Ideas

Joe Biden knows how to handle a tough crowd. This was evident last night at the State of the Union, and it was apparent to me seven years…
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Earthquakes serve as turning points in Turkish history, a shattering of silence in mere seconds. In 1999, an earthquake struck near…
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When Jerome Powell, the chairman of the Federal Reserve, spoke last week after the Fed’s monthly meeting, he was trying to convey the…
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MEMPHIS, Tenn.—If the summer of 2020 was, for many Americans, a breaking point, then the deaths of Ahmaud Arbery, Breonna Taylor, and George…
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The Chinese spy balloon that was spotted and shot down on Saturday over the coast of South Carolina was far from the first threatening…
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This is Work in Progress, a newsletter by Derek Thompson about work, technology, and how to solve some of America’s biggest problems. Sign…
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In September 2009, a Republican congressman from South Carolina named Joe Wilson inserted himself into history. He interrupted President…
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Netflix just unveiled (and then partially withdrew) details of a new password-sharing policy, which allows members of the same “household”…
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Who’s afraid of Donald Trump? Not Nikki Haley, who is reportedly on the verge of announcing a run for the 2024 Republican presidential…
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“WE WERE A BIT CRAZY”Kairos Power’s new test facility is on a parched site a few miles south of the Albuquerque, New Mexico, airport. Around…
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