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What Does the New Congress Mean for Family Policy?

Now that the dust has (nearly) settled on the 2022 midterm elections and Republicans are preparing to take control of…

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At Least 1 Dead in Landslide on a Southern Italian Island

At least one person was killed and nearly a dozen were missing on Saturday on the southern Italian island of…

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Scenes From the Front Lines of Our Addiction to Fast Fashion

I’m a seasonal worker in a warehouse of an online superstore. Five days a week, I make $18.75 an hour…

Sports

A Migrant’s Desperate Day Chasing Work at the World Cup

DOHA, Qatar — Standing at the center of the Msheireb metro station, the man in the pressed burgundy shirt took…

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Jean-Marie Straub, Uncompromising Filmmaker, Is Dead at 89

Jean-Marie Straub, a celebrated filmmaker aligned with the French New Wave who sparked critical debate with films he made with…

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The Holidays Are Longer Now. Is That a Good Thing?

Thanksgiving was a holiday that used to feel rushed for Molly Himmelstein Hollenberg. Chained to desk jobs in New York…

World

Meet the World’s New Human Rights Crisis Manager. He Has a Lot to Do.

GENEVA — Barely a month after taking office as the United Nations’ new human rights chief, Volker Türk was in…

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Edward C. Prescott, 81, Dies; Won Nobel for Studying Business Cycles

Edward C. Prescott, whose work explaining the economic shocks of the 1970s catalyzed new ways of thinking about fiscal and…

Magazine

Moon Jars, Luminous and Graceful, Are Entrancing Modern Ceramists

THE TRADITIONAL KOREAN moon jar — a large, rounded vessel glazed with an opaline sheen — has been a much-celebrated…

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Peek Inside a $200-a-Night ‘Room’ at the World Cup in Qatar

DOHA, Qatar — After Sheng Xie, a 33-year-old soccer fan from Vancouver, booked his flight to the World Cup, he…

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