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Should Kidney Donors Be Paid?
A guest essay argued in favor of payments. Readers, including donors, offer divergent views.
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Co-op Assessments: Do You Have to Pay What They Say?
Courts allow co-op boards significant power over building finances, including assessments — if the fees are in ‘good faith.’
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Takeaways From Our Chinese Swimming Investigation
A doping case involving Olympic swimmers has left unanswered questions and raised new concerns about the actions of a global…
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Long Before Trump, Immigrant Detention Was Arbitrary and Cruel
“In the Shadow of Liberty,” by the historian Ana Raquel Minian, chronicles America’s often brutal treatment of noncitizens, including locking…
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A Sugary Bonbon of a Novel From a Legendary Foodie
In “The Paris Novel,” Ruth Reichl is a glutton for wish fulfillment.
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A Quite Contrary Alphabet Book Asks, How Did Our Gardens Grow?
AN ENCYCLOPEDIA OF GARDENING FOR COLORED CHILDREN: An Alphabetary of the Colonized World, by Jamaica Kincaid. Illustrated by Kara Walker.…
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That Time Europe Tried to Bring Monarchy Back to Mexico
HABSBURGS ON THE RIO GRANDE:The Rise and Fall of the Second Mexican Empire, by Raymond Jonas In October 1863, a…
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What Would the Economy Look Like Under a Second Trump Term?
Speculating about how the economy would perform under a second Donald Trump presidency normalizes the candidacy of a deeply flawed…
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Like Moths to a Flame? We May Need a New Phrase.
Over time researchers have found fewer of the insects turning up in light traps, suggesting they may be less attracted…
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Columbia, Free Speech and the Coddling of the American Right
As a journalist, you usually go to the front line to find the news. But sometimes the front line finds…