America
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Magazine
Down the Rabbit Hole With Miffy
Hordes of young adults in North America are embracing joy and childhood nostalgia with Miffy, a poker-faced, fictional, Dutch bunny.
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Politics
The Strange Decline of the Pax Americana
When Hamas attacked Israel, Republicans knew whom to blame: President Biden. Donald Trump asserted that the attack wouldn’t have happened…
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Politics
The Israel-Gaza War Means Hard Choices for Ukraine
For the last two years, the debate over the American commitment to Ukraine has turned, in part, on whether we…
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Politics
Will Voters Send In the Clowns?
I’m not a historian, but as far as I know, America has never seen anything like the current political craziness.…
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Politics
In America, Not Having a College Degree Can Take Years Off Your Life
By many measures, the U.S. economy is thriving: Unemployment stands close to the 50-year low set in April, the fraction…
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Politics
This Is Why I Hate Banned Books Week
Walk past any bookstore or library in America this week, and you are likely to find a sign exhorting you…
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Politics
Will Biden’s Climate Law Change Your Life Before November 2024?
More than a year after its passage, much about President Biden’s climate law, the Inflation Reduction Act, is working. America…
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Business
How a Mexican Lager Quietly Rose to Become America’s Best-Selling Beer
A decade before Bud Light faced a conservative-led boycott over a transgender influencer, Modelo Especial was on track to take…
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Politics
‘Gut-level Hatred’ Is Consuming Our Political Life
Divisions between Democrats and Republicans have expanded far beyond the traditional fault lines based on race, education, gender, the urban-rural…
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World
When Did Humans First Occupy the Americas? Ask the Sloth Bones.
The discovery of ancient, handcrafted ornaments revives a longstanding debate about the arrival of the earliest Americans.