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Katie McGinty, the Best Choice for the Senate in Pennsylvania
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Katie McGinty would be a senator more concerned with workers and the environment than the incumbent, Pat Toomey. 
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Wilfred Santiago
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‘Too Bad You’re Latin’
By JOHN LEGUIZAMO
A movie producer’s words sum up America’s view of its largest ethnic minority. Comments
CHARLES M. BLOW
Donald Trump vs. American Democracy
He’s desperate for a reason to explain why he’s losing. Comments
ROGER COHEN
Trump the Anti-American
Rage is all that Trump has had to offer. His America is small. But this is still the land of “Sure,” of the embrace of possibility. Comments
TIMOTHY EGAN
American Gut Check
Trump is bereft of patriotism, and seems to hate the country he wants to lead. Comments
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Men Need Help. Is Hillary Clinton the Answer?
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We need “pink collar jobs” for everyone. Comments
What We Saw in the Final Debate
How Donald Trump vs. Hillary Clinton looked to Times Opinion writers — before, during and after their last meeting in Las Vegas.
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Torture and Its Psychological Aftermath
By THE EDITORIAL BOARD
Some men once held in American custody cannot work, go outside, or speak to their families about what they went through.
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The Death of Deborah Danner
By THE EDITORIAL BOARD
A woman who once wrote eloquently about her mental illness was killed by a police officer in circumstances that should lead to reforms.
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Late-Term Abortion Was the Right Choice for Me
By MEREDITH ISAKSEN
Like so many others, I made a decision many politicians don’t think I should have the right to make. Comments
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Are Detroit’s Most Terrible Schools Unconstitutional?
By GEOFFREY R. STONE
In Detroit, a federal court is being asked to determine if the city’s children have the right to a minimally adequate education.
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Bad Hombres, Nasty Women: The Presidential Debate in Song
By THE GREGORY BROTHERS and WEIRD AL YANKOVIC
The Gregory Brothers
Weird Al Yankovic and the Gregory Brothers stage an apocalyptic musical at the final debate of the 2016 presidential campaign. Comments
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Does ISIS Need Territory to Survive?
A military offensive on Mosul, the Islamic States's last major stronghold in Iraq, is underway. Will losing the city hurt the militants?
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Declaring ‘That’s Me,’ and Empowering Latinas
By ANNIE CORREAL
How a viral music video featuring a defiant and adorable little girl stood up to the anti-Latino rhetoric of the Trump campaign, and haters in general.
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India’s Intricate Caste System
A reader explains how some Indians have gained from their so-called “backward” castes.
DAVID LEONHARDT
Donald Trump, Enemy of Democracy
What’s the best response from all of us? To fight his attempted despotism with more democracy.
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The Fake Laugh
By KATE MURPHY
How fake laughter — in politics, business and social life — can do more harm than good.
Disability
I Don’t Want to Be ‘Inspiring’
By JOHN ALTMANN
Forging an identity apart from my disability is hard enough. Misguided sympathy makes it harder. Comments
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Watching the Kenyan Wind
By THE EDITORIAL BOARD
The country’s huge investment in wind power could propel its own growth and motivate its neighbors.
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Razing Hitler’s House
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It is better to remove a symbol that risked attracting unrepentant Nazis.
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We Have Tried Every Kind of Death Possible
By RAED SALEH
I rescue Syrians from the sites of airstrikes. I don’t want to do this work any longer.
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For These Americans, Clean Water Is a Luxury
By GEORGE MCGRAW
In some places around the country, families rely on buckets, bottles, even animal troughs.
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How to Vote as an Immigrant and a Citizen
By IMBOLO MBUE
The American in me recognizes that we need to take care of Americans first.
PATRICK CHAPPATTE
Chappatte on the Mosul Offensive
Worldly powers devise a plan to take the Iraqi city back from the Islamic State.
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Where We Stand After the Debates
Readers discuss Donald Trump’s refusal to say he’ll accept the election results, the failure to ask questions about “the most important issue” and more.
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Police Shooting of a Mentally Ill Woman
A psychiatrist writes that “police officers need training to recognize symptoms of mental illness and choose emergency rooms over jail cells.”
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An Officer’s Duty Not to Vote?
A writer disagrees with a major’s view that taking a partisan stand in the voting booth could compromise his military duties.
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Sentenced in Iran
A onetime Unicef official calls on the U.N. secretary general to take up the case of a former colleague.
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A More Prosperous Time
A reader points to evidence that America is not “going in the wrong direction.”
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Treating Diabetes
The Joslin Diabetes Center writes about the “motivational roadblocks of blame and shame.”
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Charter Schools and Civil Rights
Readers discuss the N.A.A.C.P.’s call for a moratorium on expansion of charter schools.
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Climate Silence Goes Way Beyond Debate Moderators
By ANDREW C. REVKIN
Do the moderators of the presidential debates deserve scorn for leaving out climate change?
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Clinton and Trump Do Battle in the Final Presidential Debate
By NICHOLAS KRISTOF
Nicholas Kristof live-tweets and fact checks the showdown.
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No Justice in Iran
By CAROL GIACOMO
Iranian hardliners have intensified their anti-Western crackdown by sentencing two Iranian-Americans to 10 years in prison.
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A Walk Through The Pacific Crest Trail
By BARNEY SCOUT MANN
Photos of the spectacular 2,650-mile-long dirt path.
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