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I used to spend a lot of time complaining that liberal media bias hurt Republican politicians and conservative causes. I no longer make that argument....
Over the next weeks and months, we will witness a bitter, brutal fight among factions of the Democratic Party over how to rebuild after a shattering...
Garbage-gate might not be the scandal America deserves this election cycle, but it’s the one we’ve earned. First, Donald Trump’s campaign...
In campaigning with former congresswoman Liz Cheney, the Harris campaign believes it is making a play for Republicans who can’t stomach former...
It’s hard to pick just one favorite form of internet insanity, but, if I had to, it would definitely be shoplifting denialism. Over the last few...
Given our rapid demographic shifts, I suppose it was inevitable that the problems of an aging society would be embodied in a presidential election...
While the striking port workers were hogging all the media attention, on the West Coast another strike was quietly easing through its third week....
For the past 10 years, I’ve watched in dismay as institution after institution abandoned what I had believed were bedrock commitments to free...
As I drove to the AMC theater in Danvers, Mass., my phone kept peppering me with the same plaintive question: “Am I Racist?” It was startling the...
The correction is the most underrated journalistic form. Almost no one reads them except other journalists. But read properly, each one tells a little...
The government struggles with a lot — but one thing it excels at is writing checks. There’s a reason Social Security is one of the U.S....
In recent years, a growing number of people have decided that the smart way to tackle poverty is with cash. This idea assumes that most of what ails...
Taxing unrealized capital gains is a desperation move. Vice President Kamala Harris delivers remarks at the Eisenhower Executive Office...
Kamala Harris can’t count on adding 3 million houses to the market by 2028. Houses under construction in Brambleton, Va. (Andrew...
Too many efforts to weed out falsehoods have been marred by politics. A viewer watches Elon Musk's interview with Donald Trump on X on...
Opinion What will the Google antitrust ruling mean for search — and all of us? Creating more competition could be good for everyone, including...
On Monday, bitcoin did the opposite of what it’s supposed to do. Coin renderings of cryptocurrencies bitcoin, dash, ethereum, ripple and...
No one was harmed, and the suspect is in custody. What remains is the symbolism. Secret Service agents at the Republican National Convention...
The days of America’s manufacturing boom are gone for good. Refrigerators are seen at a Lowe's outlet store in Miami in 2022. (Joe...
Big tech companies can be more useful than many small ones — until something goes wrong. Travelers at Austin's international airport...
Capping rents dampens an essential signal to developers to build more housing units. A "For Rent" sign outside a Sacramento apartment...
Trump’s choice will reverberate in the party for years. J.D. Vance speaks at a press conference in New York on May 13. (Stefan Jeremiah/AP,...
There’s only one path that can prevent another failure. President Biden speaks to reporters at the White House on Feb 8. (Tom Brenner for...
The Democratic Party has time to make a better choice. President Biden steps out of a Jeep Wrangler after a test drive in August 2021....
We need to know whether treatments benefit most children who receive them. One patient's prescription testosterone supply in Thomasville, Ala....
Let’s ditch this sop to the rich. (Gerry Broome/AP) Listen 4 min Share Comment on this story Comment ...
The acquisition is one way to ensure a market remains for films best seen in theaters. A moviegoer waits inside an Alamo Drafthouse Cinema in...
If it can’t be done in New York City, it probably can’t be done anywhere else in America. Traffic from Brooklyn enters Manhattan over the...
Why exclusive schools are excluding inclusion. A gate at Harvard Yard in Cambridge, Mass. (iStock) Listen 5 min ...
The world is rich with the things he left behind. Megan McArdle and her father at her wedding in 2010. (Katie Carney) (Photo by Katie Carney) ...
Lies, damned lies and arguments over a silly video. A female grizzly bear photographed by an automatic trail camera in northwestern Montana in...
Protesters face off against security forces on the UCLA campus in Los Angeles early Wednesday. (David Swanson/Reuters) Listen 5 min ...
Will professionals displaced by AI find new jobs in health care? (iStock) Listen 5 min Share Comment on this story ...
A demonstrator at the pro-Palestinian encampment at Columbia University in New York on Wednesday. (Timothy A. Clary/AFP/Getty Images) ...
Pam Satterthwaite sits in her car as protesters block traffic along a highway in Oakland, Calif., on Monday. (Jose Carlos Fajardo/AP) ...
Federal Reserve workers in 1957. (Library of Congress) Listen 5 min Share Comment on this story Comment ...
The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office expects the federal government will be awash in debt over the next 30 years. (Matt Slocum/AP) ...
Americans want the housing market to get back to what they think of as normal. (Mario Tama/Getty Images) Listen 5 min ...
A BP Pulse Gigahub charging station in Houston on Wednesday. (Kirk Sides/Houston Chronicle/AP) Listen 5 min Share ...
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A student looks for a seat before a lecture at the University of Texas at Austin on Feb. 22. (Brandon Bell/Getty Images) Listen 5 min ...