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Be Open to Spiritual Experience. Also, Be Really Careful.

Pundits depend on categorizations, especially in periods of turbulence. We reach for labels like “populist” or “nationalist,” for instance, in…

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Asia Is Loosening Rules on Masks. Here’s Why People Still Wear Them.

Many other countries dropped pandemic mask requirements months ago. But in places like South Korea, which got rid of its…

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Pope Francis Lands in Congo, Where All His Priorities Converge

The Central African country is wracked by war, poverty and environmental plunder — and it may be the future of…

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Ron DeSantis Wants to Erase Black History. Why?

An unrelenting assault on truth and freedom of expression in the form of laws that censor and suppress the viewpoints,…

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The Temptations of the ‘Personal Brand’

Whatever else social media may do, it makes nearly everything performative. Of course, not all of us with Twitter, Instagram…

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Your Monday Briefing: The Fallout from a Police Beating

Also, violence is flaring in Israel and the West Bank.

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Layoffs by Email Show What Employers Really Think of Their Workers

Google’s parent company, Alphabet, recently announced that it would lay off around 12,000 people, 6 percent of its work force.…

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New Zealand’s Largest City Grapples With Aftermath of Devastating Floods

At least two people were killed in the flooding in Auckland that forced hundreds of people from their homes and…

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Anthropic, an A.I. Start-Up, Is Said to Be Close to Adding $300 Million

Anthropic specializes in generative artificial intelligence, a hot investment in Silicon Valley. The new funding could value the company at…

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Alan Cumming Returns British Honor Over ‘Toxicity of Empire’

The Scottish actor Alan Cumming said that he returned his Order of the British Empire, or O.B.E., in protest of…

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