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Newyork
This Is Why I Hate Banned Books Week
Walk past any bookstore or library in America this week, and you are likely to find a sign exhorting you to “Read a Banned Book.” Which one, I always find myself wondering? A Roman Catholic missal, which was illegal to print or possess in Elizabethan ...
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Newyork
‘Dumb Money’ Exposes the Baffling Allure of Bad Investment Advice
The new movie “Dumb Money” dramatizes the true story of an unlikely messiah named Roaring Kitty who decides to sink his life savings into shares of the video-game seller GameStop and then praise the stock to his fans. So many people buy GameStop ...
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US
To Many Americans, Government Dysfunction Is the New Normal
As the nation teetered on the brink of a shutdown, its citizens were largely focused on other things.
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World
Trailing in Polls, Conservatives Look to Unleash the ‘Real Rishi’ Sunak
The British prime minister is trying to redefine himself as a conviction politician, leaning into the newly potent issue of meeting climate goals without raising costs for hard-pressed Britons.
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US
Newsom Vetoes Bill Allowing Workers to Collect Unemployment Pay While Striking
The News Gov. Gavin Newsom of California vetoed legislation on Saturday that would have allowed workers to collect unemployment pay while on strike, disappointing union leaders who had hoped to capitalize on a wave of high-profile walkouts during ...
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Newyork
A President on a Picket Line
On Tuesday, Joe Biden became the first sitting American president to walk a picket line. Specifically, he joined strikers and spoke briefly outside a General Motors facility in Van Buren Township, Mich., where hundreds of striking autoworkers were ...
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Newyork
Trump’s G.O.P. Rivals Must Unite or Die. (They’ll Probably Still Die.)
I’m not sure that an assembly of presidential candidates have ever given off stronger loser vibes, if I may use a word favored by the 45th president of the United States, than the Republicans who debated at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library this ...
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World
A New Speaker for Canada After a Misstep That ‘Deeply Embarrassed Parliament’
The House of Commons will elect a new speaker on Tuesday, following the resignation of its current speaker under historic circumstances.
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Newyork
The Flaw in the Case Against Amazon
Americans buy a lot of stuff from Amazon. But Americans also just buy a lot of stuff. This presents a problem for anyone contending that Amazon acts as a monopoly: The company is huge, but depending on how you measure its place in the vastness of ...
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Books
The Legend of Gram Parsons, in 12 Songs
A half-century after his death, listen to some of the singer-songwriter’s most soulful signature tunes, and some tributes and covers by artists he inspired.