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Altadena After the Fire
The pain of one of the last middle-class towns in Los Angeles
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It’s Time to Evacuate. Wait, Never Mind.
I have received 11 alerts. As far as I can tell, they were all sent in...
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Elon Has Appointed Himself King of the World
After helping Trump win the election, the world’s richest man is turning his attention to Europe.
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The Consensus on Havana Syndrome Is Cracking
After long denying the possibility, some intelligence agencies are no longer willing to rule out a...
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Is Anyone Shocked by Babygirl?
Don’t look to Nicole Kidman for a frank accounting of what sexual domination looks like.
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These Bizarre Theories About the L.A. Wildfires Endanger Everyone
Societies that scapegoat foreign powers for domestic problems erode their ability to solve those problems.
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The Intellectual Rationalization for Annexing Greenland
Donald Trump’s defenders have little choice but to cast his trolling as a clever geopolitical stratagem.
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Why We Celebrate When Copyright Expires
Every January 1 in the Books department, we like to make an extra toast for a...
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Can Generative AI Uncover the ‘Language of Biology’?
Scientists have collected troves of DNA and microscopic imaging data from human cells—and now they have...
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The Reason ‘The Brutalist’ Needs to Be So Long
The three-and-a-half-hour film asks a lot of its audience, but it mostly pays off.
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The Unfightable Fire
The many fires burning around Los Angeles are pressing the limits of firefighting.
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The Saint America Needs Now
Kindness has become countercultural. Perhaps Saint Francis can help.
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Photos of the Week: Siberian Tiger, Frosty Foliage, Snowball Fight
A snow-and-ice festival in northern China, destructive wildfires in Los Angeles, Ethiopian Orthodox Christmas celebrations in...
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What to Read When the Odds Are Against You
Literature is full of reminders that long odds can sometimes be surmounted.
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Bird Flu Is a National Embarrassment
America should have more aggressively intervened almost a year ago.
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Trump Is Right That Pax Americana Is Over
But will he bother to build something new?
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Biden’s Tarnished Legacy
He failed to grasp both the political moment and the essential mission of his presidency.
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Trump Doesn’t Believe Anything. That’s Why He Wins.
Transactionalism is Trump’s secret weapon.
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When Crisis Coverage Became Irresistible
September 5 captures how a harrowing moment transformed into must-see TV.
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What Tolstoy Knew About a Good Death
If you can accept your mortality, you will feel more alive.