Opinion
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The Great Construction Mystery
Here’s something odd: We’re getting worse at construction. Think of the technology we have today that we didn’t in the…
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Doctors Aren’t Burned Out From Overwork. We’re Demoralized by Our Health System.
Doctors have long diagnosed many of our sickest patients with “demoralization syndrome,” a condition commonly associated with terminal illness that’s…
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Don’t Let Republican ‘Judge Shoppers’ Thwart the Will of Voters
For the 26th time in two years, the Texas attorney general Ken Paxton recently filed a lawsuit in federal court…
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Fred Terna, Creator of Fiery Holocaust Paintings, Dies at 99
A prisoner at Auschwitz and three other camps, he dealt with his trauma in semiabstract art that depicted crematories, ovens…
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Jackie Rogers, Jet-Setting Fashion Designer, Dies at 90
An outspoken American who became a model for Coco Chanel, she partied with Europe’s elite before starting her own clothing…
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Bob Born, Who Brought Marshmallow Peeps to the Masses, Dies at 98
By mechanizing and greatly expanding production, he made the gooey yellow chicks an Easter favorite and a pop-culture phenomenon.
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Maybe We Should Convince Men That Paid Leave Is Their Idea
Barbara Reisman spent her career pushing for a better system of child care in America. She was the executive director…
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Their American Dream Is Being Washed Away
The house was supposed to last the Fuentes family for the rest of their lives. They barely got a few…
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Spy Cams Show What the Pork Industry Tries to Hide
The hog industry hails the gas chambers in which pigs are prepared for slaughter as “animal friendly,” “stress free” and…
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Erasing Black History Is Not the Role of the College Board
In the nation’s capital, blocks from the White House, scores of sharply dressed Americans mingled Thursday night over cocktails and…