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The Asterisk on Kamala Harris’s Poll Numbers
Pollsters think they’ve learned from their mistakes in 2020. Of course, they thought that last time...
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Ketamine’s Catch-22
The drug has a hard-partying past—and a promising future in treating depression.
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Barack Obama’s Warning to Democrats
“All of us,” he told his party’s convention, “across the political spectrum, seem quick to assume...
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Silicon Valley Is Coming Out in Force Against an AI-Safety Bill
California State Senator Scott Wiener responds to his many critics.
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The Truth About Celebrities and Politics
The Democrats and the Republicans both understand that fame is inextricable from American culture.
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How Poetry Can Map Defiance
A conversation with the Diné poet Kinsale Drake about “Making a Monument Valley”
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Emily in Paris Doesn’t Need a Makeover
Netflix’s silliest show is the epitome of guilty-pleasure viewing. It should probably stay that way.
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Iceland’s Puffling Rescuers
Young people working to rescue lost young puffins in Iceland
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The MAGA Aesthetic Is AI Slop
Far-right influencers are flooding social media with a new kind of junk.
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Republicans’ New, Dangerous Attempt to Break the Election
Even if the Supreme Court rejects this plea, the GOP will advance its cause of sowing...
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Kamala Harris Settles the Biggest Fight in the Democratic Party
Since 2016, the party had been unable to decide on its best course forward.
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What Gena Rowlands Knew About Marriage
The late actor mined the many contradictions of romantic love in her work, and never more...
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Could Donald Trump Break the Fed?
The former president wants to put an end to the central bank’s independence. If he’s elected...
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Cape Cod Offers a Harbinger of America’s Economic Future
Spiraling housing prices in Provincetown are an extreme version of what’s happening in the U.S. as...
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The New Law of Electoral Politics
Can Kamala Harris break the global incumbency curse?
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Did God Save Donald Trump?
Many Americans believe the ex-president survived an assassination attempt because of divine intervention.
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The Democrats Aren’t on the High Road Anymore
The party has changed during, or been changed by, the Trump years.
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The DNC Is a Big Smiling Mess
The party is working out its differences. And that’s okay.
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The Huge DNC Protest That Wasn’t
The pro-Palestinian “Crashing the Party” event was to the protests of Chicago 1968 what a scouting...
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The Democrats Hone Their Trump Narrative
A conversation with Helen Lewis about the mood at the DNC
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San Francisco’s Nocturnal Taxi Ballet
Why can’t I stop watching a livestream of a parking lot?
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Abortion Takes Center Stage
The most emotional moment of the DNC so far has not been Joe Biden’s goodbye.
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The New AOC
The progressive congresswoman is no longer speaking solely to the left wing, but to the party...