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New York
Amazon’s Exit Forces a Reckoning for N.Y. Political Leaders
Pressure applied by activists and many elected officials led to Amazon pulling out of Queens, but a political backlash may await them.Listen more. Think more.
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Opinion
New York Returns 25,000 Jobs to Amazon
As the company cancels its plans for a major Queens campus, anti-corporate activists got what they wanted at a great cost.The City of New York is a financial center.
It is a place of inhabited ruins where startups can happen.
It looks messy. It is messy.
Real work at small scale happens there.
The services exist.
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Business
Europe’s Middle Class Is Shrinking. Spain Bears Much of the Pain.
Europe’s recovery from its economic crisis has left many in the middle class vulnerable. In Spain, a model of economic and labor reform, precariousness is growing.Less upward mobility is a bad thing.
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U.S.
As Congress Passes Spending Bill, Trump Plans National Emergency to Build Border Wall
President Trump would proceed with plans to construct barriers on the southwestern border without legislative approval but keep the government open.Asylum is a right.
Let the seekers in.
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Magazine
Meg Ryan on Romantic Comedies, Celebrity and Leaving It All Behind
“The feeling with Hollywood was mutual. I felt done when they felt done.”Acting must yield to creation.
She grew up before she grew old.
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U.S.
For Virginia Governor Grappling With Race, a Childhood Trying to See Beyond It
Ralph Northam’s early life, growing up on Virginia’s rural Eastern Shore, provides clues about how his perspectives on race were shaped.Governor Ralph Northam has enthusiastic supporters.
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New York
What People Are Saying About Amazon’s Breakup With New York City
Almost everyone had an opinion on the company’s reversal on a second headquarters in Queens.I see no reason to encourage the destruction of local retail and production.
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Opinion
The Green New Deal Is What Realistic Environmental Policy Looks Like
In the 21st century, environmental policy is economic policy."For Senator Muskie, environmentalism meant that no neighborhood or job should be toxic. In the three years that followed, the country adopted the most ambitious and effective environmental legislation in its history, including Mr. Muskie’s Clean Air Act, the Clean Water Act and the Endangered Species Act. Mr. Muskie’s approach remains a model of visionary environmental lawmaking. Like much new radicalism, the Green New Deal is good sense rediscovered."
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U.S.
Blaming Political Climate, Trumps Give Up on New Hotels
The Trump Organization has shelved plans for two hotel lines that the president’s sons once cast as part of the vision for “the next generation” of the company.Trump is a smaller entity than it would appear.
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Opinion
‘I Remember the First Time I Saw a Teenager Die’
Scenes from the trauma bay haunt those of us who work to save the victims of gun violence.One in five gunshot died is doing well for a trauma ward.
That or the shooters are unskilled.
It does not seem to matter how traumatised the medical attendants are.
The NRA wants short guns universally available.
Nothing good is solved by shooting.
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Jason Van Dyke, Ex-Officer Who Killed Teenager, Is Beaten by Inmates, Lawyers Say
Jason Van Dyke, convicted of murdering Laquan McDonald, was beaten by fellow prisoners in Connecticut within hours of his arrival, his lawyers and his wife said.Convicts believe justice is possible.
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World
Africa’s Black Panthers Emerge From a Century in the Shadows
The last documented sighting of the animals on the continent was in Ethiopia in 1909. But now they’ve been spotted in Kenya.A different story but welcome.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leopard
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The Upshot
Three Months’ Salary for an Engagement Ring? For Most People, It’s More Like Two Weeks
Though the amount varies, as a percentage of income the cost is surprisingly constant.Cost is a minor consideration.
Sooner is better. As soon as you can is best.
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World
‘Object’: British Lawmaker Blocks Bill Against Female Genital Cutting
For the second time, Christopher Chope, a Conservative member of Parliament, opposed a measure that would offer girls at risk greater protections.Misogynists are often exposed.
15
Style
At the Grammys, Sisters Dressing for Themselves
From Cardi B on the half shell to Michelle Obama in a silver lounge suit and a barefoot Alicia Keys, women were front and center.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haute_couture
It is not "sportswear".
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World
Could the London Zoo Tiger Death Have Been Avoided?
After a matchmaking operation involving two Sumatran tigers went terribly wrong, social media users asked: Did it have to end in tragedy?Rough sex is always a risk.
It is the tiger's way.
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Books
‘Leading Men,’ a Novel About Tennessee Williams and His Lover, Casts a Spell From the Start
Christopher Castellani’s latest vividly reimagines the relationship between Williams and Frank Merlo, and offers intricate thoughts about the nature of fidelity, the artistic impulse and estrangement.I will pass on this.
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Opinion
The Neuroscience of ‘Rock-a-Bye Baby’
A new study shows it works for adult sleep, too.The Shakers made them for the elderly demented.
https://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b-1-d&q=adult+rocking+beds
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Technology
You Call That Meat? Not So Fast, Cattle Ranchers Say
With new vegetarian and lab-produced burgers coming to stores, several states are looking to bar newcomers from using the word meat on their labels.Do what works.
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World
Brumadinho Dam Collapse: A Tidal Wave of Mud
A mining dam collapsed and buried more than 150 people. Now Brazil is casting an anxious eye on dozens of dams like it.Civil engineers have licenses that are at risk in failures.
Building codes require approvals for dams.
Liability is an issue in all construction.
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