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    What It’s Like in China As Everyone Gets COVIDDarin Friedrichs, a market analyst based out of Shanghai, on daily life amid a chaotic policy shift.
    By Benjamin Hart
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    Does Putin Even Have a Strategy in Ukraine Anymore?Russian military expert Dara Massicot discusses Vladimir Putin’s plodding war.
    By Benjamin Hart
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    What’s Next for Viktor Bout, According to His LawyerSteve Zissou predicts the notorious arms dealer will now lead a “quiet existence.”
    By Amos Barshad
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    A Crisis-PR Veteran on Sam Bankman-Fried’s Odd Media StrategyEric Dezenhall thinks the explanation for SBF’s behavior is pretty straightforward.
    By Benjamin Hart
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    How Frighteningly Strong Meth Has Supercharged HomelessnessJournalist Sam Quinones on the radically transformed picture of drug addiction in America.
    By Benjamin Hart
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    Why Tom Bonier Knew There Would Be No Red WaveMonths ago, the Democratic strategist said this time the midterms would be different because of the backlash to Dobbs. Here’s what he’s learned since.
    By Nia Prater
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    Donald Trump’s Gift to DemocratsCook Political Report’s Amy Walter on the ex-president’s pivotal role in an unusual midterm.
    By Benjamin Hart
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    John Fetterman’s Team on How the Stroke Changed His CampaignSenior adviser Rebecca Katz on the health crisis, the controversy, and how they turned a purple state blue on Election Day.
    By Nia Prater
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    How Democrats Beat Back the GOP on Crime and InflationVeteran pollster Stan Greenberg thinks some candidates addressed the issues smartly — but that Joe Biden is out of touch.
    By Benjamin Hart
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    Why Won’t Katie Hobbs Fight Back Harder Against Kari Lake?Arizona political reporter Brahm Resnik on the dangers of “the Trumpiest ticket in the country.”
    By Benjamin Hart
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    Why Is the Fetterman-Oz Race So Freaking Close?Jonathan Tamari of the Philadelphia Inquirer on the enormous stakes of Pennsylvania’s midterms.
    By Benjamin Hart
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    Did Stacey Abrams Pick the Wrong Year?The Atlanta Journal-Constitution’s Greg Bluestein on what’s happening in Georgia a week before the midterms.
    By Benjamin Hart
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    Nevada’s Political Oracle on the State’s Crucial MidtermsJon Ralston thinks early voting numbers so far give Democrats reason to be optimistic.
    By Benjamin Hart
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    ‘A Category 2 or 3 Hurricane Headed Democrats’ Way’Cook Political Report’s Dave Wasserman on whether he’s seen enough to predict a red wave in November.
    By Benjamin Hart
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    Will America’s Most Pilloried Pollster Get It Right Again?A conversation with Trafalgar Group founder Robert Cahaly about his unorthodox methods and the state of the midterms.
    By Benjamin Hart
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    What If Putin Actually Uses Nuclear Weapons on Ukraine?Talking with RAND policy researcher Edward Geist about what a Russian strike might look like.
    By Benjamin Hart
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    How There Will Be Blood Explains the Crumbling Global EconomyThink inflation is bad here? Brent Johnson predicted the global financial crisis we’re in, and he thinks it’s going to get much worse.
    By Kevin T. Dugan
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    The Surge That Could Save DemocratsTom Bonier makes the case that women are registering to vote in a fury after Dobbs and have the potential to reshape the midterms.
    By Nia Prater
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    Will the Metaverse Really Transform Our Lives?Venture capitalist Matthew Ball on the virtual worlds that may define the future.
    By Benjamin Hart
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    Is the Fed’s Cure for Inflation Worse Than the Disease?Economic analyst Ryan Sweet on the tricky balance Jerome Powell is trying to strike and how Europe’s woes could spread to America.
    By Benjamin Hart
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    What Would a Ukraine Victory Look Like?Speaking with Professor Nikolas Gvosdev about the new shape of the war, and whether a desperate Putin is more dangerous.
    By Benjamin Hart
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    Roger Maris’s Son Is Rooting for Aaron JudgeKevin Maris believes 61 is still the real home-run record, and he has some thoughts about Mark McGwire and Barry Bonds.
    By Joe DeLessio
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    How Europe Stumbled Into an Energy CatastropheThe commodities specialist and popular Twitter commentator known as Doomberg believes the continent’s leaders have epically mishandled Putin.
    By Benjamin Hart
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    Is Minoxidil Really a Miracle Cure for Baldness?Speaking with dermatologist Arash Mostaghimi about a blockbuster New York Times article and the difficult science of hair restoration.
    By Benjamin Hart
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    Could Democrats Really Pull Off a Miracle in November?The Cook Political Report’s Amy Walter on 2022’s unusual midterm dynamics.
    By Benjamin Hart
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    Mondaire Jones on the Need to Meet Progressive ExpectationsThe congressman talks about switching districts, how Democrats can win the midterms, and why America’s problems go beyond Trump.
