People
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Opinion
The Essential Skills for Being Human
If you ever saw the old movie “Fiddler on the Roof,” you know how warm and emotional Jewish families can…
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Opinion
Can Twitter, uh, X, Survive Elon Musk?
What does it take to destroy a nexus — a place, real or virtual, where people go because they expect…
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Opinion
Why House Republicans Can’t Function, According to a House Republican
The House of Representatives has been enmeshed in chaos since the former Republican speaker Kevin McCarthy was voted out on…
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News
Why South Korea Has So Many Protests, and What That Means
A recent rally in Seoul carried the sound of a rock festival — high-amp speakers throbbing with the K-pop hit…
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Opinion
An Evolving Moral High Ground in the Israel-Gaza War
The terrorist attack by Hamas against Israelis — the worst massacre of Jewish people since the Holocaust — was horrid,…
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Opinion
David Shaffer, Medical ‘Detective’ in Suicide of Youths, Dies at 87
At a time when teen suicide was seen as random and unpredictable, Dr. Shaffer, a psychiatrist, led investigations that proved…
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News
The Landlords of Social Media Seem Happy to Play the Villain
Why are property owners on social media crowing about the least lovable parts of their job?
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Science
If You’ve Ever Heard a Voice That Wasn’t There, This Could Be Why
With a ghostly finger in a lab, researchers coaxed people to hear phantom voices.
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News
Hundreds Reported Killed in Blast at a Gaza Hospital
An explosion killed hundreds of people on Tuesday at a hospital in Gaza City that was packed with people sheltering…
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Books
Yayoi Kusama Apologizes for Past Racist Remarks
Revelations from the artist’s autobiography threaten to cloud her new show at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art.