Pandemic
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News
Who ‘Won’ Covid? It Depends How You Measure.
Twenty months ago, in July 2022, I wrote a long essay sketching what I called the “pretty brutal” endemic future…
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US
How a Pandemic Malaise Is Shaping American Politics
In March 2020, when Joseph R. Biden Jr. and Donald J. Trump competed for the White House for the first…
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Magazine
They Fell in Love During the Pandemic. Then Things Changed.
Four years after lockdowns and social distancing were implemented worldwide, four readers share their stories about their pandemic relationship regrets.
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News
American Cities Aren’t Doomed After All
For a year or two, as first-wave pandemic panic gave way to a more generalized perception of ragged social disorder,…
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News
American Students Outperformed the Rest of the World During the Pandemic
By now, you’ve probably registered the alarm that pandemic learning loss has produced a “lost generation” of American students. This…
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Business
Yellow Says It Will Repay Federal Debt. Legal Experts Are Skeptical.
The trucking company, which has filed for bankruptcy protection, owes more than $700 million to the Treasury Department.
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US
Biden Picks Retired General to Lead New White House Pandemic Office
The News President Biden has picked Dr. Paul Friedrichs, a military combat surgeon and retired Air Force major general who…
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World
DeCamp to End Commuter Bus Service to New York City From New Jersey
The bus line, which serves northern New Jersey, has struggled to retain ridership since the start of the pandemic. Its…
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News
An Even Deadlier Pandemic Could Soon Be Here
As the world is just beginning to recover from the devastation of Covid-19, it is facing the possibility of a…
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World
Hong Kong Tries to Repair Its Battered Image With Plane Ticket Giveaway
The city’s reputation has been hammered by protests, a harsh security law and strict Covid measures. It hopes a giveaway…
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