    By Nia Prater
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    Liz Holtzman on Why Guts and Expertise Matter More Than AgeThe 81-year-old former congresswoman says she feels called to get back in the fight.
    By Nia Prater
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    ‘You Can’t Play the Cable-News Game in Court’National security lawyer Bradley P. Moss on the seriousness of Trump’s predicament and the unseriousness of his lawyers.
    By Benjamin Hart
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    Dan Goldman on the Problem With Trump, Republicans, and Members of His Own PartyThe veteran federal prosecutor tries politics.
    By Nia Prater
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    Yuh-Line Niou on Her Especially Personal Run for CongressFrom representation to disability policy, she says there’s a common theme: Courage.
    By Nia Prater
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    Carlina Rivera on What Democrats Get Wrong About Latino VotersA daughter of the Lower East Side runs to represent the district where she grew up.
    By Nia Prater
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    Will the Inflation Reduction Act Make the Carbon-Capture Business a Reality?A UC Irvine professor considers if the IRA’s proposed incentives could be a breakout moment for the nascent industry of sucking carbon out of the air.
    By Matt Stieb
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    Have Scientists Been Wrong About Alzheimer’s for Decades?A talk with Nobel laureate Thomas C. Südhof about a scandal rocking the world of Alzheimer’s research and how conceptions of the disease are changing.
    By Benjamin Hart
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    BA.5 Shows COVID Is Evolving Fast. Why Aren’t We Fighting Back?A long talk with Dr. Eric Topol about the BA.5 wave, next-gen vaccines, and why it’s long past time for the U.S. to get ahead of the coronavirus.
    By Chas Danner
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    Why Congress Just Joined the Semiconductor Arms RaceAn MIT professor of electrical engineering explains why the Senate just spent over $50 billion to promote semiconductor manufacturing.
    By Matt Stieb
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    What on Earth Is China’s COVID Strategy Now?Nancy Qian on why the country is sticking to its quixotic and damaging attempt to stamp out the virus.
    By Benjamin Hart
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    ‘A Dangerous Level of Groupthink’Larry Summers on America’s inflation problem, the Federal Reserve’s late response, and the likelihood of a recession.
    By Benjamin Hart
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    Filmmaker Alex Holder Says Trump Was ‘Utterly Irrational’ After January 6The documentarian talks about what he saw before, during, and after the attack on the Capitol while he was embedded with the First Family.
    By Benjamin Hart
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    Ukraine Is at Its ‘Most Dangerous Point’ of the WarMichael Kofman on Russia’s momentum, how long Putin can weather sanctions, and the trouble with battlefield predictions.
    By Benjamin Hart
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    Legendary Rangers Announcer Sam Rosen on the Team’s Incredible Playoff RunThe longtime voice of the team breaks down the Eastern Conference Final, why the Rangers are hitting their stride now, and the calls he nailed.
    By Joe DeLessio
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    White Christian Nationalism ‘Is a Fundamental Threat to Democracy’A conversation with Philip S. Gorski and Samuel L. Perry about their new book, The Flag and the Cross.
    By Sarah Jones
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    Are School Lockdown Drills Doing More Harm Than Good?Jaclyn Schildkraut, a champion of the often-criticized exercises, makes the case for their usefulness.
    By Aaron Short
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    A Different Way to Prevent Mass ShootingsTalking with Mark Follman, whose new book explores how behavioral threat assessment could help a country paralyzed by gun violence.
    By Benjamin Hart
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    Jason Furman Saw Inflation Coming. Does He See Recession Too?The economist and former Obama adviser shares his thoughts on skyrocketing inflation, what the Fed needs to do, and what might happen next.
    By Jen Wieczner
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    Kara Swisher on Elon Musk: ‘You Can’t Pin Him Down’Judging the new owner of Twitter by his tweets alone would be a mistake.
    By James D. Walsh
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    ‘Russia Is Completely Depoliticized’A sociologist from Moscow explains how the nation learned to deny reality, in Ukraine and at home.
    By Sarah Jones
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    Kara Swisher: Disney’s CEO ‘Doesn’t Have Any Mistakes Left’After a lukewarm response to Florida’s “Don’t Say Gay” law, the House of Mouse is being attacked from all sides.
    By Kevin T. Dugan
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    Lessons From Lincoln on Solving Today’s Bitterest ConflictsA talk with author John Avlon on how the 16th president’s strategy for post-war peace can still guide America through crisis, at home and abroad.
    By Ed Kilgore
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    ‘Just Seize It’: The Push to Quickly Root Out Oligarchs’ U.S. AssetsSenator Sheldon Whitehouse on a new bill that would let wealthy Russians’ hidden property be seized and sold more easily, benefiting Ukrainians.
    By Kevin T. Dugan
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    Seriously, the Pandemic Isn’t OverA long conversation with Dr. Abraar Karan about the possibility of a BA.2 wave, how the U.S. is still vulnerable, and what to do with our face masks.
    By Chas Danner
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