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Who’s Embargoing Whom?
The other day, my CUNY and Stone Center colleague Branko Milanovic suggested that it would be interesting to “compare Napoleon’s…
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Justice Dept. Sues Idaho Over Its Abortion Restrictions
WASHINGTON — The Biden administration sued Idaho on Tuesday over a strict state abortion law set to take effect this…
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The Al Qaeda That Ayman al-Zawahri Leaves Behind
When President Biden announced the withdrawal of U.S. forces from Afghanistan last year, one of his main justifications was that…
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The Ukraine War: Negotiate or Fight?
More from our inbox: China and Taiwan? Look at Russia and Ukraine.The Costs of Climate ChangeThanking the Jan. 6 CommitteeYour…
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White House Retrofits Infrastructure Bill to Better Help Poor Communities
The Biden administration is starting a new initiative this week to ensure that the poorest communities in the United States…
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Longtime University President’s Legacy: A Diverse New Generation in STEM
BALTIMORE — Late one night in the fall of 2020, when Kizzmekia Corbett learned the vaccine she had helped design…
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Big Trouble in Little Loving County, Texas
MENTONE, Texas — In America’s least populated county, the rusting ruins of houses, oil drilling operations and an old gas…
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Can I Ditch My Roommate So I Can Live With My Friend?
I’d been living in my apartment for a year when my current roommate moved in. We didn’t know each other…
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I Collect Souvenir Spoons. I Can Explain.
For three years in the 1980s, my father, who was a partner at a class-action securities firm that bore his…
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A Conversation With California’s Chief Justice
Chief Justice Tani Cantil-Sakauye announced last week that she would step down in January after 12 years.Credit...Rich Pedroncelli/Associated ...