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Politics
Meet the Man on a Mission to Expose Sneaky Price Increases
SOMERVILLE, Mass. — A few weeks ago, Edgar Dworsky got a promising tip by email. “Diluted cough syrup,” read the…
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World
Meet the Mice Who Make the Forest
It’s easy to look at a forest and think it’s inevitable: that the trees came into being through a stately…
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Politics
Jean-Marie Straub, Uncompromising Filmmaker, Is Dead at 89
Jean-Marie Straub, a celebrated filmmaker aligned with the French New Wave who sparked critical debate with films he made with…
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Magazine
What Are ‘Dabloons,’ the Imaginary Currency of TikTok?
It started with a picture of a cat’s paw. It became a game of wins and losses, a warped mirror…
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Politics
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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Politics
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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Sports
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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Food
‘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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Food
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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Politics
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…