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Tuesday
June 23, 2020
America Has Failed the Existential-Crisis Test
What the country’s response to the coronavirus pandemic means for the global fight against climate change
By Harry Cheadle
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Bill Barr Forgot How to Be an Attorney General
The head of the Department of Justice is suddenly struggling to be an effective election-year consigliere for President Trump.
By Matt Ford
Our Summer of Financial Ruin
Supermarkets are ending their “hero pay” bonuses, emergency spending provisions are drying up, and eviction moratoriums are about to expire.
By J.C. Pan
Conservatives Might Want to Reconsider Their Love for Winston Churchill
The former British prime minister’s support for progressive economic ideas has been largely unappreciated by history.
By Bruce Bartlett
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The Many Sounds of Black Lives Matter
The movement has resisted an anthem. Instead, it has redefined protest music.
By Jennifer Wilson
Ottessa Moshfegh’s Pursuit of Disgust
Why her new novel, “Death in Her Hands,” strives to be gross
By Rumaan Alam
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