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    How Belarus Manufactured a Border Crisis

    A political gamble by the nation’s desperate leader has become a diplomatic and humanitarian crisis.

    By Michael BarbaroSydney HarperMooj ZadieClare ToeniskoetterRachelle BonjaLynsea GarrisonMike BenoistPatricia WillensM.J. Davis LinDan Powell and

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    The Acquittal of Kyle Rittenhouse

    How a jury came to find the teenager, who shot and killed two people in Kenosha, Wis., not guilty on the five charges he faced.

    By Michael BarbaroDaniel GuillemetteClare ToeniskoetterAlexandra Leigh YoungLarissa Anderson and

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    The Sunday Read: ‘Did Covid Change How We Dream?’

    All around the world, the pandemic provoked strange nocturnal visions. Can they help shed light on the question of why we dream at all?

    By Brooke JarvisJack D’IsidoroAaron EspositoJohn Woo and

  3. PhotoMB: Right. So maybe, Ben, the word ‘contradiction’ is not quite right at all. It's not about good data, bad experience -- it's about perceptions and reality. And if your perception is that things are bad, then they're bad and no amount of, like, economic reality data is going to change that. That's not a contradiction. That's people just feeling bad.BC: I mean, I think our data can only capture so much. And it can both be true that in dollars and cents, most people are doing better now than they were a year ago or even better than they were before the pandemic and, at the same time, that for many people, life is not great right now. And those two things are, are not necessarily contradictory.
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    The Economy Is Good. So Why Do We Feel Terrible About It?

    Polling suggests that Americans think conditions are bad. Data shows that they’re wrong.

    By Michael BarbaroRachel QuesterDiana NguyenLuke Vander PloegLisa ChowMarc GeorgesDan PowellRachelle BonjaBrad Fisher and

  4. PhotoBetsy Coyne teaches family and consumer sciences in Central Bucks. She said that listening to the school board meetings left her feeling “defeated.” 
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    The School Board Wars, Part 2

    Meetings of the Central Bucks school board devolve into ugly fights and a bitter election is nearing. But what’s actually happening in classrooms?

    By Michael BarbaroEric KrupkeJessica CheungLisa TobinCorey Schreppel and

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    The School Board Wars, Part 1

    Over the past year in the U.S., meetings of the bodies have seen heated fights between parents over the country’s most polarizing issues.

    By Michael BarbaroJessica CheungEric KrupkeMichael Simon JohnsonLisa TobinDan PowellMarion Lozano and

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    Is the Problem Facebook? Or the Internet?

    Tech reporter Casey Newton takes us inside the Facebook Papers consortium, the company’s failure to be held to account and why the problem is bigger than any one company.

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    How the Mosh Pit and ‘Raging’ Came to Hip-Hop

    The tragedy at Travis Scott’s Astroworld turned attention to how rap festival performances are increasingly oriented toward the rowdy.

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    ‘Before I Let Go’

    It’s a Black anthem and the song of every summer.

    By Wesley MorrisJenna WorthamElyssa DudleySara SarasohnSasha WeissPhyllis FletcherMarion LozanoMahima Chablani and

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    The People in the Neighborhood

    A powerful — and revealing — aspect of the Derek Chauvin trial was the community it created out of strangers.

    By Wesley MorrisJenna WorthamElyssa DudleySara SarasohnSasha WeissMarion LozanoMahima Chablani and

  3. PhotoTina Turner at her home in Küsnacht, Switzerland, July 2019.
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    We, Tina

    How Tina Turner reclaimed her voice, her image and her spirituality.

    By Wesley MorrisJenna WorthamElyssa DudleyMahima ChablaniSara SarasohnSasha Weiss and

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    Cathy Park Hong

    The Asian-American poet wants to help women and people of color find healing — and clarity — in their rage.

    By Wesley MorrisJenna WorthamElyssa DudleySara SarasohnSasha WeissMarion LozanoMahima Chablani and

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    Lil Nas X? Not Sorry!

    The celebrity apology has evolved, but it still isn’t good enough.

    By Wesley MorrisJenna WorthamElyssa DudleySara SarasohnSasha WeissMarion LozanoMahima Chablani and

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    Did Covid Change How We Dream?

    All around the world, the pandemic provoked strange nocturnal visions. Can they help shed light on the age-old question of why we dream at all?

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    Fear on Cape Cod as Sharks Hunt Again

    The apex predator is back along New England’s beaches. What will it take to keep people safe?

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    My Father Vanished When I Was 7. The Mystery Made Me Who I Am.

    My dad was a riddle to me, even more so after he disappeared. For a long time, who he was – and by extension who I was – seemed to be a puzzle I would never solve.

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