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When Did Humans First Occupy the Americas? Ask the Sloth Bones.
The discovery of ancient, handcrafted ornaments revives a longstanding debate about the arrival of the earliest Americans.
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When Corporations Take Over Health Care
More from our inbox: A New Generation of PhilanthropistsChild of an Older MotherNurse practitioner Haley Lynn, left, with patient Nathaniel…
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W.E.B. Du Bois and the Legacy — and Betrayal — of Black Soldiers
In “The Wounded World,” Chad Williams examines the scholar-activist’s struggle to complete a book about Black troops’ experiences during World…
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Tim Scott Weighs 2024 Run, Selling Unity to a Party Eager for a Fight
Mr. Scott, the only Black Republican senator, has many political assets. What he lacks is an obvious ability to win…
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DeSantis May Have Been Right
In January, Gov. Ron DeSantis of Florida announced he would ban a draft curriculum proposed by the College Board for…
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U.S. Shoots Down a Fourth Flying Object
The latest object was taken down over Lake Huron.
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When the Government Goes Top Secret, Who Can Write Its History?
THE DECLASSIFICATION ENGINE: What History Reveals About America’s Top Secrets, by Matthew Connelly It’s no secret that government secrecy has…
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For a President Who Spends His Days Confronting Russia and China, a Domestic Focus
Mr. Biden is proud of reshaping foreign policy to focus on superpower conflict, but knows it is jobs and energy…
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Tyre Nichols’s Death Is America’s Shame
The spectacle of a televised countdown to the showing of the video in which Tyre Nichols was savagely beaten by…
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A Prophet of Boom With Charts for Every Occasion
With “The Aftermath,” Philip Bump marshals a sea of statistics to debunk myths about that big, self-involved and endlessly discussed…