“We can join forces, stop the shouting, and lower the temperature,” Mr. Biden said. “For without unity, there is no peace — only bitterness and…
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We Worked Together on the Internet. Last Week, He Stormed the Capitol.
“His politics have been guided by platform metrics,” reflected Andrew Gauthier, who was a top video producer at BuzzFeed and later worked for Joseph R.…
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In Michigan, a Dress Rehearsal for the Chaos at the Capitol on Wednesday
But State Representative Beau LaFave, a Republican from Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, said it’s a stretch to connect those dots. “There were a lot of angry…
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With Each Run, a City Shaken by Racism Is ‘Finding the Greater Good’
In 2019, if the group had a dozen runners one morning, they considered it a big turnout. But in 2020, as the pandemic spread and…
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Remembering the Presidency of Donald Trump
After two weeks of battling Covid-19 — thank you, dear readers, for all the good wishes — I can report that the droning discomfort has…
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A Long History of Language That Incites and Demonizes
WASHINGTON — President Trump has seized on the response in the streets to police brutality against Black men and women to bolster his re-election campaign,…
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Turning Grief for a Hidden Past Into a Healing Space
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. — “Can we forget the crack of the whip, cowhide, whipping-post, the auction-block, the hand-cuffs, the spaniels, the iron collar, the negro-trader tearing…
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‘I Couldn’t Do Anything’: The Virus and an E.R. Doctor’s Suicide
On an afternoon in early April, while New York City was in the throes of what would be the deadliest days of the coronavirus pandemic,…
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