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Will Donald Trump Cave on Social Security?
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The president-elect’s own advisers, as well as congressional Republicans, will gladly help him break his promise to protect Social Security. 
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Behold, Steve Bannon’s Hip-Hop Shakespeare Rewrite: ‘Coriolanus’
By DANIEL POLLACK-PELZNER
A rap musical based on Shakespeare provides an unexpected look into the ideals of Donald Trump’s chief strategist. Comments
NICHOLAS KRISTOF
Donald Trump: The Russian Poodle
Vladimir Putin is being rewarded for his attack on the United States. Comments
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What Donald Trump Doesn’t Know About Black People
By MICHAEL ERIC DYSON
The unifying force in the United States is whiteness. Comments
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Arguing the Truth with Trump and Putin
By MASHA GESSEN
Imagine the conversation we’d be having if we weren’t debating facts.
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One Way Not to Be Like Trump
By PETER WEHNER
The case for political moderation in our immoderate age. Comments
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Unequal Sentences for Blacks and Whites
By THE EDITORIAL BOARD
A Florida newspaper exposes a judicial system where skin color determines time behind bars.
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A Pro Bono Dream Team Takes On the N.R.A.
By THE EDITORIAL BOARD
The gun industry, and the lawmakers who do their bidding, will be facing a potent new adversary.
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Is Donald Trump a Threat to Democracy?
By STEVEN LEVITSKY and DANIEL ZIBLATT
With norms weakening, past stability is no guarantee of our government’s future survival. Comments
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White Resentment on the Night Shift at Walmart
By TRACIE McMILLAN
My co-workers had uncertain futures, and no easy explanation for why the American dream didn’t work out for them. Comments
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The Tent Cities of San Francisco
By DANIEL DUANE
Adam McCauley
“I shouldn’t have to see the pain, struggle and despair of homeless people to and from my way to work every day.” Comments
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Babies Everywhere, but Not for Us
By DANIELLE MOYLAN
We’d gone to Afghanistan for work. Could we have a family too?
Aleppo Rebuilt, With Cardboard and Colored Pencil
By ALEX KALMAN and MOHAMMED QUTAISH
A young artist recreates the city he remembered.
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Donald Trump’s Foreign Policy Team: Built to Fail
By JAMES MANN
Strong disagreement seems inevitable among the president-elect’s inexperienced advisers.
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Charlie Sykes on Where the Right Went Wrong
By CHARLES J. SYKES
I’m a conservative, not a “Judas goat.” But that’s what a Trump supporter from the tribal bubble I helped create called me. Comments
Gray Matter
Are Americans Experiencing Collective Trauma?
By NEIL GROSS
If they weren’t before the election, they are now.
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‘I Wish I Had a Pair of Scissors, So I Could Cut Out Your Tongue’
By ALINA SIMONE
How big a problem is bullying on the school bus? Bigger than we think.
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My Family Was Interned. Now They’re With Trump.
By AMANDA SAKUMA
They responded to years in confinement by rapidly assimilating into American culture — and supporting the president-elect.
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Preaching the Gospel of Diversity, but Not Following It
By LIZ SPAYD
The Times needs to do a far better job hiring people of color as the country it covers grows more diverse and its ambitions become more global. Comments
The Strip
The Holidays’ Hottest Gifts
By BRIAN McFADDEN
December 18, 2016 — By Brian McFadden
The right pair of glasses can transform the nation’s laughingstock into its energy secretary.
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Now, America, You Know How Chileans Felt
By ARIEL DORFMAN
The C.I.A. says Russia rigged the U.S. election. The same C.I.A. that helped overthrow my country’s democracy.
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Art in a Time of Atrocity
By BRAD EVANS and BRACHA L. ETTINGER
It can heal and restore memory when witnesses have been erased.
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Loretta Lynch’s Parting Message
By ERNESTO LONDOÑO
The departing attorney general reminded marginalized communities that change often comes from the ground up.
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The City Could Have Saved This 6-Year-Old
By THE EDITORIAL BOARD
The point of a child-welfare system in a city like New York is to make sure that no child falls through the cracks.
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A Dangerous Choice for Ambassador to Israel
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Mr. Trump’s chosen representative is more likely to provoke conflict than promote peace. Comments
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6,000 Miles on a Shopping Bike
By TIM MOORE
Riding the Iron Curtain Trail in winter probably makes one an epic fool, not an epic hero. But I had to believe otherwise.
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Donald Trump’s Israel Ambassador Pick Is Hazardous to Peace
By DANIEL C. KURTZER
The selection of David Friedman, a bankruptcy lawyer with extremist views, is a serious mistake.
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The Humiliations of Life After Congress
By STEVE ISRAEL
Sooner or later, we all return to the highest honor our nation bestows: being a good citizen. Comments
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