Opinion
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One of the Strangest Friendships in Washington
It might be the strangest friendship in Washington. He’s a well-known Christian conservative who speaks out against gay marriage and…
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Layoffs by Email Show What Employers Really Think of Their Workers
Google’s parent company, Alphabet, recently announced that it would lay off around 12,000 people, 6 percent of its work force.…
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Are French People Just Lazy?
France has been gripped recently by a wave of strikes and demonstrations — protesters old and young, rural and urban,…
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Violent History Echoes in the Killing of Tyre Nichols
MEMPHIS — On April 3, 1968, shortly before the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. would deliver what turned out…
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Harold Brown, Tuskegee Airman Who Faced a Lynch Mob, Dies at 98
One of the last surviving Black pilots from that celebrated group, he was surrounded by an angry mob after parachuting…
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Tom Verlaine, Influential Guitarist and Songwriter, Dies at 73
He first attracted attention with the band Television, a fixture of the New York punk rock scene. But his music…
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The War Between the Catholic Cardinals
The death of the pope emeritus, Benedict XVI, was succeeded by a small literary outpouring, a rush of publications that…
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How Will Chatbots Change Education?
Readers discuss how students are using artificial intelligence to write papers for them.
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How to Make the Labor Market Work for More Americans
In one of the richest nations on earth, the path to prosperity has narrowed significantly in recent decades — especially…
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A.I.: Actually Insipid Until It’s Actively Insidious
WASHINGTON — The alien invasion has begun. Some experts say that when artificial intelligence takes off, it’s going to be…