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The National Portrait Gallery removed key details from the caption under the presidentâs photograph. It still has a story to tell.
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Winter conditions atop Japanâs Mount Zao can create âmonstersâ made of snow and ice that accumulates on trees. These snow monsters, called juhyo, attract visitors to one of the countryâs oldest ski resorts.
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The nationâs problem isnât that we donât have enough money. Itâs that we donât have the moral capacity to face what ails society. (From 2018)
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âI am tempted to think that the perplexed businessman might discover a possible solution of his troubles if he would just spend a few days in his wifeâs kitchen.â (From 1932)
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Octavio Jones / AFP / Getty radio atlanticâąEpisode 165Do ICE Officers Have âImmunityâ?
States donât often prosecute federal officers, but they can.
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The historian Timothy Naftali on Donald Trumpâs presidential library, comparing the many scandals of the Trump presidency to those of Richard Nixonâs, and Trumpâs foreign policy of American weakness. Plus: a head-spinning week of terrifying crises, and Jane Eyre by Charlotte BrontĂ«.
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The internet was built to objectify women.
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Younger generations are having a hard time imagining their future.
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