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David Beasley
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David Beasley

The head of the World Food Programme worries about 2023

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3 mins  |
February 13 - 20, 2023 (Double Issue)
Sleepwalking into a less secure future
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Sleepwalking into a less secure future

EARLY IN THE PANDEMIC, EXPERTS PROJECTED THAT the world economy could shrink by almost 10% in 2020. Yet what played out was a contraction of 3.1%—still a huge loss of output, but not nearly as dire.

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3 mins  |
February 13 - 20, 2023 (Double Issue)
The secret tax on women's time
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The secret tax on women's time

WHEN STUDIES REVEALED THE SO-CALLED PINK TAX, showing in 2015 that personal hygiene products “for her” cost 13% more than similar products for men, it caused outrage and action.

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2 mins  |
February 13 - 20, 2023 (Double Issue)
CIVILIZATION OVER NATION
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CIVILIZATION OVER NATION

Israel is no longer a liberal democracy. As Benjamin Netanyahu’s new government took office on Dec. 29, its illiberalism was evident. No longer a matter for debate or polite embarrassment, the contempt for liberal ideas brings disparate factions together: against the media and intellectuals and increasingly against the old Western-inspired Israeli political system and constitution.

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February 13 - 20, 2023 (Double Issue)
When science meets seafood
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When science meets seafood

SANDHYA SRIRAM IS IMPATIENT. THE STEM-CELL scientist wanted to put her knowledge to use developing cultivated seafood, but no one was doing that in Singapore.

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4 mins  |
February 13 - 20, 2023 (Double Issue)
A snowless future foretold on Europe's tawny slopes
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A snowless future foretold on Europe's tawny slopes

WHEN FELLOW SKIERS SENT AMADEO REALE PHOTOS OF churned mud and grassy slopes at their French and Swiss ski resorts in January, he shuddered in sympathy, but felt no sense of foreboding.

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February 13 - 20, 2023 (Double Issue)
Why are groceries SO expensive right now?
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Why are groceries SO expensive right now?

BRIDGETTE MOORE, A 40-YEAR-OLD MOTHER OF FIVE from Lake Park, Ga., has noticed that her family’s grocery bill is much higher these days—way over her $200 weekly budget.

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3 mins  |
February 13 - 20, 2023 (Double Issue)
TRUMP'S 2024 TEST
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TRUMP'S 2024 TEST

His first campaign stops reveal a candidate unsure of what his base wants

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February 13 - 20, 2023 (Double Issue)
PREVENTABLE DEVASTATION
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PREVENTABLE DEVASTATION

In Turkey, a pair of lethal earthquakes indicts a government

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February 07 - March 06, 2023 (Double Issue)
Why does the U.S. keep shooting down UFOs?
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Why does the U.S. keep shooting down UFOs?

IN THE FIRST TWO WEEKS OF FEBRUARY, THE U.S. Air Force shot down four flying objects that had intruded on the skies over North America, a deployment of force unprecedented during peacetime.

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February 07 - March 06, 2023 (Double Issue)
Bolsonaro's surreal new life as a Florida man
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Bolsonaro's surreal new life as a Florida man

A LITTLE MORE THAN A MONTH AGO, HE WAS LEADING the fifth largest country in the world.

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February 07 - March 06, 2023 (Double Issue)
His mission: changing how we think about racism
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His mission: changing how we think about racism

NOT LONG AFTER HOW TO BE AN ANTIRACIST WAS PUBLISHED in August 2019, the book’s author, the historian and National Book Award winner Ibram X. Kendi, found his work an unexpected touch point in the conversation about the persistence of racism in American society.

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6 mins  |
February 07 - March 06, 2023 (Double Issue)
Portrait of a Leader April 20, 1959
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Portrait of a Leader April 20, 1959

The World Is Now My Home

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February 07 - March 06, 2023 (Double Issue)
How I helped Trump and Giuliani undercut Ukraine
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How I helped Trump and Giuliani undercut Ukraine

THE OTHER DAY I WATCHED SOME STREET INTERVIEWS in Moscow. The first person said the Russian invasion of Ukraine was justified because Ukrainian government officials were Nazis.

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February 07 - March 06, 2023 (Double Issue)
What's at stake in Nigeria's presidential election
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What's at stake in Nigeria's presidential election

NIGERIA—AFRICA’S most populous country, largest economy, and top oil producer—will hold a presidential election on Feb. 25. Incumbent President Muhammadu Buhari, now finishing his second four-year term, is ineligible to run for reelection. Even if he could run, he probably wouldn't win.

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February 07 - March 06, 2023 (Double Issue)
INSIDE THE BASEMENT WHERE AN ENTIRE UKRAINIAN VILLAGE WAS HELD CAPTIVE FOR 25 HARROWING NIGHTS
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INSIDE THE BASEMENT WHERE AN ENTIRE UKRAINIAN VILLAGE WAS HELD CAPTIVE FOR 25 HARROWING NIGHTS

SEVEN DAYS AFTER THE INVASION OF UKRAINE, Russian troops entered the village of Yahidne. They forced the residents out of their homes and into the basement of the local school, which they had turned into their headquarters.

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10+ mins  |
February 07 - March 06, 2023 (Double Issue)
WHERE WES MOORE COMES FROM
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WHERE WES MOORE COMES FROM

The Maryland governor may be the Democrats' most talented newcomer since Barack Obama

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10+ mins  |
February 07 - March 06, 2023 (Double Issue)
THE AI ARMS RACE IS CHANGING EVERYTHING
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THE AI ARMS RACE IS CHANGING EVERYTHING

Tech companies are betting big on AI. Are they making the same old mistakes?

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10 mins  |
February 07 - March 06, 2023 (Double Issue)
Gender Politics
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Gender Politics

SPAIN'S MINISTER OF EQUALITY IS PUTTING ONE OF EUROPE'S MOST FEMINIST GOVERNMENTS TO THE TEST

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7 mins  |
February 07 - March 06, 2023 (Double Issue)
KING OF THE WORLD
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KING OF THE WORLD

After weathering a decade of skepticism, James Cameron revels in the success of the Avatar sequel

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February 07 - March 06, 2023 (Double Issue)
The strange case of the resurgent whodunit
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The strange case of the resurgent whodunit

THE THIRD SEASON OF THE NETFLIX THRILLER You ended with a red herring.

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February 07 - March 06, 2023 (Double Issue)
Rebecca Makkai goes back to high school
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Rebecca Makkai goes back to high school

IF YOUR PRESENT SELF COULD RECKON WITH the past, what would you try to resolve? That's the question that haunts Bodie Kane, the protagonist of I Have Some Questions for You, Rebecca Makkai's slow-burning crime novel, to be published Feb. 21.

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February 07 - March 06, 2023 (Double Issue)
The most mysterious Brontë, revealed and unsolved
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The most mysterious Brontë, revealed and unsolved

YOU PROBABLY KNOW RIGHT OFF THE BAT WHETHER you’re a Wuthering Heights person or a Jane Eyre person. Both, of course, are great.

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February 07 - March 06, 2023 (Double Issue)