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Your Get-Out-of-Jail-Free Card Is Ready, Sir
In 1977, nearly three years after leaving office in disgrace, President Richard Nixon gave a series of interviews to David…
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France Is Headed for Disaster
Things are not going according to plan. Three weeks ago, President Emmanuel Macron of France called a snap vote hoping…
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June Leaf, Artist Who Explored the Female Form, Dies at 94
Womanly power was a recurring theme of her work, expressed in idiosyncratic sculpture and paintings that did not align with…
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There’s No Reason to Resign Ourselves to Biden
Though Joe Biden’s debate performance last week was among the most painful things I’ve ever witnessed, it at least seemed…
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France’s Far Right Is Bad. But Not as Hypocritical as MAGA.
France held the first of two rounds of parliamentary elections on Sunday, and its “far right” party won big. I…
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The Supreme Court Gives a Free Pass to Trump and Future Presidents
In a stunning finale to its term on Monday morning, the Supreme Court delivered a gift of inestimable worth to…
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How to Get Voters the Facts They Need Without a Trump Jan. 6 Trial
The Supreme Court’s belated decision this week regarding presidential immunity is a defeat for presidential accountability, leaving Donald Trump, the…
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Shay Youngblood, Influential Black Author and Playwright, Dies at 64
She wrote memorably about her upbringing by a circle of maternal elders and the life lessons they imparted, and of…
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Chocolate Prices Have Spiked. Why Are Cocoa Farmers Still So Poor?
Emmanuel Frimpong, 32, is a cocoa farmer in Ghana, mostly by default. He has a university education but couldn’t find…
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The Trump Decision Reveals Deep Rot in the System
On Monday the Supreme Court dispensed with the rule of law by effectively depriving the American people of crucial information…