Politics
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What Awaits Mike Johnson
After spending three weeks plumbing the depths of a chaotic power vacuum, House Republicans seem to have finally found their…
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College Student, Single Mom
I started my senior year at the University of Montana in 2013 when I was almost 35 years old. My…
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Why Do We Enrich Older Americans at the Expense of Everyone Else?
We older Americans are not only controlling national politics, we are consuming an ever larger share of our economy’s resources…
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Putin Is Getting What He Wants
As Israel and Hamas descend into all-out war, Russia has been more of a bit player than a lead actor.…
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India Is Devouring Its Best and Brightest
Prison. It’s just a word. But when you are using it to describe your own possible future, it leaves the…
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Israel: From the Six-Day War to the Six-Front War
If you care about Israel, you should be more worried than any time since 1967. Back then, Israel defeated the…
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Solidarity Between American Activists and Palestinians — Including a Rebuke of Biden
Since the heinous Oct. 7 Hamas attacks and Israel’s declaration of war against the terrorist group, I have been going…
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Even in Their Anguish, These Israeli Survivors Say Invading Gaza Won’t Help
No one understands terrorism more viscerally than Maoz Inon: His 78-year-old father and 75-year-old mother were among those massacred by…
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How Will Israel Pay for Its War?
While the world’s eyes are on Gaza, another drama is unfolding in Jerusalem. There, lawmakers and government ministers are tussling…
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Robert Irwin, Artist of Ephemeral Light and Space, Is Dead at 95
Part of a 1960s movement, his work — often transforming empty rooms with minimal gestures — challenged human perception.