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Should No Labels Run a Presidential Candidate?

More from our inbox: Oppenheimer’s Lessons on Politics and ScienceDisease Outbreaks in Animal IndustriesCans on the Newlyweds’ CarCredit...Jacquelyn Martin/Associated PressTo…

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My City’s Drinking Water Is Salty and Foul. Will Your City’s Be Next?

MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay — For at least 80 days, ever since drought and mismanagement sapped the drinking water supply of my…

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A Celebrity Lesbian Romance Changed My Life. (Even if It Never Happened.)

Social media is rife with fans who believe their fave is secretly queer — and there’s liberation in their fanciful…

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Bob Huggins Resigns From West Virginia After Drunken Driving Charges

The men’s basketball coach, who was arrested Friday in Pittsburgh, had been suspended in May after he used a homophobic…

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Will Children Save Us at the End of the World?

A wave of recent and forthcoming TV series, books and movies meditate on how young people might fare during an…

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Mushrooms Have Taken Over Fashion and Wellness. Up Next: Chocolate

In H. G. Wells’s 1896 short story “The Purple Pileus,” the protagonist attempts to end his life by ingesting fungi;…

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The Supreme Court’s Tarnished Reputation

More from our inbox: Pumping Groundwater and the Earth’s WobbleTreating Politicians as MessiahsHow Libraries Can Help Homeless PeopleCredit...Stefani Reynolds for…

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John Roberts and Clarence Thomas Have the ‘Colorblind’ Constitution All Wrong

If nothing else, the Supreme Court’s decision in Students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard is a victory for the conservative…

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A.I. Will Change Medicine but Not What It Means to Be a Doctor

When faced with a particularly tough question on rounds during my intern year, I would run straight to the bathroom.…

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America, Shall I Compare Thee to a Chevy Volt?

Hosted by Michelle Cottle, Ross Douthat, Carlos Lozada and Lydia Polgreen Listen to and follow ‘Matter of Opinion’Apple Podcasts | Spotify |…

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