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Earth Now Has 8 Billion Humans. This Man Wishes There Were None.
PORTLAND, Ore. — For someone who wants his own species to go extinct, Les Knight is a remarkably happy-go-lucky human.…
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Will Mexico Be the Next Venezuela?
In 2018, I wrote a column calling the soon-to-be-elected Mexican president, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, or AMLO, a left-wing version…
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Everyone Is on a Long and Forlorn Search for Goals
AL-RAYYAN, Qatar — There were crosses fizzed low toward Josh Sargent, trimming the turf as they went, and crosses arcing…
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‘The Walking Dead’ Ends With a Promise of More Life
This article includes spoilers for the series finale of “The Walking Dead.” “The Walking Dead” has been ending for a…
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Kathy Acker, Drawn to the Margins, Pushed Literature’s Boundaries
EAT YOUR MIND: The Radical Life and Work of Kathy Acker, by Jason McBride Kathy Acker — proto-punk, tough-stemmed flower,…
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Jay Pasachoff, Who Pursued Eclipses Across the Globe, Dies at 79
Jay M. Pasachoff, an astronomer at Williams College who spent more than 50 years traveling the world to observe solar…
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Migrants hired to work at the opening match waited all day without food and water.
A group of more than 200 migrant laborers hired to work concession stalls at the Qatar World Cup’s opening game…
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Did the Midterms Save American Democracy?
For everyone furiously debating the condition of American democracy, the 2022 midterms were a beautiful thing — a gift to…
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A New Effort to Help Places Mired in Poverty
Should people move to jobs or should jobs move to people? It’s a long-running debate. Lately the Biden administration has…
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There Is a Way to Break Out of Our Constitutional Stagnation
There are two constitutional traditions in the United States. The first is the one we all know, tied to Philadelphia…