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Wednesday, Apr 30, 2014, 9:15 AM
A new poll of Americans’ favorite books provides an excuse to review the shifting political zeitgeist. And for once, it’s good news.
Nathan Pippenger
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Tuesday, Apr 29, 2014, 9:30 AM
America has two big options for dealing with thugs like Vladimir Putin — but one is unthinkable, and the other doesn’t work. When it comes to global leadership, are we out of ideas?
Nathan Pippenger
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Friday, Apr 25, 2014, 11:00 AM
A French economist causes a sensation by showing why inequality is likely to become much worse. Will anything be done in response?
Nathan Pippenger
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Thursday, Apr 24, 2014, 11:24 AM
Right-wing folk hero Cliven Bundy weighs in on slavery. Cue the Great Right-Wing Walkback of 2014.
Nathan Pippenger
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Monday, Apr 21, 2014, 9:30 AM
On the question of Justice Ginsburg’s retirement, a handful of liberal writers find themselves in dissent. Are they enabling a right-wing revolution on the Court?
Nathan Pippenger
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Friday, Apr 18, 2014, 9:00 AM
If the brutal new journalism economy swallows up local papers, will anybody miss them? Two veteran journalists have very different answers.
Nathan Pippenger
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Wednesday, Apr 16, 2014, 9:00 AM
Michael Bloomberg is pouring $50 million into a revamped strategy for new gun laws. Will it get him into heaven—or at least get better laws on the books?
Nathan Pippenger
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Monday, Apr 14, 2014, 11:15 AM
The Times’s promise to investigate the failure of the “Obama effect” turns into a weird puff piece for a Massachusetts State Senate candidate.
Nathan Pippenger
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Monday, Apr 14, 2014, 9:00 AM
In recent times, a number of factors have combined to make life more difficult for black women and their children, including shifts in social policies for the poor and a squeeze on affordable housing in many places.
Christopher Wildeman
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Thursday, Apr 10, 2014, 4:46 PM
This weekend’s reading: Two writers engage in thoughtful and provocative dialogue on race in America, a former senator makes a really stupid comment about race in America, and a historian helps sort things out.
Nathan Pippenger
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Wednesday, Apr 9, 2014, 12:01 AM
The Supreme Court’s conservatives are opening the gates for money to flood the political system. Are they really shameless enough to insist it won’t lead to corruption?
Nathan Pippenger
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Tuesday, Apr 8, 2014, 12:15 AM
When it comes to deportations, anger at President Obama is front-page news. But you probably haven’t heard one of the key reasons behind the White House’s immigration failure.
Nathan Pippenger
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Friday, Apr 4, 2014, 12:08 AM
For your Friday reading, essential context on the week’s news, featuring unhappy billionaires and Paul Ryan’s message to hungry schoolchildren.
Nathan Pippenger
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Thursday, Apr 3, 2014, 11:03 AM
Imprisonment in the forms and scale now employed in the United States threatens our democratic aspirations and raises questions about what manner of people we have become.
Glenn C. Loury
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Wednesday, Apr 2, 2014, 12:59 PM
Social science research tells us that torture doesn’t work—but philosophy and history reveal the real reason why we must oppose it.
Nathan Pippenger
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Wednesday, Apr 2, 2014, 9:53 AM
A bombshell report from The Washington Post details the Senate’s investigation into CIA torture—and tests President Obama’s commitment to the rule of law.
Nathan Pippenger
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Tuesday, Apr 1, 2014, 9:30 AM
What does it mean to be an intellectual forum in the age of self-assured data journalism, hackneyed punditry, and ceaseless Twitter commentary?
Nathan Pippenger
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