Opinion
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U Tin Oo, Embattled Pro-Democracy Leader in Myanmar, Dies at 97
Once one of his country’s most powerful figures, he helped found its main opposition party. “I had to face up…
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Your Mind Is Being Fracked
Produced by ‘The Ezra Klein Show’ The steady dings of notifications. The 40 tabs that greet you when you open…
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Oil and Gas Companies Are Trying to Rig the Marketplace
Many of us focused on the problem of climate change have been waiting for the day when renewable energy would…
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Sam Butcher, Who Gave the World Precious Moments, Dies at 85
His childlike porcelain characters thrilled and inspired generations of collectors. They also made him a millionaire.
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Highly Educated Grads Can’t Find Work. What’s Happening?
By Peter Coy Produced by Derek Arthur Recently graduated and struggling to find a job? You are not alone. In…
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Mixed News About Opioid Overdoses
Readers discuss reports of a decline in deaths in the U.S. but a rise in Baltimore.
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Holy Cow, 34 for 45!
WASHINGTON — At Nativity grade school, we grew up steeped in the lore — and gore — of martyrs. For…
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Scenes From a Historic Verdict
In recent weeks, the scene outside the criminal courthouse in Downtown Manhattan where former President Donald Trump was standing trial…
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How to Think Through the Moral Tangle in Gaza
I’ve been on a book tour for the last few weeks, speaking around the country, and one of the questions…
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Mexico’s Women Are Speaking. Will a Female President Listen?
My mother was born in 1943 in a country where she was not allowed to vote. The Mexican government did…