Politics
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We Forget Henry Kissinger’s Effectiveness at Our Own Peril
Henry Kissinger was the pre-eminent statesman of post-World War II America. He was not just a policymaker, he was a…
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What Happens When the Happy Memories Fade
My happiest Christmas memories take the form of snapshots, or the briefest of video clips, though in most cases no…
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Guy Stern, Who Fled Germany and Then Interrogated Nazis, Dies at 101
He escaped as a teenager and later became one of the Ritchie Boys, a secret Army program that recruited refugees…
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Behold, MAGA Man
On Dec. 13, an election worker named Ruby Freeman took the stand in a Georgia courtroom and told the story…
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What Happened to Kate Cox Is Tragic, and Completely Expected
Many people were shocked when the Texas Supreme Court intervened recently to stop Kate Cox from getting an abortion in…
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Oprah Proves Diet Culture Spares No One
I can’t tell you where I put my car keys or what I had for breakfast three days ago, but…
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Why We’re Helping Yazidi Americans Get Justice
ISIS was one of the most brutal terrorist organizations in modern history. At its peak, it exercised control of territory…
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When the Elderly Can’t Afford the High Cost of Long-Term Care
Readers suggest a variety of solutions in response to The Times’s “Dying Broke” series.
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Vindication for Single Women
By Anna Louie Sussman Produced by Jillian Weinberger A recent book, “The Two-Parent Privilege,” by the economist Melissa Kearney, has…
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Paul Chevingy, Early Voice on Police Brutality, Dies at 88
An eminent civil rights lawyer, he was one of the nation’s foremost experts on abusive policing. He also successfully challenged…