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In America, Not Having a College Degree Can Take Years Off Your Life
By many measures, the U.S. economy is thriving: Unemployment stands close to the 50-year low set in April, the fraction…
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This Is Why I Hate Banned Books Week
Walk past any bookstore or library in America this week, and you are likely to find a sign exhorting you…
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Will Biden’s Climate Law Change Your Life Before November 2024?
More than a year after its passage, much about President Biden’s climate law, the Inflation Reduction Act, is working. America…
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How a Mexican Lager Quietly Rose to Become America’s Best-Selling Beer
A decade before Bud Light faced a conservative-led boycott over a transgender influencer, Modelo Especial was on track to take…
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‘Gut-level Hatred’ Is Consuming Our Political Life
Divisions between Democrats and Republicans have expanded far beyond the traditional fault lines based on race, education, gender, the urban-rural…
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When Did Humans First Occupy the Americas? Ask the Sloth Bones.
The discovery of ancient, handcrafted ornaments revives a longstanding debate about the arrival of the earliest Americans.
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When Corporations Take Over Health Care
More from our inbox: A New Generation of PhilanthropistsChild of an Older MotherNurse practitioner Haley Lynn, left, with patient Nathaniel…
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W.E.B. Du Bois and the Legacy — and Betrayal — of Black Soldiers
In “The Wounded World,” Chad Williams examines the scholar-activist’s struggle to complete a book about Black troops’ experiences during World…
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Tim Scott Weighs 2024 Run, Selling Unity to a Party Eager for a Fight
Mr. Scott, the only Black Republican senator, has many political assets. What he lacks is an obvious ability to win…
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DeSantis May Have Been Right
In January, Gov. Ron DeSantis of Florida announced he would ban a draft curriculum proposed by the College Board for…