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Children’s Drownings Mark the End of a Mother’s Descent
For the mother and her three children, the three-block walk to the Coney Island beach was a familiar one. It…
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‘She Was Not a Talented Singer, but I Enjoyed It Nonetheless’
Mavis and Amy Dear Diary: I was walking my pit bull terrier, Mavis Staples, north on a crowded Franklin Avenue…
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Invent! Invent! Repeat.
We need better technologies to enable a better politics. But we need better politics to create better technologies. Maybe, just…
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‘Are You American?’: The Question I Couldn’t Answer
Rumi Hara is a cartoonist, an illustrator and the author of “The Peanutbutter Sisters and Other American Stories.” The Times…
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Math Is the Great Secret
As a boy in the first weeks of algebra class, I felt confused and then I went sort of numb.…
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Echoing Trump, These Republicans Won’t Promise to Accept 2022 Results
WASHINGTON — Nearly two years after President Donald J. Trump refused to accept his defeat in the 2020 election, some…
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Majority of Latino Voters Out of G.O.P.’s Reach, New Poll Shows
It has been nearly two years since Donald Trump made surprising gains with Hispanic voters. But Republican dreams of a…
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New Boosters Test Covid-Weary Nation. Shots Are Here. Do Americans Care?
It was vaccination time at Ethel Brown’s long-term care home in the Bronx. Again. Ms. Brown, 95, had already gotten…
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The Art of Leaving Baseball Behind
As Blake McFarland came bounding through the doors of Gallery 85, Patrick Powell figured he was looking at yet another…
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As Trump Inquiry Heats Up, Garland Says Divisions Imperil the Rule of Law
An emotional Attorney General Merrick B. Garland addressed new citizens on Saturday at Ellis Island, the site of his family’s…