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  1. The Ezra Klein Show

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    Why Sci-Fi Legend Ted Chiang Fears Capitalism, Not A.I.

    The award-winning author and Ezra Klein discuss A.I. suffering, free will, Superman’s failures and more.

    By ‘The Ezra Klein Show’

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    F.D.R. Took Down Giants. Biden Can, Too.

    Roosevelt’s choice to run the antitrust wing of the Justice Department, Robert Jackson, took just 14 months to change the country.

    By Mark Pryor

  5. Ross Douthat

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    ‘Babylon Berlin,’ Babylon America?

    How watching a TV show about Weimar Germany can help us interpret our own era.

    By Ross Douthat

  1. The Republican Party Is Driving the Nation’s Democratic Decline

    This is what it looks like when a political party turns against democracy itself.

    By Jamelle Bouie

  2. Republicans Have an Ambitious Agenda for the Supreme Court

    Why the G.O.P. doesn’t need to try to pass mostly unpopular policies through the elected branches.

    By Ian Millhiser

  3. ‘Babylon Berlin,’ Babylon America?

    How watching a TV show about Weimar Germany can help us interpret our own era.

    By Ross Douthat

  4. Beverly Cleary Helped Boys Love Books

    I wanted to be Ralph, the mouse with the motorcycle.

    By David Levithan

  5. Why Sci-Fi Legend Ted Chiang Fears Capitalism, Not A.I.

    The award-winning author and Ezra Klein discuss A.I. suffering, free will, Superman’s failures and more.

    By ‘The Ezra Klein Show’

  6. What Can You Do Once You’re Vaccinated?

    You have to do your own risk assessment. Here's how.

    By Tara Haelle

  7. How Will We Win the Second Cold War?

    Biden has a chance to turn China’s strengths into weaknesses.

    By Bret Stephens

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  8. Why Can’t Republicans Be Populists?

    The establishment has been routed, but its economic orthodoxy rules.

    By Paul Krugman

  9. F.D.R. Took Down Giants. Biden Can, Too.

    Roosevelt’s choice to run the antitrust wing of the Justice Department, Robert Jackson, took just 14 months to change the country.

    By Mark Pryor

  10. Too Many People Are Locked Up for Small Thefts

    An estimated 45,000 Americans are behind bars for thefts of less than $10,000. The punishment doesn’t fit the crime.

    By The Editorial Board