shard and the Scalpel,…