Politics
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Faith Ringgold Dies at 93; Wove Black Life Into Quilts and Children’s Books
A champion of Black artists, she explored themes of race, gender, class, family and community through a vast array of…
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Do Ground-Floor Co-op Apartments Really Have to Carpet Their Floors?
Carpeting rules are common. But housing laws protect residents with disabilities, to a point.
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Don Wright, Editorial Cartoonist With a Skewer for a Pen, Dies at 90
He won two Pulitzers for Florida newspapers, commenting wryly on war, segregation, church scandals and more while reaching readers nationwide…
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Abortion Is Dividing the ‘Religious’ From the ‘Right’
Hosted by Michelle Cottle, Ross Douthat, Carlos Lozada and Lydia Polgreen Listen to and follow ‘Matter of Opinion’Apple Podcasts |…
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Military Aid Cannot Be Unconditional
The suffering of civilians in Gaza — tens of thousands dead, many of them children; hundreds of thousands homeless, many…
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Who Cares if Supreme Court Justices Get Along?
The Supreme Court is hurting. I can say that with confidence — not based on any inside information but on…
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We Must Address New York City’s Mental Health Crisis
In September 1958, the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was stabbed with a seven-inch steel letter opener. He had…
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Why Can’t Biden Triangulate Like Trump?
For anyone with sincere and absolute convictions on abortion, pro-life or pro-choice, Donald Trump’s attempts to reposition himself this week…
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You Don’t Have to Take Every Tax Deduction, and You Shouldn’t
Alejandro Narváez is OK taking less. He hires only contractors who pay their workers a living wage, even if that…
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Some Words Feel Truer in Spanish
My earliest relationship with language was defined by rules. As an immigrant who came to this country from Peru at…