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The Open Secret Buried in Anthropic’s 300-Page I.P.O. Filing

The Open Secret Buried in Anthropic’s 300-Page I.P.O. Filing

Anthropic’s I.P.O. is about more than just one company raising boatloads of cash.

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Paul Ford

Remember Owning Movies?

Remember Owning Movies?

I like that our DVD player is neither smart nor intelligent. You put in the disc, and the movie appears.

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Radhika Jones

Is This the End for Trump’s Princelings? Or Just the Start?

Is This the End for Trump’s Princelings? Or Just the Start?

American capitalism may never be the same again.

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Noah Shachtman

‘We’ve Seen This Movie’: Four Writers on What’s Next for Israel

A round table discussion decoding the election results.

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Daniel J. Wakin

There’s a Much Better Way to Make Rich People Pay Their Share

If you’re worked up about what billionaires pay, wait till you hear about the millionaires.

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Eric Zwick

Why Are We Having Less Sex? Ask a Pornographer.

Erika Lust wants to excite you.

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Charlotte Gartenberg

Don’t Let the Knicks Honeymoon End Like This

Remember the infectious joy of the Knicks’s championship? As a new season begins, the team’s owner seems intent on souring that celebration.

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Thomas Beller

Europe Is Aflame, and It’s Not Going to Stop

Europe Is Aflame, and It’s Not Going to Stop

The protests roiling the continent express feelings of generational futility.

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Anton Jäger

Deport Immigrants? Oh Yes. But Not This Guy.

Deport Immigrants? Oh Yes. But Not This Guy.

Suddenly, empathy isn’t so toxic.

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David French

The Trump Era Is Fading

The Trump Era Is Fading

It’s time to take stock. Here are 12 takeaways from the last 10 years.

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David Wallace-Wells

Is This the Final Unraveling?

Is This the Final Unraveling?

What are the key differences between now and two years ago? Between now and 2016?

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Bret Stephens

Worried About A.I. Taking Your Job? This Is for You.

Worried About A.I. Taking Your Job? This Is for You.

We can learn a lot from a long-dead labor leader about how to reckon with technology that threatens our jobs.

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Steph Khoury

Baby Boomers Are Retiring in Droves. Private Equity Is Waiting.

Investors in big cities are quietly consuming small businesses all over the country.

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Doug Lepisto

TikTok Is Changing Politics (Perhaps for the Better)

Algorithms are making politicians focus more on positive messaging in short video.

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Julia Angwin

Trump Cannot Be the End of the Story

Trump Cannot Be the End of the Story

Trump has no use for pretense and he’s not interested in playing along.

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Jamelle Bouie

These Are the Big Midterm Elections Flying Under the Radar

These Are the Big Midterm Elections Flying Under the Radar

National politics dominate people’s attention, but local politics often play a greater role in shaping their lives.

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Lauren Dominguez Chan

Is This the Gateway Drug for Gambling?

Is This the Gateway Drug for Gambling?

We actually can regulate prediction markets, and we should do it now.

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Jessica Grose

What America Is Living Without

What America Is Living Without

Winter coats, steaks, college tuition: More and more Americans are giving up on the lives they thought they would have.

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Alissa Quart

Reopen Watergate? Of Course Trumpworld Is Intrigued.

Reopen Watergate? Of Course Trumpworld Is Intrigued.

We investigated Watergate. The former president and his henchmen got what they deserved.

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Roger Witten

Trump’s Never-Go-to-Jail Card

Trump’s Never-Go-to-Jail Card

The president has initiated extensive maneuvers to personally profit as a private citizen while wielding the threat of his public power.

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Thomas B. Edsall

Israel’s Tragic Choice

Israel’s Tragic Choice

Israelis care more about what their country’s enemies think than about their friends’ reactions.

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Micah Goodman

There Is No Returning to Hillman College

There Is No Returning to Hillman College

In the 1990s, we invested in Hillman’s students because they helped us imagine ourselves, whether our past or our future.

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Tressie McMillan Cottom

Bill Bradley: My Fear for the Midterms

Bill Bradley: My Fear for the Midterms

The buck must stop with local officials.

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Bill Bradley

Nate Silver on What the Polls Say — and What His Gut’s Telling Him

Nate Silver on What the Polls Say — and What His Gut’s Telling Him

The election forecaster Nate Silver breaks down the likelihood of a G.O.P. wipeout.

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Jack McCordick

Four Thoughts About Israel’s Election

Four Thoughts About Israel’s Election

A Middle Eastern nation votes — more than can be said for its neighbors.

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Bret Stephens

Trump Has Failed. Hold Him to Account.

Trump Has Failed. Hold Him to Account.

The American people have a chance to allow the nation to glimpse the end of the Trump era and the start of something brighter.

