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Stagflation, the Scourge of the 1970s, Is Back

Stagflation, the Scourge of the 1970s, Is Back

The Northwestern professor Phillip Braun says the return of stagflation brings new urgency to the Fed chairman Kevin Warsh’s next moves.

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Phillip Braun

The Only Way to Keep the World Safe From A.I.

The Only Way to Keep the World Safe From A.I.

A conversation with Robert Wright, the author of “The God Test.”

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David Wallace-Wells

The Board of Peace Road Map for Gaza Gives Hope

The Board of Peace Road Map for Gaza Gives Hope

The signs point to Hamas being serious about disarming. The recent Board of Peace plan for it to surrender its weapons should be carried out.

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Muhammad Shehada

An 8 P.M. Bedtime, Oxygen Chambers, Blood Tests Galore. What Would You Do for a Longer Life?

An 8 P.M. Bedtime, Oxygen Chambers, Blood Tests Galore. What Would You Do for a Longer Life?

The tech mogul Bryan Johnson is trying to design the blueprint for defying death.

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Sophia Alvarez Boyd

Kansas Put a Bounty on Trans People

Kansas Put a Bounty on Trans People

Is Kansas just the beginning?

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M. Gessen

The Great Scam on the High Seas

The Great Scam on the High Seas

U.S. tariff rates are not for rent.

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Peter Navarro

If You Weren’t Worried About A.I., You Should Be After the Past Few Weeks

If You Weren’t Worried About A.I., You Should Be After the Past Few Weeks

If there was ever a time to consider halting development of A.I., it’s now.

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Nate Soares

Israeli Settlers Are Out of Control. Could an Election Change That?

Israeli Settlers Are Out of Control. Could an Election Change That?

If Netanyahu is ousted in October’s balloting, don’t expect peace to break out, but the worst violence might be reined in.

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Nicholas Kristof

Democrats Pull Back From the Edge of Disaster. Again.

Democrats Pull Back From the Edge of Disaster. Again.

It seems that centrists and the left can work the pragmatic side of the street.

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E.j. Dionne Jr

Look Up. Tonight.

Look Up. Tonight.

Experiencing awe makes us happier, healthier and more fulfilled. Why not watch the Perseid meteor shower to have a bit more awe in your life?

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Cody Delistraty

A.I. Hype Is Running Into Reality

A.I. Hype Is Running Into Reality

And what a hedge fund’s $35 billion loss reveals about the state of the industry.

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Rochelle Widdowson

Does My Face-Lift Make Me a Bad Feminist?

Does My Face-Lift Make Me a Bad Feminist?

I, like many a young woman, was once wildly judgmental about plastic surgery. Now I’m not so sure.

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Molly Jong-Fast

Even Elite Colleges Have Become Trade Schools

Even Elite Colleges Have Become Trade Schools

Short-term return on investment is an impoverished view of a college education.

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Jessica Grose

We Don’t Know What’s Going On With Trump’s Health, and We Deserve Answers

We Don’t Know What’s Going On With Trump’s Health, and We Deserve Answers

The president has not been looking well. Americans should get answers to these seven questions.

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Jonathan Reiner

El-Sayed’s Winning Path in Michigan

El-Sayed’s Winning Path in Michigan

A swing-state Democratic Senate nominee needs to keep saying this: Jews have a right to a Jewish homeland.

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Thomas L. Friedman

A Skyscraper Almost Collapsed. How Worried Should We Be?

A Skyscraper Almost Collapsed. How Worried Should We Be?

Life in a crowded city like New York depends on trust. Are corners being cut?

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Nate Bliss

Trump Is Trapped in a Maelstrom of His Own Making

Trump Is Trapped in a Maelstrom of His Own Making

The president’s zero-sum mind-set is turning us all into losers.

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Thomas B. Edsall

Ross Douthat: The Exit Interview

Ross Douthat: The Exit Interview

The Times columnist reflects on the seismic changes in media, religion and politics he’s witnessed in his career so far.

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Rollin Hu

Can Nebraska’s Definitely-Not-a-Democrat Candidate Crack the G.O.P. Hold on Red America?

Can Nebraska’s Definitely-Not-a-Democrat Candidate Crack the G.O.P. Hold on Red America?

The Democratic brand is just too toxic in large swaths of the country.

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Michelle Cottle

Farage vs. the Man With the Trash Can on His Head

Farage vs. the Man With the Trash Can on His Head

This is how elections are so often fought now. Politicians slink into a constituency to meet fans, make content for their social media and melt away.

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Harry Mitchell

He Says Obscene Things About Mothers and Children. Mike Johnson Is Raising Money for Him.

Thanks to Trump, G.O.P. extremism has become so ordinary that it breaks through only when it reaches an absurdly high level.

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Michelle Goldberg

He Saw Specialist After Specialist. He Died When No One Gave Him a Flu Shot.

He Saw Specialist After Specialist. He Died When No One Gave Him a Flu Shot.

The Trump administration has dismantled the agency that ensures that research makes its way into medical practice.

10.08.2026 7

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Aaron E. Carroll

Mike DeWine: Trump Would Shock Everyone With This Reform

Mike DeWine: Trump Would Shock Everyone With This Reform

Immigration reform could be his Nixon-goes-to-China.

10.08.2026 10

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Mike Dewine

Are Subcultures Dead, or Am I Just Old?

Are Subcultures Dead, or Am I Just Old?

It used to be that you could tell goths from preps by the look of them.

10.08.2026 10

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Thomas Morton

A.I. Is Changing Young People’s Social Lives. I’ve Seen It.

A.I. Is Changing Young People’s Social Lives. I’ve Seen It.

A.I. has become a kind of social sealant, filling the gaps in young people’s relationships.

