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The Insatiable and Unknowable Anthony Bourdain
The suicides of two celebrities in one week reflect the hidden pain in people’s lives.
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CreditKrisztian Bocsi/Bloomberg The Era of American Complacency on Trade Is Over
Uncritical American support for free global markets has led to huge trade deficits and the transfer of wealth abroad.
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CreditPete Gamlen Couchsurfing With the Taliban
Many Western tourists visiting Afghanistan to explore its history are using social networking apps to connect and stay with Afghan hosts at no cost.
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CreditSimone Noronha The Age of the MSNBC Mom
For liberal women whose retirement years coincide with the rise of Donald Trump, there’s one place for solace and righteous indignation: cable news.
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Credit The Cult of Trump
The Republican Party goes all in for President Trump. We’ll see how that works out.
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CreditGetty Images The Problem With Wokeness
Maximizing moral urgency can’t be an end in itself.
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CreditAlvin Baez/Reuters The Price of an Incompetent President
Puerto Rico won’t be Trump’s last victim.
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CreditTom Brenner/The New York Times Corruption Hits the Small Time
The sad arc from Teapot Dome to Chick-fil-A.
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CreditStephen Crowley/The New York Times How Trump Helps Putin
The Russian president isn’t dictating our dysfunctional foreign policy, but he might as well be.
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Credit Fair Housing’s New Champions
A bipartisan group of Congress members is enthusiastically supporting the idea of economic integration, despite the HUD secretary’s hostility.
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Credit Medicaid’s Nickel-and-Dime Routine
States are making it harder for poor people to get coverage while doing little to prevent poor care.
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Credit Trump’s Man in Berlin
Richard Grenell, the new ambassador to Germany, like the president who appointed him, appears to have little patience for protocol and precedent.
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Credit Grifters Gonna Grift
To the mattresses!
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Credit Can Facebook Be Cut Down to Size?
Using social media doesn’t have to risk national security. Facebook’s power is the problem.
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Credit The G6+1
The U.S. is isolated, and “Beijing can’t believe its luck.”
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Credit A How-To Guide for Politics
You’re more powerful than you think.
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Credit ‘I Want to Hate …’
Trump’s statements on the Central Park Five reveal the darkness at his core.
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Credit Democrats Childishly Resist Trump’s North Korea Efforts
They’re essentially saying that no plausible deal will pass muster.
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Credit The Democrats Navigate Around an Iceberg
Tuesday’s primary results don’t guarantee a wave. But the party’s dreams remain very much afloat.
