Opinion
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Don’t Believe Wall Street’s Social Responsibility Hype
Wall Street has been hard at work on a rebrand. Gone is the “Greed is good” swagger that embodied its…
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Dating Is Broken. Going Retro Could Fix It.
Among the traditional rites of an All-American high school experience is the taking — and judging — of yearbook photos,…
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Why Drug Epidemics End
Despite rising overdose deaths, there’s some important good news regarding opioid misuse. Rates of nonmedical use by high school seniors…
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Ron DeSantis’s Race Problem
In July, Gov. Ron DeSantis of Florida appointed Jeffery Moore, a former tax law specialist with the Florida Department of…
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In New York, NIMBYism Finally Outstays Its Welcome
Why is it so hard to build housing in New York? In search of an answer to this question, I…
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In Retirement, You May Not Need to Spend So Much
You're reading the Peter Coy newsletter, for Times subscribers only. A veteran business and economics columnist unpacks the biggest headlines ...
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Why We Can’t Quit Our Toxic, Insatiable Appetite for Polls
Frank Bruni, a contributing Opinion writer, hosted a written online conversation with Amy Walter of The Cook Political Report and…
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Iran Has Lost Sight of Its Greatest Asset: Women
Growing up in Southern Iran and Southern California, I had the pleasure of having a father who loved to tell…
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After Dobbs: What Is Feminist Sex?
Produced by ‘The Argument’ What is good sex? It’s a complicated question that feminists have wrestled with for decades. From…
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Seven Years of Trump Has the Right Wing Taking the Long View
Could there soon be an American counterpart to Viktor Orban, the Hungarian prime minister, a right-wing populist who in 2018…