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Rich St. Pierre was 7 years old when his mother died suddenly. Well-meaning adults would tell him that “she had gone to a better place.”…
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Free speech is once again a flashpoint on college campuses. This year has seen at least 20 instances in which students or faculty members attempted…
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A couple of weeks ago, before the start of another school year, I found myself standing in the middle of the stacks in our high…
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The news that thousands of Burning Man festival goers were told to conserve food and water after torrential rains left them trapped by impassable mud…
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If you’re a child — or a former child — you know how hard it can be to summon the energy to leave the house…
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By Ross Douthat Opinion Columnist Over the last few weeks Sohrab Ahmari, well known as a leading intellectual exponent of a combative Trumpian conservatism, has…
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By Jamelle Bouie Opinion Columnist One of the ironies of the American slave system was that it depended for its survival on a federal structure…
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When I visited Guatemala in May 2022, the feeling of hopelessness was palpable. The government of President Alejandro Giammattei had unleashed a ferocious persecution of…
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To the Editor: Re “It’s Not ‘Sex Work.’ It’s Prostitution,” by Pamela Paul (column, Aug. 18), about how the term “sex work” legitimizes the exploitative…
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One of the most important developments driving political polarization over the past two decades is the growth in small-dollar contributions. Increasing the share of campaign…
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When the United States freed Afghanistan from the first Taliban government in 2001, everything in my homeland seemed to change overnight. My father, a businessman,…
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