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What the Polls Tell Us About Harris vs. Trump
There are two things giving the vice president a lift in the short term: unity and energy.
By Kristen Soltis Anderson
There are two things giving the vice president a lift in the short term: unity and energy.
By Kristen Soltis Anderson
His proposals are important but have little chance of being enacted.
By Erwin Chemerinsky
Americans’ health is at risk.
By Erin Brockovich
The days of growing thirsty crops in a dry land may be coming to an end.
By Aaron Timms
A declaration of victory by the Maduro regime is another case of how democracy is backsliding in Latin America.
By Michael Albertus
When art changes opinions or opens hearts, it changes the world as profoundly as any legislation does.
By Margaret Renkl
Its refusal to lower interest rates is a mistake.
By Jen Harris
Fishing the ocean’s twilight zone could unleash climate chaos.
By Porter Fox
Voters deserve transparency.
By Robert Klitzman
Until we narrow the scope of what police officers can do, we’ll continue to see officers bring violence into situations that don’t require it.
By Tahir Duckett
She will need a message that reconnects the Democratic Party with the working-class voters it has alienated in recent decades.
By Michael J. Sandel
Politics has become so much like entertainment that the first thing we do to make sense of the moment is to test it against a sitcom.
By Armando Iannucci
We don’t let preadolescent kids work. Why do we let them appear in the most high-pressure athletic contests on a global stage?
By Linda Flanagan
The former president is praising the era when tariffs fueled the federal budget — and also caused social dislocation and financial instability.
By Steven R. Weisman
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The streaming era turned on a fire hose of content that’s drowning viewers. We need TV that feels created by humans, not served up by an algorithm.
By Priyanka Mattoo
Organizers must reduce the event’s carbon footprint.
By Madeleine Orr
It is clear Venezuelans have chosen to oust President Maduro. Whether that will happen remains in question.
By María Corina Machado
She may yet add to her impressive Olympic legacy in Paris. But by changing the way we talk about mental health, Simone Biles has scored a different victory.
By Julie Kliegman
We have the tools we need to stop the disease in 2024. Let’s use them.
By Ina Park
China could seize control of a strategically vital waterway without firing a shot.
By Oriana Skylar Mastro
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