You’d think that in 2015, no company would post a job ad and make it clear that only men need apply. But a number of companies, especially in the tech industry, are unintentionally doing just that, by
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Major reforms reducing taxes on the rich lead to higher income inequality but do not have any significant effect on economic growth or unemployment, according to new research by LSE and King’s College
As protests over police brutality and racial justice broke out this summer, often resulting in harsh responses from law enforcement, police officers across the country have been accused of favoring a
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In 1956, two American physicians, J. A. Presley and W. E. Brown, colleagues at the University of Arkansas School of Medicine, decided that four recent admissions to their hospital were significant eno
This is my choice, but I’m starting to wish that it wasn’t. I don’t feel qualified. I’ve been a superintendent for 20 years, so I guess I should be used to making decisions, but I keep getting lost in
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news analysis Why Democrats Are Still Not the Party of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez In contests for party control between progressives and moderates, electoral and governing results speak for themselves.
The iconic infographics of Amanda Cox and how she changed one of the world’s most respected newspapers from within 09/2020 Amanda Cox was a driving force behind the New York Times’ presentation of vis
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America has botched its coronavirus response in so, so many ways since the pandemic began. Even in a country that stands apart from the world for its horrific failures, there have been as many leaders
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Illustration by Tom Bachtell A couple of decades ago, when Barack Obama was on a break from Harvard Law School and visiting friends in Chicago, he carried around a copy of “Parting the Waters,” the fi
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Opinion John Lewis Together, You Can Redeem the Soul of Our Nation Together, You Can Redeem the Soul of Our Nation Though I am gone, I urge you to answer the highest calling of your heart and stand up
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Oh the places you can’t go 5 min read · Jul 9, 2020 -- Map based on this article . I excluded the places that require a 14 day quarantine (Ecuador, Ukraine, Ireland) A merica is not united anymore and
It was always obvious what the excuse was going to be. When a 2011 clip of Joe Rogan laughing aloud on his podcast as Joey “Coco” Diaz proudly described making female comedians perform oral sex on him
POLITICO readers explain why they’re standing with Trump during impeachment. Joe Raedle/Getty Images 01/09/2020 05:08 AM EST Altitude is a column by POLITICO founding editor John Harris, offering week
Over the past two decades, America’s image around the world shifted in a significant and unexpected way. With the rise of Silicon Valley, our brand morphed from the bellicose and muscle-bound superpow
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In this space I am parking my short description of the de facto plan the Trump government has for getting the United States out of the public health emergency caused by the spread of the SARS-CoV-2 vi
Traditional journalism is under siege, NBC News chief Andy Lack wrote this week: President Trump continues to “put the bully in bully pulpit,” and the coronavirus crisis has taken a toll. “But we’re w
The Capitol building in Washington, DC, on April 19. Xinhua News Agency/Getty Images In a viral essay , venture capitalist Marc Andreessen makes a simple exhortation: It’s time to build. Behind the co
Opinion The Limits of ‘Believe All Women’ A protest march for survivors of sexual assault and their supporters in Los Angeles. Credit... Lucy Nicholson/Reuters Ever since Eve gave Adam that forbidden
Voting isn’t an easy thing if you are old, sick, and poor. Photo: Emile Wamsteker/Bloomberg via Getty Images One of the abiding realities of our political era is a major generational split anchored on
Here is a simple statement of principle that doesn’t get repeated enough: if you possess billions of dollars, in a world where many people struggle because they do not have much money, you are an immo
If I were to say that I’m thinking about having sex with my stepbrother, I guess you’d tell me to think again: sex with a sibling or even a stepsibling is just plain wrong – it’s not a morally accepta
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