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The Tax Break for Children, Except the Ones Who Need It Most The child tax credit, begun in 1997 as a tax cut, has become an anti-poverty program. But more than a third of children don't receive it because their parents earn too little. Politics · Dec 16	Andrea Morales for The New York Times
Andrea Morales for The New York Times The Tax Break for Children, Except the Ones Who Need It Most The child tax credit, begun in 1997 as a tax cut, has become an anti-poverty program. But more than a third of children don't receive it because their parents earn too little. Politics · Dec 16

Trump Impeachment Trial in Doubt as Democrats Weigh Withholding Articles Speaker Nancy Pelosi said she would wait to see what the trial in the Senate would look like before sending the two charges there. Politics · Dec 19	Erin Schaff/The New York Times
Erin Schaff/The New York Times Trump Impeachment Trial in Doubt as Democrats Weigh Withholding Articles Speaker Nancy Pelosi said she would wait to see what the trial in the Senate would look like before sending the two charges there. Politics · Dec 19

Ian Macdougall How McKinsey Makes Its Own Rules The consulting company chases after government contracts, but it has a habit of evading the oversight that comes with them. Dec 14	Gulshan Khan for The New York Times
Gulshan Khan for The New York Times Ian Macdougall How McKinsey Makes Its Own Rules The consulting company chases after government contracts, but it has a habit of evading the oversight that comes with them. Dec 14

Suzanne Nossel Fool Us Once, Shame on You. Fool Us in 2020, Shame on Us. The last election weakened our democracy. Why aren't we preparing for the next one? Dec 17	Emma Goldberg What Was Lost in 'the Last Good War' Letters and recordings keep a family connected, 75 years after the Battle of the Bulge. Dec 15
Suzanne Nossel Fool Us Once, Shame on You. Fool Us in 2020, Shame on Us. The last election weakened our democracy. Why aren't we preparing for the next one? Dec 17

Emma Goldberg What Was Lost in 'the Last Good War' Letters and recordings keep a family connected, 75 years after the Battle of the Bulge. Dec 15