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Sigmund Rolat, Who Used His Wealth to Memorialize Polish Jews, Dies at 93
A Holocaust survivor and a shipping financier, he returned to his home country, where his parents and brother perished, to…
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In Final Analysis, N.Y. Legislative Session Is Defined by Its Omissions
The State Legislature passed a climate bill that would force polluters to pay into a “cost recovery” fund, but the…
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I’m Choking on My Neighbor’s Smoke. But She’s Rent-Stabilized. What Can I Do?
When it comes to rent-stabilized tenants, legal claims against co-ops are tricky. Ultimately, it’s the apartment’s owner who must take…
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No, Byron Donalds, Jim Crow Didn’t Create Stronger Black Families
At an event in Philadelphia promoting Donald Trump and the Republican Party on Tuesday, Representative Byron Donalds of Florida made…
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The Napoleon of Your Living Room
Gary Friedman hates meetings. A 66-year-old with apparently limitless energy and a perpetual tan, Mr. Friedman is the chief executive…
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When the Money Is Under the Mattress. Or in the Freezer. Or a Shoebox.
Older people who stash large sums of cash in their homes think it’s safer there than anyplace else. But they…
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An Object Lesson From Covid on How to Destroy Public Trust
Big chunks of the history of the Covid pandemic were rewritten over the last month or so in a way…
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This Glorious Celebration Shows What Border Communities Can Be
The sky was muddy gray when I arrived at the Sams Memorial Stadium parking lot on a cool February afternoon.…
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The Woes of Donald Trump Will Never Rise to the Level of Public Tragedy
When a Manhattan jury found Donald J. Trump guilty, it should have sent shock waves through the nation. Yet, though…
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My Mom Had Alzheimer’s. Now I Do Too. But I Learned From Her Not to Despair.
My mother spent the last three decades of her life afflicted by the loss of memory and control that comes…