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Strict Uniforms. Ancient Philosophy. Can a Public School Cure Our Toxic Politics?

Strict Uniforms. Ancient Philosophy. Can a Public School Cure Our Toxic Politics?

This school gave me hope for our democracy.

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James Traub

Lauren Sánchez Bezos and the Fashion End Times of ‘The Devil Wears Prada 2’

Lauren Sánchez Bezos and the Fashion End Times of ‘The Devil Wears Prada 2’

The real-life Met Gala vs. the one onscreen.

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Robin Givhan

Why the A.I. Job Apocalypse (Probably) Won’t Happen

Why the A.I. Job Apocalypse (Probably) Won’t Happen

The feeling of efficiency should be mistrusted.

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Ezra Klein

Trump Is Coming to a China That Has Moved On

Trump Is Coming to a China That Has Moved On

China no longer looks to an erratic America as a model to emulate, but as a distraction to be managed.

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Jacob Dreyer

America Is Officially an Empire in Decline

America Is Officially an Empire in Decline

President Trump has overextended the empire dangerously.

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Christopher Caldwell

This Could Be the Biggest Blow to Abortion Rights Since Roe Fell

This Could Be the Biggest Blow to Abortion Rights Since Roe Fell

A ruling by a federal appeals court has blocked access to abortion pills via telemedicine.

yesterday 2

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Jill Filipovic

Pulling Thousands of U.S. Troops Out of Germany Is Bad for America

Pulling Thousands of U.S. Troops Out of Germany Is Bad for America

Trump’s reduction of U.S. troops in Germany is more than just another bilateral spat.

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Linas Kojala

Rural America Is Getting Blindsided by Something New

Rural America Is Getting Blindsided by Something New

Namely, immigrant detention centers and data centers.

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Rotimi Adeoye

Ruling by Ruling, the Supreme Court Is Undoing the Civil Rights Movement

Ruling by Ruling, the Supreme Court Is Undoing the Civil Rights Movement

Congress must once again defend democracy from a hostile court.

yesterday 2

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Daphna renan

Slouching Toward Kamala Harris

Slouching Toward Kamala Harris

The Democrats’ fundamental condition is a late-Trumpian stasis.

yesterday 30

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Ross Douthat

What Would the Nation’s Founders Think of Trump? 250 Years Later, Here Is the Answer.

What Would the Nation’s Founders Think of Trump? 250 Years Later, Here Is the Answer.

Jefferson’s quill pen drew blood.

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Stacy Schiff

His Majesty and Our Travesty

His Majesty and Our Travesty

The real king delivers a needed royal lesson on democracy.

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Maureen Dowd

Trump and the New American Era of Petrolunacy

Trump and the New American Era of Petrolunacy

The idea that the U.S. is immune to the oil crisis is a mistaken one.

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Gregory Brew

He Signed Away His Right to Sue by Subscribing to Disney+

He Signed Away His Right to Sue by Subscribing to Disney+

Thanks to a series of Supreme Court decisions, nearly 80 percent of Fortune 500 companies can — and do — use forced arbitration with consumers or...

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Brendan Ballou

Profound Autism Is Difficult Enough Without This Debunked Method

Profound Autism Is Difficult Enough Without This Debunked Method

Study after study has called facilitated communication into question.

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Amy s.f. lutz

This Is What’s Behind Trump’s Relentlessness

This Is What’s Behind Trump’s Relentlessness

“Animal spirits” and American presidents.

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John Guida

America No Longer Rules the Waves

America No Longer Rules the Waves

A 19th-century military strategist should be required reading at the Pentagon.

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Robert D. Kaplan

In a Small Iowa Town, a Solution to a National Crisis

In a Small Iowa Town, a Solution to a National Crisis

As the Trump administration guts weather agencies, a state’s low-cost flood tracking system offers a model for responding to deadly inundations.

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Jillian Weinberger

Trump Is the One Without the Cards at the Poker Table

Trump Is the One Without the Cards at the Poker Table

A.I. will drastically increase the power of small states and groups in conflict with the great powers.

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Thomas L. Friedman

We Should All Be Concerned About What’s Happening in India

We Should All Be Concerned About What’s Happening in India

The Modi administration’s systematic throttling of free speech sets a dangerous precedent for the world.

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Arman Khan

A Democratic Version of the Tea Party Is Emerging

A Democratic Version of the Tea Party Is Emerging

No one should underestimate the white-hot fury of the party’s voters.

thursday 2

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Michelle Goldberg

The Fascinating Stories of Dying Tongues

The Fascinating Stories of Dying Tongues

On finding new horizons and saving a disappearing language.

thursday 3

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John Mcwhorter

Why Are We Still Driving?

Why Are We Still Driving?

Confronting the weirdness of a Waymo future.

thursday 3

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Sophia Alvarez Boyd

There’s a 900-Year-Old Answer to Our Most Modern Problem

There’s a 900-Year-Old Answer to Our Most Modern Problem

What should we do when a chatbot behaves like a criminal?

thursday 20

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David French

Rich People Didn’t Used to Look Like This

Rich People Didn’t Used to Look Like This

Cosmetic surgery is a sign of making it in the most Kardashian-coded way — get rich, then buy a face.

thursday 8

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Amy Odell

Silicon Valley Is Bracing for a Permanent Underclass

Silicon Valley Is Bracing for a Permanent Underclass

The people building A.I. fear that we have only a short time before advanced A.I. disrupts the labor force.