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There Is No Limit to What the Houthis Will Do

There Is No Limit to What the Houthis Will Do

The international community should set a clear goal to end the Yemeni group as an armed terrorist force.

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Reema Bandar Al-Saud

In India, I Saw Things That Should Scare Trump

In India, I Saw Things That Should Scare Trump

Young people have revived the country’s glorious tradition of nonviolent dissent.

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Abhishek Khedekar

Trump Is Not the Only Thing Unsettling About Our Politics

Trump Is Not the Only Thing Unsettling About Our Politics

Conflict? Cooperation? On the potential of divided government.

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John Guida

This Is Bigger Than Brazil

This Is Bigger Than Brazil

Mr. Lula’s victory represents a win for the forces of democracy not only in Brazil, but around the world.

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Vanessa Barbara

Penn Jillette: It’s Been Four Years Since My Friend Died. I Still Love Him.

Penn Jillette: It’s Been Four Years Since My Friend Died. I Still Love Him.

The magician and comedian reflects on what he wrote in The Times about Bob Saget’s death.

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Penn Jillette

Trump Should Stay Out of Brazilian Politics

Trump Should Stay Out of Brazilian Politics

The president seems not to understand that the global standing of the United States suffers when he plays into the stereotype of the ugly American.

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Netanyahu’s Waning Support Is a Mirage

Netanyahu’s Waning Support Is a Mirage

Despite three disastrous years for Israelis, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s core support remains strong.

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Michael J. Koplow

This Boom Looks a Lot Like the Housing Bubble

This Boom Looks a Lot Like the Housing Bubble

There are signs the A.I. boom is going bust. If it does, the consequences could rival the 2008 financial crisis.

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Jen Harris

Thomas L. Friedman: We Just Set Off the Second Big Bang

Thomas L. Friedman: We Just Set Off the Second Big Bang

Humanity is entering its most dangerous era yet.

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Mehron Abdi

Netanyahu Won the Middle East and Lost the World

Netanyahu Won the Middle East and Lost the World

Both Israelis and Palestinians are trapped in the Netanyahu paradigm.

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Ezra Klein

Despicable Doesn’t Begin to Cover It

Despicable Doesn’t Begin to Cover It

Trump’s culture of cruelty spreads.

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David French

The Grace We Seek but Have Forgotten

The Grace We Seek but Have Forgotten

We hurt one another, we fail one another, but we still have to figure out how to live with one another.

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Lydia Sohn

What New York City Will Lose When It Ends Carriage Rides

Horses were essential to New York City’s growth. Now horse-drawn carriages are being banned from the place they helped build.

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Mary Haverstick

What Happens if Trump Doesn’t Like the Midterm Results?

What Happens if Trump Doesn’t Like the Midterm Results?

Hope, dread and the final stretch to Election Day.

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Derek Arthur

Republicans Are Crude, Craven, Cruel. It’s Not Working Anymore.

Republicans Are Crude, Craven, Cruel. It’s Not Working Anymore.

Republican candidates are in a sorry state.

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Jamelle Bouie

Attempted Coups. Aging Left-Wing Incumbents. Which Country Are We Talking About?

Attempted Coups. Aging Left-Wing Incumbents. Which Country Are We Talking About?

The Brazilian echoes of American politics have become too eerie to deny.

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Brian Winter

The Eyes of Elizabeth Holmes

The Eyes of Elizabeth Holmes

Look into that unblinking gaze and see the abyss.

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Maureen Dowd

Lena Dunham: The Day I Met My Parents

Lena Dunham: The Day I Met My Parents

It was a busy Tuesday with news of acid rain, insider trading, nuclear radiation and (at least) two new babies.

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Lena Dunham

None of This Is Normal

None of This Is Normal

The fundamental issue is Trump’s shredding of the model that made America the world’s leading country.

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Nicholas Kristof

There Are Solutions to This Crazy Economy. Voters Will Hate Them.

Ahead of the midterms, Natasha Sarin and Catherine Rampell unpack the state of the economy — and how much responsibility the president bears for it.

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Emily Holzknecht

The Factory in Phoenix That Could Save American Manufacturing

America is figuring out the trick to reindustrialization, if it can learn the right lessons.

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Jesse Rieser

The World Has Changed. So Must Our Approach to Israel.

The World Has Changed. So Must Our Approach to Israel.

The upcoming elections won’t deliver an end to the attacks on Palestinians without tough new penalties from the U.S.

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Jon Finer

That Trick Nathan Fielder Does

That Trick Nathan Fielder Does

There is artifice present in any work of nonfiction, and in every aspect of our lives.

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Eve Sneider

Trump Is Turning to an Old Tool of Authoritarian Repression

Trump Is Turning to an Old Tool of Authoritarian Repression

It evokes dark periods in American history.

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