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U.S.
Health Care and Insurance Industries Mobilize to Kill ‘Medicare for All’
Doctors, hospitals, drug companies and insurers have a simple message: The Affordable Care Act works reasonably well and should be improved, not repealed or replaced with a big new public program.Change will be resisted.
There is an established relationship with the insurance industry. The industry and its payments will end with medicare for all.
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Style
It Was the Hottest Oscar Night Party. What Happened?
Vanity Fair has ruled the roost, but its guest list is bloated by corporate sponsorships. And now there’s competition from Jay-Z.Possibly the corporate noise is excessive.
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Science
Why Do Zebras Have Stripes? Scientists Camouflaged Horses to Find Out
If you spend time around horses or flies, you might want to invest in some zebra print.Not a bad idea.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dazzle_camouflage
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Travel
Taos Had History and Mystique, but Few Skiers. Can a New Owner Change That?
With a $300 million investment and upgraded amenities, the New Mexico ski area was attempting a revival without losing its soul. A fatal avalanche tested that effort even further.A nice puff piece.
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Travel
Bonaire: Where Coral and Cactus Thrive, and the Sea Soothes the Soul
In a dying reef world, the writer explores the underwater bliss of a little Caribbean island that is showing the world just how to save coral.Ok, its winter still.
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New York
The Upper West Side’s Banishment of ‘Trump’ on Buildings Is Almost Complete
The last two buildings in the Riverside complex that once bore the president’s name have voted to remove it.The ugly buildings remain.
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Opinion
Netflix Is the Most Intoxicating Portal to Planet Earth
Instead of trying to sell American ideas to a foreign audience, it’s aiming to sell international ideas to a global audience.Story first.
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Magazine
Shopping in Pyongyang, and Other Adventures in North Korean Capitalism
Far from the stereotype of total economic isolation, the black market has brought a surprising degree of modernity and consumerism — for some."Some are more equal than others."
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Business
The Shutdown Made Sara Nelson Into America’s Most Powerful Flight Attendant
A rising star of the labor movement, she’s made a career of getting unruly people to do what she wants.She is doing good work.
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U.S.
Florida Student, 11, Arrested After Dispute Over His Refusal to Say Pledge of Allegiance
The student had not recited the pledge all school year at his middle school in Lakeland, Fla., but a substitute teacher confronted him about it this month.The substitute teacher had not read the rulebook.
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Smarter Living
The Medical Tech that Helps You When Your Doctor Can’t
A new breed of tech company wants to fill the gaps between you, your doctor and your health insurance.There should be some fixes applied to health care.
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Your Money
A Teacher’s Student Loans Were Forgiven. Then FedLoan Wrecked His Credit.
Jed Shafer thought his work navigating the troubled public service loan forgiveness program was finished. He found out he was wrong when Lowe’s turned him away at the register.Lending agencies want their pound of flesh.
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World
Venezuela Closes Border to 3 Caribbean Islands Ahead of Aid Showdown
The move against Aruba, Bonaire and Curaçao came before a Saturday deadline by the Venezuelan opposition and the Trump administration for President Nicolás Maduro to end a blockade."The beatings will continue until morale improves."
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New York
She Fought for Stronger Sexual Abuse Laws. Her Son Was the Reason.
For years, Margaret Markey, a former Queens assemblywoman, pushed for the Child Victims Act, which recently passed. She was driven by her son’s own incident of abuse.A needed change.
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Technology
How an App Creates ‘Disturbingly Agile Millennial Thumbs’
Isabella Kwai, a reporter in Australia, rarely takes notes on paper anymore and instead uses her iPhone. She can still look sources in the eye while typing.I have a preference for a real keyboard.
I am considering an iPhone.
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Movies
The Lustful Middle School Girl Rises
Thanks to “PEN15,” “Eighth Grade” and “Big Mouth,” the awkward, weird and sex-obsessed pubescent girl is having a moment.The girls and boys usually figure it out.
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World
Teenage ISIS Member Who Wants to Return to U.K. Gives Birth
Shamima Begum, 19, had expressed little regret for joining the terrorist group but wanted to return home to protect the health of her child. Her son was born in a refugee camp.Welcome them back.
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World
Anti-Semitic Taunts by Yellow Vests Prompt French Soul-Searching
The insults hurled at Alain Finkielkraut, a prominent intellectual, crystallized a number of dark elements in a climate of public tension.Even monsters can feel abused.
Owning a required yellow vest and buying motor fuel are the only membership requirements.
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Climate
Becoming Greta: ‘Invisible Girl’ to Global Climate Activist, With Bumps Along the Way
A Swedish girl’s solitary act of civil disobedience has turned her into a symbol for climate action. But her path hasn’t been easy.She is doing more than her share.
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U.S.
A Green New Deal Is Technologically Possible. Its Political Prospects Are Another Question.
The technology is feasible for a Green New Deal, though experts doubt its goals could be accomplished as quickly as advocates hope. Finding money and political will is a bigger challenge.It will be done.
Sooner is better. As soon as you can is best.
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