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Jasmine sun

I’m Not a King, but I Play One on TV

I’m Not a King, but I Play One on TV

Is there something to this whole monarchy thing?

thursday 1

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Bret Stephens

The U.S. Military Was Losing Its Edge. After Iran, Everyone Knows It.

The U.S. Military Was Losing Its Edge. After Iran, Everyone Knows It.

Somehow, the weaker nation is in the stronger negotiating position.

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The Editorial Board , Review & Outlook

The Justices Acted as Partisans in the Voting Rights Ruling

In the name of disentangling race from politics, the court has given white voters more power at the expense of racial minorities.

29.04.2026 2

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The Editorial Board , Review & Outlook

The Iran War Might Be an ‘Everything War’

The Iran War Might Be an ‘Everything War’

It won’t be so easy to extract ourselves from this conflict.

29.04.2026 4

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David Wallace-Wells

What Worries Me Most About ‘Abundance’

It’s been a big year for the abundance movement, but what has it really achieved? Ezra Klein talks with his “Abundance” co-author Derek Thompson...

29.04.2026 5

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Annie Galvin

Two Cocky Authoritarians Blocking Hormuz: What Could Go Wrong?

Two Cocky Authoritarians Blocking Hormuz: What Could Go Wrong?

In the Iran war, we have two overconfident administrations facing off, each believing that time is on its side.

29.04.2026 20

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Nicholas Kristof

The Loneliness of Donald Trump

The Loneliness of Donald Trump

This is a president who rarely travels beyond the confines of the White House compound or Mar-a-Lago.

29.04.2026 2

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Jamelle Bouie

Let Spirit Airlines Die

Let Spirit Airlines Die

Steven Rattner argues that Trump’s effort to bail out the ailing carrier makes no sense.

29.04.2026 4

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Steven Rattner

White Drivers Got a Warning. Latino Drivers Got Detained.

White Drivers Got a Warning. Latino Drivers Got Detained.

Body camera footage reveals a disturbing pattern of state and federal officials using minor traffic stops to target Black and brown drivers.

29.04.2026 3

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The Editorial Board , Review & Outlook

A Journalist Covered a Missile Strike. Then the Death Threats Started.

A Journalist Covered a Missile Strike. Then the Death Threats Started.

Washington should govern prediction markets as if national security were at stake, because it is.

29.04.2026 3

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Amy J. Nelson, Emily Byrne

I Played Putin in a War Game. He Could Invade Again.

I Played Putin in a War Game. He Could Invade Again.

NATO countries need to get their act together.

29.04.2026 40

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Alexander Gabuev

The Banality of Evil, Again

The Banality of Evil, Again

The distinguishing feature of Cole Tomas Allen’s manifesto is its insipidity.

28.04.2026 6

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Bret Stephens

Political Campaigns Have No Idea What’s About to Hit Them

Political Campaigns Have No Idea What’s About to Hit Them

Social media helped put Trump over the top. What’s A.I. going to do to us?

28.04.2026 30

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Thomas B. Edsall

After an Assassination Attempt, a Grim Political Math Sets In

After an Assassination Attempt, a Grim Political Math Sets In

Assassination attempts against sitting presidents have tended to compound their political problems and isolate them from the public.

28.04.2026 2

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Robert Dallek

What a Catholic Church Unafraid of Donald Trump Means to the World

What a Catholic Church Unafraid of Donald Trump Means to the World

The resonance of the pontiff-versus-president imbroglio reveals a hunger for moral authority at a time that feels deeply disoriented and spiritually...

28.04.2026 10

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Christine Emba

What Tucker Carlson Means When He Talks About Israel

What Tucker Carlson Means When He Talks About Israel

The far right is conflating Israel with Jewishness.

28.04.2026 30

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Peter Beinart

Your Passwords Are Probably Screwed

Your Passwords Are Probably Screwed

Nobody can afford to be relaxed about their digital security anymore.

28.04.2026 10

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Brett j. goldstein

‘Disappointed,’ ‘Surprised,’ ‘Betrayed’: 12 Trump Voters on What Has Gone Wrong

‘Disappointed,’ ‘Surprised,’ ‘Betrayed’: 12 Trump Voters on What Has Gone Wrong

Trump voters discuss their disappointment with the president’s second term.

28.04.2026 2

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Adrian J. Rivera

Haiti’s Original Sin? Freedom.

Haiti’s Original Sin? Freedom.

Haiti’s revolution shocked the world. America still isn’t over it.

28.04.2026 10

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Laurent Dubois

Political Violence Is Reprehensible. That Doesn’t Make Trump Less Depraved.

Each act of political violence further frays our threadbare social fabric, laying the foundation for authoritarianism.

27.04.2026 6

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Michelle Goldberg

The President and the King

The President and the King

Courtesy can be tactical as well as virtuous.

27.04.2026 9

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Craig brown

War and Nachos on My Social Media Feed

War and Nachos on My Social Media Feed

The feed makes everything, bombs and nachos and the dead, weigh the same. Which is to say: nothing.

27.04.2026 5

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Nick mafi

The Prepper Delusion

The Prepper Delusion

As the environment becomes more treacherous, stuff won’t keep us safe.

27.04.2026 6

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Kit dillon

Why Trump Wants Unqualified U.S. Attorneys

Why Trump Wants Unqualified U.S. Attorneys

Revenge-based criminal cases against the president’s enemies have not come to fruition. That’s where the U.S. attorneys come in.

27.04.2026 8

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Jeffrey Toobin