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Business
I Spent New Year’s Eve Trying to Do the FAFSA. It Didn’t Go Well.
The new, simplified version of the college student aid form was supposed to become available in December. It was, kind of, for some people.
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World
A Gaza Mayor’s View of the Conflict
More from our inbox: Putin Won’t Benefit From Western Business Exits for LongThe Supreme Court’s Abortion Pill CasePets and Social MediaCredit...Montaser Alsawaf/Anadolu via Getty ImagesTo the Editor: Re “I Am Gaza City’s Mayor. Our Lives and ...
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World
Trump Cacophony Hits Different This Time
When was the last time you listened to Donald Trump speak at length? There’s a qualitative way to think about this question, about the substance of what he’s saying: He is still talking — perhaps more than people realize — about how the last election ...
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Food
Making a Cooking Resolution? These 9 Recipes Will Get You Started.
If abiding by resolutions were as easy as setting them, perfection would be attainable and the self-improvement section of the bookstore would be cobweb city. Still, self-reflection can be a rewarding exercise at the beginning of a new year. What ...
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Arts
With Tom Wilkinson, Would You Get a Time Bomb or a Warm Hug?
In his performances in “Michael Clayton” and other films, he brought an element of danger and uncertainty that kept us on edge.
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Arts
Dave Chappelle Assumes We’re Already Offended in His New Netflix Special
“The Dreamer” predictably includes trans and disabled jokes but punches down in other ways, too. Chappelle is part of a comedy elite that Gary Gulman pokes at.
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World
The Year in Opinion Video
Men serving life sentences in American prisons argued why, decades later, they pose no threat to society. Children whose fathers were killed in the war in Ukraine showed us the surprising costs of war. Bank robbers in Beirut flipped our understanding ...
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World
What Are Young Voters Looking For?
Want to ruin a Democratic strategist’s New Year? Bring up President Biden’s popularity problem with younger voters. The strategist may start furiously tap-dancing about this outreach plan or that policy achievement. But she has seen the polling trend ...
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Arts
Murder Most Unromantic in a New ‘Carmen’ at the Metropolitan Opera
A close observer might have noticed the flicker of menace that passed between the man and the woman: how his hand, which had just cupped her cheek, slid down and opened to encircle her throat. But though her body grew still for a moment, it didn’t ...
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World
This Was a Terrible Year, and Also Maybe the Best One Yet for Humanity
As the year ends, civilians are dying at a staggering pace in Gaza and the genocide in Darfur may be resuming. A man charged with 91 felonies is leading in American presidential polls, and our carbon emissions risk cooking our planet. But something ...