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Dr. Ronald Glasser, Bard of the Vietnam War Wounded, Dies at 83
Dr. Ronald J. Glasser, an Army physician who wrote the acclaimed book “365 Days,” a scorching account of the war…
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Biting Satires Dominate Booker Prize Shortlist
A barbed political satire about the fall of an African dictator, told from the perspective of talking animals. A mordantly…
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The police have been criticized for their handling of crimes against Indigenous people.
The brutal knife assaults in Saskatchewan are likely to revive concerns in Indigenous communities about the seriousness with which the…
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Canada’s Indigenous communities have been in the spotlight as they seek redress for abuses.
Canada’s Indigenous communities have been at the forefront of a global reckoning of the abuse and assimilation brought about by…
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The Great U.S. Open Ball Debate of 2022
Tennis players are the Goldilocks characters of sports. The balls are too big, or too small. The courts are too…
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Israel Recalls Morocco Envoy After Misconduct Claims, Unsettling New Ties
RABAT, Morocco — Israel has recalled its envoy to Morocco and was investigating claims of misconduct against him at its…
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Daring to Speak Up About Race in a Divided School District
The Leelanau Peninsula looks, on a map of Michigan, like a thick pinky with a gnarled tip. In the northern…
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Is It OK to Take a Law-Firm Job Defending Climate Villains?
I come from a working-class family. I have worked very hard in school and graduated college with little debt, so…
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The Unusual Cool of Saabs
The mechanic who sold me my first car accompanied me on the test drive near his shop in Northeast Portland.…
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After a Summer of Grief, It’s Back to School in Uvalde
UVALDE, Texas — Kimberly Rubio’s four children had been quiet about the start of the school year in Uvalde until…