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Daniel Penny’s Innocence—and the Shame of Alvin Bragg
A just verdict for Daniel Penny does not erase the cynical, wrongheaded, and unwarranted prosecution.
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Letters to the Editor: ‘I’ve Watched Someone I Love Die’
Plus: Psychedelics could change lives, if they were legal.
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Poetic Justice for Jay Bhattacharya
During the pandemic, the NIH director called for a ‘takedown’ of the Stanford scientist’s ideas. Now he’s poised to run the NIH himself.
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Democrats Picked the Wrong Women’s Rights Issue. Plus. . .
Trump won young men by meeting them where they are.
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Free Press Readers Saw This Coming
It’s not because we told you what to think. It’s because we did the basic job of journalism: We held up a mirror to reality.
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Repeat After Us: This Is Not the Last Election
Both sides claimed a loss for their candidate would signal the end of our republic. This is not just wrongheaded; it’s a betrayal of our history.
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Closing Arguments
If you’ve made it this far and you’re still undecided, Sam Harris and Ben Shapiro make the case for their candidates.
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Seven Objects—And What They Say About the Election
The Trump Bible, Kamala’s coconut tree, and J.D. Vance’s couch. Our reporters nominate symbols that sum up this insane race.
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‘60 Minutes’: Release the Unedited Kamala Harris Transcript
Is CBS guilty of journalistic malpractice? There’s an easy way to find out.
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How Is CBS Marking October 7? By Admonishing Tony Dokoupil
The journalist did his job by asking tough questions of Ta-Nehisi Coates. That’s when the trouble began.
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The Moral Inversion of Rashida Tlaib—and the Smearing of Dana Nessel
The congresswoman implies the Michigan attorney general can’t prosecute criminals because of her religion.
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How Long Can Kamala Harris Avoid the Press?
The vice president thinks that joy can get her to the White House. We have our doubts.
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