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Readers React: “No, Michael, Democrats need to resist what feels good to them and embrace self-discipline for a change.”

A critique of Nancy Pelosi draws fire.

False Alarms: Your cellphone won’t give you brain cancer

Much of the fear can be traced back to a single scientist — who got it wrong.

Tweets of the Week

50 Words

A name misheard.

IDEAS | MARELLA GAYLA
Aziz Ansari and the problem with #MeToo redemption stories
That gray, foggy feeling isn’t confusion — did he or didn’t he? — but conflicted certainty: We know he did, so how should we feel about it?

THOMAS ABT | IDEAS
Democrats are skipping out on the most important gun fight of all
The most pressing — and solvable — problem is shootings on the streets of our cities.

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Consumers called out Nike and Uber for their labor conditions. Now, it’s time to shame colleges

Universities are leaning more and more on poorly treated adjunct labor. Parents should demand better working conditions for the people teaching their children.

Ideas | Rita Indiana

The David Ortiz shooting and the corruption of the Dominican dream

The details of the crime, the authorities’ much-doubted conclusion, the undercurrent of gossip, and the loose ends are all pieces of the complex puzzle of power in Latin America.

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Big Number: Bullfight

At least three people have been gored by the bulls so far this year at the annual Running of the Bulls in Pamplona.

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Tweets of the Week: Steyer for Batman, Warren’s emails, and the ‘war cloud’

A look back at the week in 280 characters.

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Readers react: ‘Last year’s death has fundamentally changed something very important to many thousands of people — the ability to swim in the ocean’

An online commenter says a fatal attack off the coast of Wellfleet last fall changed everything.

Ideas | Beth Wolfensberger Singer

New versions of classic children’s books for 2019

Having a hard time explaining to your kids why this country seems increasingly careless about the very young?

Ideas | Tony Rehagen

Farewell to hot dog rollers and roadside chats: an elegy for the American gas station

More and more these days, I find myself driving past the ruins of these roadside beacons, windows empty or boarded up, signage stripped. The pumps and tanks have been removed; the canopy dark and riddled with holes.

IDEAS | JASON SOKOL

Boston aside, busing was a success — and it has a future

The focus on Boston’s bloody experience has obscured the promise of desegregation.


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