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El-Sayed May Be Winning. But He Should Run Like He’s Losing
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Education
Workforce Pell’s Missing Rudder
Congress finally opened Pell Grants to short-term job training. Now states have to build the systems that can tell which programs actually work.
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Businesses Should Step Up to Defend Democracy
The business community’s silence could accelerate America’s slide into autocracy, warns the founder of the pro-democracy business coalition Leadership Now.
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Narrative Vehicles
The law enforcement bullets that killed Renee Good, Kohen Wiley, and John Albers entered from the side. Why did the official accounts say the cars were driving straight at officers?
The Monopolized Economy
Booming Oil Profits Show Why Policymakers Can’t “Wait and See” on Gas Prices
The latest data points to a refining market power problem that will endure even after the Strait reopens.
Health Care
The Doctor Shortage Is Here—and Getting Worse
Ways to address the demographic, immigration, and policy mess before it’s too late.
Russia’s War on Ukraine
The Next Big Thing in the Ukraine War: Ground Drones
Robotic ground systems don’t replace infantry, but they help it do its job—including combat assaults.
Books
Dead Reckoning
A veteran Times obituarist lifts the lid on the death desk. But in an age when anyone can publish a life, who still needs the Gray Lady’s last word?
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