American
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Newyork
Defeating Trump Is Just a Start
The easy and obvious way to understand the various Republican power grabs underway in states across the country is to look at them as attempts to secure as much unaccountable political power as possible and to curtail the expression of identities and ...
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News
Clean Energy Tax Credits Leave the Door Open to Chinese Investment
The Treasury Department pledged to carefully scrutinize foreign investments in the United States for national security threats.
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News
State Dept.’s Fight Against Disinformation Comes Under Attack
The Global Engagement Center has become the focus of Republican-led criticism that the U.S. government coerces social media platforms into removing offensive content.
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Newyork
American Students Outperformed the Rest of the World During the Pandemic
By now, you’ve probably registered the alarm that pandemic learning loss has produced a “lost generation” of American students. This self-lacerating story has formed the heart of an indictment of American school policies during the pandemic ...
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News
Protests Are an American Tradition. But Why at Restaurants?
A recent demonstration outside a Philadelphia falafel spot was just the latest in a history of boycotts and conflicts.
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Newyork
Chuck Schumer: What American Jews Fear Most
Fifty-three days ago, citizens of Israel suffered a horrendous attack orchestrated and executed by Hamas. The solidarity that Jewish Americans initially received from our fellow citizens in the aftermath of Oct. 7 has since waned, drowned out by ...
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Newyork
Jewish Theatermakers Are in Good Company
So many of America’s great plays and musicals have been created and performed by Jews. T’s Holiday issue explores why — and gathers dozens of Jewish actors, writers and directors.
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World
Russian Court Extends Detention of American Reporter
The decision means that the journalist, Evan Gershkovich, who has denied the espionage charge against him, will remain in custody until Jan. 30.
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World
Biden Hopes to Alter the Trajectory of the War as Hostages Are Released
President Biden said his goal was to extend the temporary truce between Israel and Hamas to obtain the release of other captives and send more aid into Gaza.
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Newyork
Should Big Tech Get to Write the Rules of the Digital Economy?
One reason that the idea of free trade has fallen out of fashion in recent years is the perception that trade agreements reflect the wishes of big American corporations, at everybody else’s expense. U.S. officials fought for trade agreements that ...