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Newyork
Why Are Democrats Speaking to America in Ancient Greek?
As the Democratic Party mulls how to respond to the rhetoric emerging from the Republican National Convention this week, I dearly hope it does not continue to describe Donald Trump as a threat to democracy. That’s not because I disagree with that ...
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World
Of Demigods and Minotaurs: Greeking Out in Athens and Crete
Whenever our family goes on long car rides, we’ve found that the best way to placate our children is to listen to the podcast “Greeking Out” from National Geographic Kids. Narrated by Kenny Curtis and the all-knowing, snake-loving “Oracle of Wi-Fi ...
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News
This Pie Maximizes the Best Part of Spanakopita
A welcome addition to the Greek Orthodox table at Easter, striftopites get their extra-satisfying bite from a high phyllo-to-filling ratio.
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Newyork
How Landscapes Shape the Way We Think
A few years ago, my wife, Sarah, and I went on a sailing trip on the eastern Aegean. It was heaven: The two of us out at sea, charting a course between Greek islands and the coast of Turkey, taking turns helming the boat and dozing below, surrounded ...
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World
Piecing Together What Remained, So Mothers Could Bury Their Sons
A Times reporter hiked to a rugged region in Greece where the bodies of 18 asylum seekers were found. She returned, weeks later, with a man who had lost his brother.
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World
Greece Moves to Block Extreme-Right Party as Election Nears
A new law targets a party founded by an imprisoned former official of the neo-Nazi group Golden Dawn. But critics say its reach could be wider.
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News
How Free Is the Press in the Birthplace of Democracy?
On a Saturday morning last November, Stavros Malichudis, a Greek journalist, made a cup of coffee and began scrolling Facebook, where he came ...