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Rising rent prices are keeping inflation high

Shelter prices rose 0.7 percent in August, the biggest monthly jump since 1991.

The case for Democratic optimism — and pessimism — in the midterms

Did the Dobbs decision change everything? Or are polls still way off?

China is committing genocide. The world has no plan to stop it.

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Child poverty in the US was stagnant — and then something changed

The economic calamity of the pandemic could have forced more families into poverty. It didn’t.

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What Republicans would do if they win back Congress

The GOP’s bickering over midterm campaign strategy is a preview of larger fights ahead.

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What the high-profile layoffs at Snap, Netflix, and other companies could mean for the economy

The Supreme Court fight over whether religious schools can discriminate against LGBTQ people

The Marxist scholar who thinks reparations are “a waste of time”

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Ukraine’s surprising counteroffensive forces Russian troops to flee

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Launch House promised young tech founders community. A Vox investigation found what happens when clout and cash are paramount, and protecting members falls by the wayside.

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Queen Elizabeth II and the long 20th century

NASA’s latest moon mission is the dawn of a new space age

California could give more than a million people with criminal records a fresh start

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DOJ warns judge that delaying the FBI’s Trump investigation is a national security risk

Why Trump’s FBI investigation could now be delayed for months or even years

How King Charles III might rule

A new book claims Trump’s efforts to politicize the Justice Department were worse than we knew

The subtle power of Queen Elizabeth II’s reign

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