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Canada Is Killing Itself

The country gave its citizens the right to die. Doctors are struggling to keep up with demand.

Inside the Fight Tearing Apart the Ivy League

Should universities admit that they need to reform—or does that only make them more vulnerable to Donald Trump?

No One in the White House Knows How to Stop Ebola

We had a playbook for handling biothreats. Then Trump pushed out the people who knew how to use it.

Trump Invites Putin to Step Foot in America

The Art of the Deal president hopes he can broker peace.

How Not to Fix American Democracy

A new book argues for making the U.S. a “true” democracy, but fails at the essential strategy of persuasion.

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