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Banana Peels for Xi Jinping

There’s a Soviet joke that has long circulated in China, about a man who is arrested for protesting in Moscow’s…

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New York’s Plan to Address Crisis of Mentally Ill Faces High Hurdles

Many city residents agree something needs to be done to remove people with severe mental illness from public places. But…

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The Communist Party Is Losing China’s People

BEIJING — The scenes in China in recent days have been electrifying. Last weekend, in several cities across the country,…

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On City Streets, Fear and Hope as Mayor Launches Push To Remove Mentally Ill

Mayor Eric Adams intends to remove people with severe, untreated mental illness from the streets. That will mean involuntary hospitalization…

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Shabbat Is a Salve, and a Scene

After pandemic separation and a recent surge in antisemitism, more young people — Jewish and not — seem to be…

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‘Breach of the Big Silence.’ Protests Stretch China’s Censorship to Its Limits

Days later, videos of chants and confrontations are still visible on the Chinese internet. It’s a sign of how a…

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Taking Brunt of Lockdown, Migrant Workers Fuel China’s Latest Protests

Although security forces have reasserted control in many cities, poor workers could help maintain the pushback against Beijing’s strict Covid…

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A Snapshot of Homelessness Policies Around the U.S. and the World

New York City officials plan to remove mentally ill people from streets and subways. Here’s a quick look at how…

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Harvard, Herschel Walker and ‘Tokenism’

We are at a moment in which tokenism is on trial. This is true both in terms of the Supreme…

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The Elusive Dream of Owning a Home in New York City

For many middle- and working-class New Yorkers, it’s an even more distant possibility than it used to be.

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