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This Mistake Doomed Biden. Trump Is Falling Into the Same Trap.

This Mistake Doomed Biden. Trump Is Falling Into the Same Trap.

When leaders ignore people’s lived experience, their political messaging collapses.

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Karine Jean-Pierre

Six Charts That Show Just How Much We Need A.I.

Six Charts That Show Just How Much We Need A.I.

All the worry about artificial intelligence should not obscure this key point: If we don’t develop it, we’ll be a lot worse off.

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Steven Rattner

The Trump Administration Has Gone After a Mailman and a Cyclist. Who’s Next?

The Trump Administration Has Gone After a Mailman and a Cyclist. Who’s Next?

The Justice Department is trawling to find perpetrators on whom to pin conspiracies. Ordinary citizens are being ensnared.

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Liz Oyer

Please Spare Me Your Talk of Bravery

Please Spare Me Your Talk of Bravery

In the Ukraine war, bravery has turned into a cliché masking profound social and economic injustices.

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Alyona Synenko

China’s Stressed People Are Starting to Turn on Each Other

China’s Stressed People Are Starting to Turn on Each Other

Unable to question the government, Chinese are taking their economic frustrations out on each other.

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Helen Gao

When White People Like Hannah Gann Pretend to Be Black

Rachel Dolezal is now a type.

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John McWhorter

You See Muck. I See the Most Beautiful Places on Earth.

Bogs store carbon, and preserve histories too.

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Merritt R. Turetsky

If You Think Rising Oil Prices Are Bad, Just Wait for the Inevitable Crash

If You Think Rising Oil Prices Are Bad, Just Wait for the Inevitable Crash

An oil bust is on the horizon.

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Philip Delves Broughton

We Are Clueless About What’s Coming

We Are Clueless About What’s Coming

Nick Bostrom is no longer worried about the apocalypse. Now he’s worried about utopia.

yesterday 4

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Sophia Muniz

These Things Are Computers. Stop Talking About Them Like They’re Human.

These Things Are Computers. Stop Talking About Them Like They’re Human.

If we want to figure out the proper way to control A.I. models, we need to recognize what they really are.

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Leif Weatherby

Behold the Paragons of Rank Incompetence

Behold the Paragons of Rank Incompetence

The dawn of A.I. comes at the dusk of American sanity.

yesterday 4

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Bret Stephens

This Is One Map Trump Can’t Redraw

This Is One Map Trump Can’t Redraw

The president’s effort to use tariffs to steer manufacturing back to the United States can only go so far.

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Mary Beth Sheridan

I Thought Things Had Gotten Better. The Cornell Case Shows How Bad They Really Are.

How could so little have changed?

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Jennifer Weiner

The Scientific Case for Being Less in Touch With Your Friends

The Scientific Case for Being Less in Touch With Your Friends

Prioritize the contact that really makes a difference.

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Adam Grant

There Are Plenty of Laws on the Books to Check the A.I. Giants. Use Them.

There Are Plenty of Laws on the Books to Check the A.I. Giants. Use Them.

Government enforcers have the laws and the experience to control A.I.

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Lina M. Khan

Five Generations, One Newspaper

Five Generations, One Newspaper

How on earth did The New York Times, a seemingly ossified institution in a dying industry, survive the most destabilizing period in its history —...

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A.g. Sulzberger

This Case Has Flown Under the Radar. It Won’t Stay There.

This Case Has Flown Under the Radar. It Won’t Stay There.

This case has flown under the radar, but it won’t stay there.

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Linda Greenhouse

Trump Doesn’t Want to Listen to Anyone but Himself

Trump Doesn’t Want to Listen to Anyone but Himself

The search for fraud in the federal government must always end in the same place.

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Jamelle Bouie

Trump Is Going Viral in the Worst Ways

Trump Is Going Viral in the Worst Ways

On the technological, diplomatic and biological fronts, Trump is creating a disaster.

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Thomas L. Friedman

The Trump Brand Has Tanked. The G.O.P. May Pay the Price.

The Trump Brand Has Tanked. The G.O.P. May Pay the Price.

He went from outsider businessman to disappointing politician.

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Kristen Soltis Anderson

Trump’s Luck Is Finally Running Out

Trump’s Luck Is Finally Running Out

Voters are showing a growing determination to repudiate his presidency.

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Thomas B. Edsall

I Once Celebrated Marriage. Things Have Changed.

I Once Celebrated Marriage. Things Have Changed.

Eleven years later, the novelist revisits a guest essay she wrote about marriage.

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Curtis Sittenfeld

Bill Gates’s Blunt Warning on A.I.

Bill Gates’s Blunt Warning on A.I.

As A.I. capabilities accelerate, the technologist is shocked by the “complete lack of engagement” with the question of how to manage its risks.

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Jack McCordick

I’m Exhausted. You’re Demoralized. We Weren’t Built for a World Like This.

I’m Exhausted. You’re Demoralized. We Weren’t Built for a World Like This.

A greatly underappreciated virtue of other presidents was that you could forget about them for weeks at a time.

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Bill McKibben

Republicans Are Struggling Everywhere. This State Is the Epicenter.

Republicans Are Struggling Everywhere. This State Is the Epicenter.