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Alice Lassman

Adieu, Odysseus. Enough Already.

Adieu, Odysseus. Enough Already.

The attention to “The Odyssey” is as exhausting as its hero’s travels.

10.08.2026 10

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Frank Bruni

I Went to Iowa to See the Young Democrat Packing Town Halls. It Felt a Bit Like Obama in 2008.

I Went to Iowa to See the Young Democrat Packing Town Halls. It Felt a Bit Like Obama in 2008.

Just shy of 44 with boyish good looks, Rob Sand is very much a moderate, but he has a withering critique of the political establishment in this...

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Ben Rhodes

What America Owes to Afghan Women

Five years after giving up on Afghanistan, America still has a responsibility to the country’s women.

09.08.2026 10

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Mursal Rahim

These Doctors Perform Daily Miracles, No Hospital in Sight

These Doctors Perform Daily Miracles, No Hospital in Sight

Every city needs street medicine.

09.08.2026 10

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Helen Ouyang

Pop Music Is the Problem

Pop Music Is the Problem

The genre was shaped by exclusion, not expansion.

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Dan Charnas

Please Judge What I’m Reading

Please Judge What I’m Reading

Literary awards get dismissed for elitism. But more than ever, we need passionate and idiosyncratic champions for the books most worth seeking out.

09.08.2026 5

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Radhika Jones

Blue and Red America Have Become the Bitter Couple That Can’t Quite Face Divorce

Blue and Red America Have Become the Bitter Couple That Can’t Quite Face Divorce

It can’t go on like this forever.

09.08.2026 5

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Kurt Andersen

Therapy Needs Therapy

Therapy Needs Therapy

The good news is that the neuroscience of perception can pave the way out.

09.08.2026 6

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Daniel Duane

Forget the East Wing. The Real Demolition Has Only Just Begun.

Forget the East Wing. The Real Demolition Has Only Just Begun.

The Trump administration’s proposed changes to the review process will allow it to take a wrecking ball to historic sites across the country.

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Paul Goldberger

A Top Scholar’s Fall Shows That Universities Don’t Get It

A Top Scholar’s Fall Shows That Universities Don’t Get It

By protecting a star from plagiarism charges, a storied college undermined its values.

08.08.2026 10

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Jesse Singal

Why a Fabulous Broadway Show Can Fill Its Seats and Still Close

Why a Fabulous Broadway Show Can Fill Its Seats and Still Close

“Cats: The Jellicle Ball” was a success, despite its short run.

08.08.2026 10

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Naveen Kumar

My Hometown Went Up in Flames. It Won’t Be the Last.

My Hometown Went Up in Flames. It Won’t Be the Last.

I watched, heartbroken and sleepless, as my boyhood stamping ground fell to spikes of wind-driven flame.

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Timothy Egan

Hello, Democrats? Are You Listening?

Hello, Democrats? Are You Listening?

Michigan presents as much a warning as it does an opportunity.

08.08.2026 9

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Rochelle Widdowson

Growing Up in Peru, I Thought I Knew Poverty. America Surprised Me.

Growing Up in Peru, I Thought I Knew Poverty. America Surprised Me.

A Latin American sees homes that have air-conditioning but are racked by addiction and puzzles over what it means to be poor.

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Nicholas Kristof

Who Are the Good Guys and the Bad Guys? I’m No Longer Sure.

Who Are the Good Guys and the Bad Guys? I’m No Longer Sure.

Where does the side of the angels really lie?

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Ross Douthat

Socialists Are Winning Because They Listen to People

Socialists Are Winning Because They Listen to People

Democrats are going to have to organize voters — not just fund-raise off them.

08.08.2026 6

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Tressie McMillan Cottom

AMA: Peter Thiel, Chris Rufo and the D.S.A.

AMA: Peter Thiel, Chris Rufo and the D.S.A.

Ezra Klein answers listeners’ questions.

07.08.2026 8

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Emma Kehlbeck

This Is What It Feels Like to Live Through a Political Revolution

This Is What It Feels Like to Live Through a Political Revolution

What it means not to share a consensus political time.

07.08.2026 10

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John Guida

College Is More Political Than Ever. But in a New, Insidious Way.

College Is More Political Than Ever. But in a New, Insidious Way.

Students are self-segregating by ideology.

07.08.2026 10

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Neil Gross

His Former Father-in-Law Called Him a Danger. Will Republicans Step Up?

His Former Father-in-Law Called Him a Danger. Will Republicans Step Up?

This Ohio congressman should not still be running for Congress.

07.08.2026 7

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Michelle Cottle

What Black Voters in Georgia Want and Aren’t Getting

What Black Voters in Georgia Want and Aren’t Getting

In Georgia, where Black voters could help decide control of the Senate, Mara Gay asks what they want from America and the Democratic Party.

07.08.2026 4

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Emily Holzknecht

A Generation on Antidepressants Searches for the Exit

A Generation on Antidepressants Searches for the Exit

Many people feel that antidepressants block their true emotions, but they don’t have guidance about how to get off these drugs.

07.08.2026 3

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Camille Bromley

Kevin Warsh Wants a New Fed. The Markets Are Not Sure.

The success of his chairmanship may rest on an issue that sits outside the traditional purview of monetary policy: the nation’s ongoing fiscal...

06.08.2026 9

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Gabriel Chodorow-Reich

The Real Reason Behind Trump’s Yen Intervention

The U.S. is bolstering the yen, as it did with the Argentine peso. The reasons are not solely economic.

06.08.2026 6

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Eswar Prasad

Bernie Sanders Is Not Doing the Democrats Any Favors

Bernie Sanders Is Not Doing the Democrats Any Favors

What exactly is the project of the insurgent left all about?

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Matthew Yglesias