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    Pete Buttigieg recently described many working parents as working to afford child care just to be able to go to work. If only the relationship between income and child care were so simple, writes .

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    Twitter is neither the country’s largest nor its wealthiest social network, but nonetheless it exhibits a curiously tight grip on American culture, writes .

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    Johns Hopkins University President Ron Daniels explains why the school ended legacy admissions: "It was impairing our ability to educate qualified and promising students from all backgrounds and to help launch them up the social ladder."

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    Twitter is neither the country’s largest nor its wealthiest social network, but nonetheless it exhibits a curiously tight grip on American culture, writes .

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    As a black American woman married to a member of Britain’s upper class, I have caught just a glimpse of Meghan Markle’s world," writes.

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    As a black American woman married to a member of Britain’s upper class, I have caught just a glimpse of Meghan Markle’s world," writes.

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    “If a candidate that gets selected doesn’t have the type of energy and excitement from the troops—the people who give small dollars, the people who phone bank, who show up to rallies, it will be harder” to organize people, told me.

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    Johns Hopkins University just ended legacy admissions. Seems like a big deal:

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    “This is an exciting time,” said Natalia Salgado from . “And I can’t imagine anyone that’s less exciting than Joe Biden.”

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    The Iranian government is not going to fall soon, and the assassination of Suleimani might even help keep it upright. My latest in :

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    "[Progressives are] worried that, absent a Democratic candidate who excites them, many Americans might not vote at all." Read

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    When the president of Johns Hopkins took over the university, they enrolled more legacy freshman than Pell freshman. Then they ditched legacy admissions and the numbers flipped in a big way.

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    Chuck Schumer opposed the USMCA trade deal, bucking most of his party and citing climate change as a reason. Is he worried about a primary challenge? reports:

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  14. 7 hours ago

    "The Goop Lab" is stylish and highly cynical. on why Gwyneth Paltrow's Netflix show is deeply uncomfortable to watch:

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    "The Iranian people are, for the first time in decades, worried about whether the leaders who have been their captors are not also their protectors," writes, "and whether the U.S. cares about their survival, once those leaders have been eliminated."

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  16. 8 hours ago

    Johns Hopkins University President Ron Daniels explains why the school ended legacy admissions: "It was impairing our ability to educate qualified and promising students from all backgrounds and to help launch them up the social ladder."

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    "When commentators invoke the name Dmytro Firtash, it is usually followed by mention of his alleged connections to Russian organized crime and the fact that he is close to the Kremlin," writes :

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  18. 8 hours ago

    Watch: A rite of passage is complicated by the specter of climate change in coastal Colombia.

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    In many remote Alaskan communities, the only ways in or out are by boat or plane. Now the ferries could be shutting down, and “people are freaking out a little bit,” one resident told Marc Fawcett-Atkinson.

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    Pete Buttigieg recently described many working parents as working to afford child care just to be able to go to work. If only the relationship between income and child care were so simple, writes .

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