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Charging Parents Won’t Stop Mass Shootings
Focusing on parental responsibility allows the state to shift blame from weapons laws to families.
By Megan K. Stack and
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How a Cultural Shift Favors Harris
People can be bitter for only so long. Harris’s happy strength may offer a glimpse of a sunnier national mood to come.
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CreditIoulex for The New York Times A Debate Recap With Song, Dance and Joseph Gordon-Levitt
The debate analysis you didn’t know you needed.
By Joseph Gordon-Levitt and
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Here’s Why Trump Was Forced to Say That He Only Has ‘Concepts of a Plan’
Trying to come up with a viable alternative to the Affordable Care Act would probably just mean reinventing it.
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Much ado has been made of euphemism inflation. While it’s easy to make fun of it, it’s worth examining its logic.
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CreditCarl Godfrey Pamela PaulTrump Picks His Own Rally Music. What Is He Trying to Say?
A politics editor analyzes Trump’s bizarre campaign music choices, so you don’t have to.
By Katherine MillerKristina Samulewski and
CreditIllustration by The New York Times; photograph by Brandon Bell /Getty The OpinionsHarvard, Brown and Other Top Schools Are Thinking About Black Freshmen the Wrong Way
I’ve seen firsthand that this scenario does not play out the way alarmists think it does.
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CreditPablo Delcan John McWhorterHarris Can Win on the Economy, but She Needs a Stronger Message
Optimistic words and some admirable proposals aren’t enough to overcome the discontent and anger that a large majority of Americans feel about the economy.
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CreditWin McNamee/Getty Images Guest EssayThe Deeper Meaning of Taylor Swift’s Democratic Mic Drop
Some regarded the timing as brilliant; others as bizarre. I promise you, she doesn’t care.
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David BrooksHow a Cultural Shift Favors Harris
People can be bitter for only so long. Harris’s happy strength may offer a glimpse of a sunnier national mood to come.
By David Brooks
Paul KrugmanHere’s Why Trump Was Forced to Say That He Only Has ‘Concepts of a Plan’
Trying to come up with a viable alternative to the Affordable Care Act would probably just mean reinventing it.
By Paul Krugman
John McWhorterHarvard, Brown and Other Top Schools Are Thinking About Black Freshmen the Wrong Way
I’ve seen firsthand that this scenario does not play out the way alarmists think it does.
By John McWhorter
Something Important Is Happening With JD Vance, Laura Loomer, Project 2025 and Donald Trump
To me, this is the biggest political dynamic coming out of Tuesday’s debate.
By Patrick Healy
lettersShould We Refrain From Gossip?
Readers offer different answers in response to a guest essay. Also: Protests on campus; China’s adoption policy; Trump the fixer; hearing loss.
Frank BruniKamala Harris Is Serious. Donald Trump Is Not.
Her careful cramming and his cocky hamming tell you all you need to know.
By Frank Bruni
David FrenchMAGA Will Fall for Anything
Apparently, this election is about … pets.
By David French
Guest EssayThe Deeper Meaning of Taylor Swift’s Democratic Mic Drop
Some regarded the timing as brilliant; others as bizarre. I promise you, she doesn’t care.
By Jennifer Weiner
Guest EssayI’m a Doctor. The Conversations About IUD Insertions Are Long Overdue.
Doctors underestimate the pain of IUD insertion.
By Christine Henneberg
Guest EssayHarris Can Win on the Economy, but She Needs a Stronger Message
Optimistic words and some admirable proposals aren’t enough to overcome the discontent and anger that a large majority of Americans feel about the economy.
By Jedediah Britton-Purdy
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