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Bird Flu Is Spreading. Did We Learn Nothing From Covid?
Zeynep Tufekci studied the U.S. response to Covid. Now she’s concerned about the nation’s response to bird flu.
By Zeynep Tufekci and Vishakha Darbha
Biden, Let the Protests of 1968 Be a Warning
Lessons from a tumultuous summer.
By Charles M. Blow and Jillian Weinberger
Closing the Gap Between Nature and the Self
Ada Limón, the U.S. poet laureate, has a balm for your solastalgia.
By Margaret Renkl, Ada Limón and Kristina Samulewski
Biden’s Deep Miscalculation on Israel and Gaza
Nicholas Kristof asks: Where has our moral president gone?
By Nicholas Kristof, Sarah Wildman and Vishakha Darbha
After Decades on the Court, I Want a Divided America to Know This
A former Supreme Court justice on how to disagree.
By Stephen Breyer and Derek Arthur
Have Faith in the Trump Trial Jurors
Jesse Wegman on why “the system is operating as intended.”
By Jesse Wegman and Vishakha Darbha
Harvard Is Bringing Back Standardized Tests. Other Schools Should, Too.
Emi Nietfeld didn’t have access to lacrosse or advanced placement classes, but she did have standardized tests.
By Emi Nietfeld and Kristina Samulewski
As Ramadan Ends, I Resist the Urge to Insulate
Meher Ahmad on the importance of connecting with both her Muslim community and the wider world.
By Meher Ahmad and Derek Arthur
How Much of a Threat Is Kennedy to Biden?
The columnist Michelle Goldberg reports on Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s coalition of the alienated.
By Michelle Goldberg and Jillian Weinberger
Deepfake Porn Sites Used Her Image. She’s Fighting Back.
Nicholas Kristof on why tech companies aren’t powerless over the spread of deepfake porn.
By Nicholas Kristof and Jillian Weinberger