A Confusing Message
The C.D.C. has both a polarization problem and a communication problem. Let’s start with the polarization problem: The parts of the country that would benefit most from a new crackdown …
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Opinion | America Shouldn’t Compete Against China With One Arm Tied Behind Its Back
The Senate recently passed a bill intended to bolster America’s technological and industrial capacity as we compete against China. The bill, called the U.S. Innovation and Competition Act, began as …
Breakthrough Covid, in Perspective
Breakthrough infections — in which vaccinated people nonetheless get the Covid-19 virus — are one of those vexing topics that can be difficult to put in perspective. On the one …
Opinion | Eric Adams Is Going to Save New York
By Bret Stephens Opinion Columnist Eric Adams arrives for lunch alone, no entourage or media handler. He shows me his new earring — “the first thing,” he says, that Joe …
Opinion | Black Unemployment Matters Just as Much as White Unemployment
In April 2020, after the labor market took its largest one-month hit in modern history, Black men and women suffered job losses proportionate to those of white women. Still, their …
Opinion | A Reporter’s Fight to Expose Epstein’s Crimes — and Earn a Living
By Michelle Goldberg Opinion Columnist At a news conference after Jeffrey Epstein’s 2019 sex trafficking indictment, a reporter asked Geoffrey Berman, then the U.S. attorney in Manhattan, if new information …
Opinion | What Do Police Know About Teenagers? Not Enough.
The day Brian Lowe attended a training session for police officers on understanding the minds of teenagers, he knew his job would never be the same. Mr. Lowe, a lieutenant …
Opinion | One Thing Democrats and Republicans Had in Common During the Pandemic
By Anupam B. Jena Dr. Jena is an associate professor of health care policy and medicine at Harvard Medical School. A defining feature of the American experience of the pandemic …
Your Thursday Briefing
Good morning. We’re covering the E.U.’s bold climate plan, the Delta variant in New York City and uncertainty in Afghanistan. Europe plans 9-year pivot from fossil fuels In what might …
Opinion | Why Is the Country Panicking About Critical Race Theory?
This article is part of the Debatable newsletter. You can sign up here to receive it on Tuesdays and Thursdays. Last month, the Florida Department of Education voted to restrict …