America Is Backsliding Toward Its Most Polluted Era
A third of Americans still breathe unhealthy air after decades of improvements—which the Trump administration wants to roll back.
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Illustration by Ricardo Tomás. Sources: Smith Collection / Gado / Getty; Bachrach Photographers / Getty. I Should Have Seen This Coming
When I joined the conservative movement in the 1980s, there were two types of people: those who cared earnestly about ideas, and those who wanted only to shock the left. The reactionary fringe has won.
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MAGA supporters are attempting to understand Trump’s catastrophic decision making, while accepting Trump’s infallibility as a given.
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Inside Trump’s decision to kill the MAGA star’s Cabinet nomination
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The older you are, and the more likely you are to get laid off, the more important it is to have liquid savings.
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Jules Feiffer, who died in January, taught me many things, but one comic strip mattered most of all.
The Cabinet Secretary Who Wants His Cookies Freshly Baked
The unusual requests made of Interior Secretary Doug Burgum’s staff are raising concerns all the way to the White House.
What It Takes to Be a Trial Lawyer If You’re Not a Man
In more than a decade of arguing cases in court, I’ve witnessed the stubborn cultural biases female attorneys must navigate to simply do their jobs. (From 2018)
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Illustration by Najeebah Al-Ghadban The Last Three Days of Mussolini
“Il Duce slumped, first falling to his knees, then leaning sideways against the wall.” (From 1945)
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“Other men, anti-secessionists even, assured me that war was inevitable, that Fort Sumter would be attacked, that the volunteers were panting for the strife.” (From 1861)
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They could be key to recapturing the culture.
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A 1970s experiment in Kentucky reveals a permanent political mark.
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