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Taylor Swift, What Are You Doing?

Taylor Swift, What Are You Doing?

Why am I dreading the Swift-Kelce wedding?

yesterday 10

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Alice Bolin

Look Past the Jobs Numbers: Three Ways Trump Is Strangling the Economy

Look Past the Jobs Numbers: Three Ways Trump Is Strangling the Economy

Despite the jobs numbers, the economy is deteriorating under Trump’s policies.

yesterday 0

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Steven N. Durlauf

You’re Going to Get Hacked. The Only Solution Is to Abandon Your Shame.

You’re Going to Get Hacked. The Only Solution Is to Abandon Your Shame.

“So what?” needs to be our response to the salacious, titillating and terrifying hacks that could come our way.

yesterday 0

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Juleanna Glover

Madonna Has Become an Avatar for Our Fear of Aging

Madonna Has Become an Avatar for Our Fear of Aging

The Material Girl used to mean everything to me.

yesterday 0

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Glynnis Macnicol

The Transgender Sports Decision Was About Something Deeper Than Law

The Transgender Sports Decision Was About Something Deeper Than Law

It’s never just a game.

yesterday 3

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M. Gessen

Amy Coney Barrett Is the Lightning Rod

Amy Coney Barrett Is the Lightning Rod

The Supreme Court seesaw is swinging hard.

yesterday 40

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David French

The World Has Failed the Uyghurs

If the global community can’t stop China’s atrocities against the Uyghurs, it must help us keep our culture alive in exile.

previous day 10

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Tahir Imin

We Need to Retrofit the Planet. The Heat Wave Proves It.

The world’s infrastructure was built for a climate we no longer have.

previous day 1

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David Wallace-Wells

LeBron Can Go Home Again

James doesn’t need another championship ring or another record. He needs to be loved more.

previous day 3

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Kevin Merida

U.S.A.I.D. Cuts Killed People. That’s the Truth.

Musk insists that his demolition of humanitarian aid didn’t cost lives. So I propose he take a trip with me.

previous day 2

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Nicholas Kristof

Another Major Precedent Crumbles at the Supreme Court. 3 Legal Scholars Assess the Fallout.

Another Major Precedent Crumbles at the Supreme Court. 3 Legal Scholars Assess the Fallout.

What it means to have a “no ifs, ands or quasis about it” problem.

previous day 2

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Stephen I. Vladeck

The Gap Between the Families We Have and the Ones Conservatives Want

The Gap Between the Families We Have and the Ones Conservatives Want

It makes absolutely no sense to create a definition of marriage that excludes the desires and ideals of a substantial majority of Americans.

previous day 3

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Jessica Grose

Is Kidmaxxing the Ultimate Status Symbol for Ultimate Wealth?

Is Kidmaxxing the Ultimate Status Symbol for Ultimate Wealth?

What drives these men to reproduce at an industrial scale?

previous day 2

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Anna Louie Sussman

What Zionism Has Always Meant

What Zionism Has Always Meant

Understanding Jewish self-determination.

previous day 3

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Ari D. Berman

Five Words That Changed America

Five Words That Changed America

It wasn’t Thomas Jefferson who made “All men are created equal” actually mean something.

previous day 10

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Jamelle Bouie

How to World Cup

How to World Cup

New to soccer? You’re welcome here.

previous day 6

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Roger Bennett

Rays of Hope in Dark Times

It’s time to update Learned Hand’s great “Spirit of Liberty” address.

tuesday 3

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Bret Stephens

The Supreme Court Remembers Its Principles

The Constitution is clear. People who are born in this country and subject to its laws are citizens.

tuesday 10

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The Editorial Board

Can You Really Be a Working-Class Party if There Are Very Few Workers in Your Party?

There an irony at the heart of the D.S.A.’s ascendance.

tuesday 3

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Thomas B. Edsall

I’m Gay, Not Queer. It Matters.

Polyamorous? Queer. Vaguely uncomfortable with gender expectations? Possibly queer, too.

tuesday 20

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Matthew Vines

Chris Rufo Thinks the Right Can Control This. I Don’t.

One of MAGA’s leading activists discusses how he views the second Trump administration, as well as various factions of the right.

tuesday 3

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Jack McCordick

Congress Can Just Shrivel. Or It Can Do What It Did After Nixon.

The Supreme Court has eviscerated the separation of powers.

tuesday 3

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Kate Shaw

The One Very Simple Reason A.I. Won’t Steal All Our Jobs

Congratulations. You’re irreplaceable.

tuesday 8

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Zeynep Tufekci

Venezuela’s Tragedy Is Bigger Than the Earthquakes

Venezuela’s natural disaster was unavoidable, but the devastation it has left in its wake was not.

29.06.2026 1

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Carolina Jiménez Sandoval

Pope Leo’s Showdown With the Church’s Radical Right

An impending clash between Pope Leo and ultratraditionalist Catholics threatens to end the pontiff’s honeymoon.

29.06.2026 20

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David Gibson

‘Moderate’ and ‘Electable’ Are Not Synonyms

The case for Haley Stevens’s candidacy rests on electability, but it’s far from clear how electable she really is.

