May
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Newyork
Trump Embraces Lawlessness, but in the Name of a Higher Law
Donald Trump is often denounced in terms that suggest he poses an existential threat to the American political tradition. He is a fascist, a Russian agent, an aspiring caudillo: something foreign and menacing. To his critics, the four criminal ...
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World
England’s Local Elections and Their Wider Significance, Explained
Voters choose local officials in England and Wales this week. Their verdicts could be an important clue to the shape of Britain’s looming general election.
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Books
Spring Art Fairs Kick Off for Buyers and Browsers Alike
With Frieze comes a buffet of art in New York City, whether you’re looking for blue-chip galleries or emerging artists.
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Newyork
We Don’t See What Climate Change Is Doing to Us
Many of us realize climate change is a threat to our well being. But what we have not yet grasped is that the devastation wreaked by climate change is often just as much about headline-grabbing catastrophes as it is about the subtler accumulation of ...
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Newyork
The Problem With Saying ‘Sex Assigned at Birth’
As you may have noticed, “sex” is out, and “sex assigned at birth” is in. Instead of asking for a person’s sex, some medical and camp forms these days ask for “sex assigned at birth” or “assigned sex” (often in addition to gender identity). The ...
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Newyork
The Persistent Threat to Abortion Rights
The Supreme Court this week heard the first major challenge to abortion rights since it struck down Roe v. Wade two years ago — an attempt to severely limit access to mifepristone, the most commonly used abortion pill in the country, by a group of ...
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World
Theresa May, Former U.K. Prime Minister, Won’t Stand in Next Election
The veteran Conservative Party lawmaker, whose time as leader was plagued by Brexit turmoil, said she would step down after 27 years in Parliament.
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Newyork
Why Won’t Our Daughter Introduce Us to Her New Boyfriend?
Parents who enjoy an otherwise close relationship with their 33-year-old daughter feel hurt not to have been introduced to a man she met three months ago and with whom she now lives.
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Newyork
Easing the Daily Reality of My Strangeness
Like many African American professors, I teach at a predominantly white institution (Wheaton College) and live in the largely white small city where it’s located, outside Chicago. I have not experienced serious acts of discrimination, but that doesn ...
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Newyork
My Brother’s Ex-Wife Won’t Return a Family Heirloom. Help!
A reader had hoped that her grandmother’s ring would stay in the family, perhaps to pass on to her daughter, but her former sister-in-law has so far refused to give it back.