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The Victory for Over-the-Counter Birth Control Pills Is Just the Beginning
Amid so much discouraging news about reproductive health access in the wake of Roe v. Wade’s demise, the announcement by…
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American Theater Is Collapsing. The Federal Government Must Save It.
The American theater is on the verge of collapse. Here’s just a sampling of recent dire developments: The Public Theater…
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Is ‘Yo’ the Gender-Neutral Pronoun You’ve Been Looking For?
I am in the middle of writing a book on pronouns in English. My focus this time out is on…
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Biden to Netanyahu: Please Stop Trying to Rush Through Your Judicial Overhaul. Build a Consensus First.
President Biden has had an intense week dealing with the battle inside Israel over the future of its judiciary, speaking…
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This Green and Expensive Land
Last month, the White House Council of Economic Advisers released a note comparing inflation rates among the Group of 7…
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A Celebrity Lesbian Romance Changed My Life. (Even if It Never Happened.)
Social media is rife with fans who believe their fave is secretly queer — and there’s liberation in their fanciful…
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As China Bakes in Record Heat, Kerry Presses Beijing on Climate Change
In the sandstone desert of China’s far west, a local meteorological station recorded an all-time high temperature of 126 degrees.…
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How PinkyDoll Mesmerized the Internet
Her TikTok catchphrase, “Ice cream so good,” has become a meme.
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After a Great Flood, a Struggle Between Faith and Reason
Khaled Khalifa’s new novel follows two friends through disaster and religious tension in early-20th-century Syria.
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‘Why Does God Keep Making Poets?’
In the heat of the summer, this slow curve of the midyear, I find myself wanting to pause and catch…