Trump Has No Idea What His Tariffs Have Unleashed for Farmers
His trade war will hurt business at a time when the rural population is aging, and it will probably hollow out farm communities.
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Photo CreditLior Mizrahi/Getty Images Europe Did Israel Just Stop Trying to Be a Democracy?
It cannot be both a Jewish state and a liberal one.
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Photo CreditPeopleImages/DigitalVision, via Getty Images What Feminists Can Do for Boys
We fought for young women in the patriarchy first. But budding patriarchs could use some help too.
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Photo CreditDoug Mills/The New York Times What Doesn’t Kill Him Makes Him Stronger
The more Trump lies, the more he is empowered to lie.
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Photo CreditTom Brenner/The New York Times How Trump Won Re-election
A sneak peek at the Times’s news analysis from Nov. 4, 2020.
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Photo CreditGabriella Demczuk for The New York Times Labor’s Share of the Pie Is Still Crumbs
In our ‘winner-take-most’ economy, how can workers regain some control over their lives?
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Photo CreditChiara Ghigliazza Why Does Congress Make Taxpayers Pay Hush Money?
Senate leaders are undermining efforts to bring full accountability for sexual harassment by members of Congress and other federal workers.
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Photo CreditMichael Reynolds/Epa-Efe, via Rex, via Shutterstock Zero Tolerance for Zero Tolerance
The children at the border are just the latest casualty of this deeply misguided approach to public policy.
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Photo CreditMark Pernice A Carbon Tax Plan That’s a Bad Deal for the Public
Oil companies are backing a plan that seeks to insulate them from lawsuits for damages from carbon dioxide emissions.
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As the first daughter folds her fashion brand, a to-do list.
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Photo Credit So Now Trump Wants to Protect Farmers From Trump’s Trade War?
A $12 billion farm bailout will not undo the damage the administration’s incoherent policies are doing to American industry and workers.
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Editorial Observer
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New York City cannot afford to lose one of its fiercest champions.
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Photo Credit Brett Kavanaugh Will Fit Right In at the Pro-Corporate Roberts Court
President Trump’s choice for the latest Supreme Court vacancy will continue a trend toward widening America’s power and wealth gaps.
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Photo Credit Do-It-Yourself Legislative Redistricting
A Michigan ballot initiative points the way to reforming gerrymandering, one of the most anti-democratic practices in American politics.
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Also: Digging in to the Georgia governor’s race.
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Photo Credit Why Your Phone Service Is So Expensive
Also: Georgia Republicans pick a hard-right nominee for governor.
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The Catholic Church needs an inquest into what the pederast cardinal's colleagues knew, and when.
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Arnold Schwarzenegger had it right when he asked, “What’s the matter with you?”
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Photo Credit Donald Trump’s Relentless Tribe
The curse of modern partisanship is a blessing for the current president.
