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For the First Time, a Black Woman Will Lead The Harvard Crimson, The World Needs to Quit Coal. Why Is It So Hard?, The Suburbs Are Changing. But Not in All the Ways Liberals Hope., What's Stronger Than a Blue Wave? Gerrymandered Districts

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An experimental newsletter of the stories you might have missed, curated by Times editors and personalized for you with machine learning. An experimental newsletter of the stories you might have missed, curated by Times editors and personalized for you with machine learning. Best of The Times Signature journalism of the last week Brian Ulrich for The New York Times The American Casualties of Trump's Trade War Tariffs on Chinese imports have endangered small business around the United States — a growing nightmare that critics say the president could have avoided. Magazine · Nov 28 Brian Ulrich for The New York Times The American Casualties of Trump's Trade War Tariffs on Chinese imports have endangered small business around the United States — a growing nightmare that critics say the president could have avoided. Magazine · Nov 28 A Business With No End Where does this strange empire start or stop? Style · Nov 27 Melissa Golden for The New York Times How a Liberal Couple Became Two of N.Y.'s Biggest Trump Supporters Bill White and Bryan Eure supported Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton. Now they are fund-raising for President Trump and have his sons' numbers on speed dial. New York · Nov 26 A Business With No End Where does this strange empire start or stop? Style · Nov 27 Melissa Golden for The New York Times How a Liberal Couple Became Two of N.Y.'s Biggest Trump Supporters Bill White and Bryan Eure supported Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton. Now they are fund-raising for President Trump and have his sons' numbers on speed dial. New York · Nov 26 News You Might Have Missed Stories, analyses and explainers For the First Time, a Black Woman Will Lead The Harvard Crimson Kristine E. Guillaume, of Queens, made it through a rigorous process to take charge of a student publication once run by Franklin D. Roosevelt. Media · Nov 25 Kayana Szymczak for The New York Times Kayana Szymczak for The New York Times For the First Time, a Black Woman Will Lead The Harvard Crimson Kristine E. Guillaume, of Queens, made it through a rigorous process to take charge of a student publication once run by Franklin D. Roosevelt. Media · Nov 25 The World Needs to Quit Coal. Why Is It So Hard? Coal, the most polluting of energy sources, shows no sign of disappearing three years after the Paris agreement, when world leaders promised decisive action against global warming. Climate · Nov 24 Rebecca Conway for The New York Times Rebecca Conway for The New York Times The World Needs to Quit Coal. Why Is It So Hard? Coal, the most polluting of energy sources, shows no sign of disappearing three years after the Paris agreement, when world leaders promised decisive action against global warming. Climate · Nov 24 The Suburbs Are Changing. But Not in All the Ways Liberals Hope. Though Democrats dominated the suburbs in the midterms, some of those gains may be fragile. The Upshot · Nov 26 What's Stronger Than a Blue Wave? Gerrymandered Districts It wasn't a wave everywhere. In North Carolina and other states, gerrymandered congressional maps played a big role in keeping down Democratic gains. Politics · Nov 29 The Suburbs Are Changing. But Not in All the Ways Liberals Hope. Though Democrats dominated the suburbs in the midterms, some of those gains may be fragile. The Upshot · Nov 26 What's Stronger Than a Blue Wave? Gerrymandered Districts It wasn't a wave everywhere. In North Carolina and other states, gerrymandered congressional maps played a big role in keeping down Democratic gains. Politics · Nov 29 ADVERTISEMENT Opinion Commentary from some of the world's most provocative thinkers By PARKER MOLLOY How Twitter's Ban on 'Deadnaming' Promotes Free Speech Trans people are less likely to speak up if they know they're going to be constantly told they don't exist. Nov 29 Kelsey Wroten Kelsey Wroten By PARKER MOLLOY How Twitter's Ban on 'Deadnaming' Promotes Free Speech Trans people are less likely to speak up if they know they're going to be constantly told they don't exist. Nov 29 By DAVID BROOKS It's Not the Economy, Stupid How to conduct economic policy in an age of social collapse. Nov 29 By MOISES VELASQUEZ-MANOFF Can We Stop Suicides? It's been way too long since there was a new class of drugs to treat depression. Ketamine might be the solution. Nov 30 By DAVID BROOKS It's Not the Economy, Stupid How to conduct economic policy in an age of social collapse. Nov 29 By MOISES VELASQUEZ-MANOFF Can We Stop Suicides? It's been way too long since there was a new class of drugs to treat depression. Ketamine might be the solution. Nov 30 Discover Coverage on topics we think you'll like Peyton Fulford for The New York Times Emerging From Migos as His Own Man: The Metamorphosis of Offset As the rapper readies a solo album that reveals more about his interior life than ever before, he talks about Cardi B, his car crash and his path to fame. Music · Nov 29 Photo illustration by Derek Brahney/New Studio. Alligator: Getty Images. Girl: Fox Photos, via Getty Images. When Is 'Civility' a Duty, and When Is It a Trap? Sometimes it manages conflict and preserves our freedom; sometimes it does precisely the opposite. We may be obligated to sort out which is which. Magazine · Nov 28 Peyton Fulford for The New York Times Emerging From Migos as His Own Man: The Metamorphosis of Offset As the rapper readies a solo album that reveals more about his interior life than ever before, he talks about Cardi B, his car crash and his path to fame. Music · Nov 29 Photo illustration by Derek Brahney/New Studio. Alligator: Getty Images. Girl: Fox Photos, via Getty Images. When Is 'Civility' a Duty, and When Is It a Trap? Sometimes it manages conflict and preserves our freedom; sometimes it does precisely the opposite. We may be obligated to sort out which is which. Magazine · Nov 28 Carlos Cardona Review: Exploring Addiction in 'Chasing the New White Whale' The playwright Mike Gorman tries to equate Melville's "Moby-Dick" with the opioid crisis. The ambition is there, but the play falls short. Theater · Nov 26 Valerie Macon/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images The Playlist: Mark Ronson and Miley Cyrus's Melodrama, and 9 More New Songs Hear tracks by Grimes, Jeff Tweedy, Meek Mill, Mary Halvorson and others. Music · Nov 30 Carlos Cardona Review: Exploring Addiction in 'Chasing the New White Whale' The playwright Mike Gorman tries to equate Melville's "Moby-Dick" with the opioid crisis. The ambition is there, but the play falls short. Theater · Nov 26 Valerie Macon/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images The Playlist: Mark Ronson and Miley Cyrus's Melodrama, and 9 More New Songs Hear tracks by Grimes, Jeff Tweedy, Meek Mill, Mary Halvorson and others. Music · Nov 30 🤞 Are we getting it right? To refine this experience, we need to hear from you. Are you enjoying this newsletter? Are we offering you the right mix of stories? Where can we improve? 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