29.06.2026 5

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Michelle Goldberg

What Is the Supreme Court Doing to Presidential Power?

Two legal scholars deconstruct a big court decision long in the making.

29.06.2026 1

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Philip Hamburger

The Court’s Hypocrisy

The Court’s Hypocrisy

The Supreme Court is bestowing new powers on a president who often behaves as an aspiring autocrat.

29.06.2026 5

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The Editorial Board

What We Lose When We Don’t Have Siblings

What We Lose When We Don’t Have Siblings

There are virtues in growing up in a pack.

29.06.2026 3

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Catherine Ruth Pakaluk

Fine, Don’t Prosecute the President. But Release Jack Smith’s Report.

Fine, Don’t Prosecute the President. But Release Jack Smith’s Report.

Its suppression is highly irregular and disturbing.

29.06.2026 2

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Jameel Jaffer

What if the MAGA Vibe Shift Was Just a Mirage?

What if the MAGA Vibe Shift Was Just a Mirage?

The country does not love its president.

29.06.2026 5

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David Wallace-Wells

Donald Trump’s Love Language

Donald Trump’s Love Language

Flattery paves the road to the president’s heart.

29.06.2026 20

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Frank Bruni

A.I. Is Strangling Our Economy

So much money is being poured into A.I. that the rest of the economy is starting to suffer.

28.06.2026 8

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Jennifer M. Harris

If These Celebrities Are Democracy’s Last Hope, We’re in Trouble

If These Celebrities Are Democracy’s Last Hope, We’re in Trouble

When speaking up actually means risking something, for once, it is more necessary than ever.

28.06.2026 4

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Molly Jong-Fast

Gay Lit’s Gone Mainstream

Gay Lit’s Gone Mainstream

After decades in which Queer literature was the underdog, it is now publishing’s golden goose.

28.06.2026 7

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Aaron Hicklin

The Hamptons’ Essential Luxury Good: Human Labor

The Hamptons’ Essential Luxury Good: Human Labor

The people who want to visit can’t function without the people who have to live there.

28.06.2026 1

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Binyamin Appelbaum

Science Funding Is an American Tradition. Just Ask Lewis and Clark.

Science Funding Is an American Tradition. Just Ask Lewis and Clark.

America has funded scientific research since 1804 — and remembers that first project as a national glory. Cutting similar funding today is a betrayal.

28.06.2026 2

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Craig Fehrman

Beware the Purging of General Donahue

Beware the Purging of General Donahue

The dangers of Pete Hegseth are mounting.

28.06.2026 10

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David French

The Real A.I. Race Isn’t America vs. China

The Real A.I. Race Isn’t America vs. China

Washington is starting to follow a similar playbook to Beijing when it comes to artificial intelligence policy.

28.06.2026 40

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Julian Gewirtz

Why Old People Cry

Why Old People Cry

These days, I have so much past behind and within me, it’s as if it bubbles over.

27.06.2026 30

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Roger Rosenblatt

We Surveyed 1,000 People About Their Budgets. The Picture Is Ugly.

We Surveyed 1,000 People About Their Budgets. The Picture Is Ugly.

We dug into the data, toured the country and ran surveys to find the biggest financial pressures people feel.

27.06.2026 4

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Rohit Chopra

Gambling Addiction Starts in Middle School

Gambling Addiction Starts in Middle School

In part because gambling ads are in everything, everywhere, all at once.

27.06.2026 4

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Jessica Grose

Three Opinion Writers on Trump’s Latest Face-plant

Three Opinion Writers on Trump’s Latest Face-plant

Trump planned a big party for America. It’s not going well.

27.06.2026 5

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Derek Arthur

Does Keir Starmer Believe in Anything?

Does Keir Starmer Believe in Anything?

His great achievement was to restore the Labour Party to government. His lack of conviction made him ineffective once he got there.

27.06.2026 1

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Ian Leslie

Trump Is Turning Journalists Into Criminals

Trump Is Turning Journalists Into Criminals

The product of journalism enjoys substantial protection under the First Amendment. But what about the process?

27.06.2026 3

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Jeffrey Toobin

It’s Ugly. It Costs $640,000. Everyone Is Mad About It but Me.

It’s Ugly. It Costs $640,000. Everyone Is Mad About It but Me.

Ferrari’s new E.V. is being panned by critics, but it ought to be celebrated.

27.06.2026 1

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Carlo Ratti

ICE Is a Job Killer Everywhere It Goes

ICE Is a Job Killer Everywhere It Goes

ICE surges are costing Americans jobs.

26.06.2026 2

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Marcela Escobari

On an Island So Many Have Left, They Have Stayed

On an Island So Many Have Left, They Have Stayed

Four young Cubans grapple with what it means to stay on an island facing unprecedented migration.

26.06.2026 2

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Jean-François Bouchard

Supporting Iran in the World Cup? It’s Complicated.

Supporting Iran in the World Cup? It’s Complicated.

Is the team against the regime or an embodiment of it?

26.06.2026 5

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Bill Saporito

The Supreme Court Is Unshackling the Presidency

The Supreme Court Is Unshackling the Presidency

Where is Chief Justice John Roberts? And why isn’t he putting limits on this administration?

26.06.2026 10

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Kate Shaw