The problems of technology were there before Trump and will be there after.

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Christopher Caldwell

The Rev. Adam Hamilton Knows What’s the Matter With Kansas

The Rev. Adam Hamilton Knows What’s the Matter With Kansas

This campaign could be a compelling model for Democrats.

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E.j. Dionne Jr

I’m a College Professor. Writing Isn’t as Important as We Think.

I’m a College Professor. Writing Isn’t as Important as We Think.

If I do not treat writing as essential for achieving thought, it is not clear why I should force my students to.

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Joe Cruz

There Is a Word So Powerful It Need Be Spoken Only Once

The film that makes a powerful statement without ever raising its voice.

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M. Gessen

There’s a New Threat to Your Personal Finances

The revival of Japan’s economy isn’t all good news.

28.09.2026 10

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Rebecca Patterson

People Say They Want to Die at Home. I Think About It Differently.

We have built a culture that views a death in the I.C.U. as a failure.

28.09.2026 10

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Daniela J. Lamas

Trump Revealed Something Essential About Elites

Trump Revealed Something Essential About Elites

There are always elites. The people get to decide which ones rule.

28.09.2026 10

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John Guida

Affordability Is a Winning Message for Democrats. But There’s an Even Better One.

Affordability Is a Winning Message for Democrats. But There’s an Even Better One.

If Democrats can embrace what affordability is really about, they might do even more than win elections.

28.09.2026 10

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Tim Wu

The Most Laughable of Trump’s Many Lies

The Most Laughable of Trump’s Many Lies

“Rigged.” “Fraud.” “Hoax.” The president is a broken record.

28.09.2026 20

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Frank Bruni

Hackers Could Overwhelm Our Power Grid. This Is How to Stop Them.

Hackers Could Overwhelm Our Power Grid. This Is How to Stop Them.

The Trump administration should build a stronger alliance with clean energy companies in spite of its culture war with them.

28.09.2026 10

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Phoebe Benich

The Id, the Ego and the Superintelligence

Artificial intelligence isn’t coming for philosophers’ jobs — it needs philosophers, and always will.

27.09.2026 9

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Simon Critchley

The Path to Great Art Is Not Through A.I.

Anything worth remembering came from a person who did not know where she or he was going until arriving.

27.09.2026 9

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Giorgia Lupi

The Super El Niño Comes Bearing One Gift: Time to Prepare

The Super El Niño Comes Bearing One Gift: Time to Prepare

There’s still time to prepare.

27.09.2026 10

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Jeffrey Shaman

The Mean Girls Presidency

The Mean Girls Presidency

Our government is being run by a clique of middle-aged guys.

27.09.2026 10

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Molly Jong-Fast

Maybe We Should Leave Birds Alone

Maybe We Should Leave Birds Alone

One of Britain’s favorite national pastimes is hurting as well as helping.

27.09.2026 20

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Lia Leendertz

Why Does Trump Think He Can Act Like a King?

The Supreme Court has had a lot to do with it.

26.09.2026 10

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Jamelle Bouie

It’s Time for the W.N.B.A. to Pick Sides

The league has an invaluable opportunity right now; it can be a reflection of the world as it could be, not merely as it is.

26.09.2026 10

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Roxane Gay

The U.N. Is Terrible. We Need the U.N.

The U.N. Is Terrible. We Need the U.N.

Trump’s attack on global institutions leaves us helpless before a growing array of challenges.

26.09.2026 10

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Nicholas Kristof

‘The MAGA Flag Is in Tatters’

‘The MAGA Flag Is in Tatters’

This week in politics: Midwest realignment and what’s next for conservatives.

26.09.2026 10

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Derek Arthur

The Four TV Shows That Heralded America’s Fall

The Four TV Shows That Heralded America’s Fall

Four TV shows, now acknowledged as the medium’s high point, each cannily predicted the ways in which America would start to crack apart.

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Stephen Marche

I Want to Hold Her Hand

I Want to Hold Her Hand

Two of the things that count most in life are love and usefulness. Holding hands offers both.

26.09.2026 20

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Roger Rosenblatt

What Happens if the A.I. Bubble Bursts

What Happens if the A.I. Bubble Bursts

It’s as though 2008 never even happened.

26.09.2026 10

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Bethany McLean

The Four Midterm Races That Matter Most

Four swing states will soon elect the official who will run the 2028 presidential election. The candidates are alarming.

25.09.2026 10

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Ellen Kurz

Governor Lee, This Woman Should Not Be on Death Row

Governor Lee, This Woman Should Not Be on Death Row

Our brains don’t finish developing until we’re well into our 20s. That matters when deciding who gets the death penalty.

25.09.2026 10

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Sophia Laurenzi

Being a Doctor Will Never Be the Same After A.I.

Being a Doctor Will Never Be the Same After A.I.

I’m confident in my mastery over what doctors do — and less confident about my continued mastery of an ever-evolving universe of facts.

25.09.2026 50

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Rachael Bedard

Young Democrats Are Putting the Party Back in Politics. It’s Working.

Young Democrats Are Putting the Party Back in Politics. It’s Working.

Fun, free events communicate a larger goal: that everyday people should be able to afford a joyful life.

25.09.2026 10

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Eric Blanc