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Joe Nocera
Joe Nocera is an editor and writer at The Free Press. During his long career in journalism, he has been a columnist at The New York Times, Bloomberg, Esquire, and GQ, the editorial director of Fortune, and a writer at Newsweek, Texas Monthly and The Washington Monthly. He was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in 2007.
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‘They Want to Dismantle the System’
Immigration courts were already struggling to clear a massive backlog of cases. Then the Trump administration started firing judges.
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What the Epstein Emails Reveal
I didn’t think the Epstein scandal could still shock me. I was wrong.
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Inside Trump’s Crypto Cash Machine
His meme coin was the start of a crypto empire that has added billions to the president’s net worth—and left many suspicions.
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Two Drinks with. . . the Greatest Living Magazine Writer
You’re not well-dressed unless you wear a hat, according to Gay Talese. And you should keep in mind what will be written in your obituary.
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Anne Roark and Marshall Goldberg on How to Save a Marriage
After 41 years together, two children, and a mental health crisis, one realization held them together: ‘This family is worth holding onto.’
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Two Drinks with. . . the Guy Who Gets Wall Street
Andrew Ross Sorkin wanted to meet at the bar where one of the most famous speculators of all time shot himself. How could I refuse?
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Trump and RFK’s Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Autism Press Conference
What made the president and his health chief’s comments on Tylenol and autism such a disaster? Let us count the ways.
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A TikTok Deal? Don’t Count On It.
On Monday, the U.S. announced the ‘framework’ of a TikTok deal with China. Does that mean a deal is actually on the way? Or is it just another head…
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Joe Nocera: Stop Worshipping Guns
Kirk was right. We will never eliminate gun deaths. But he was also right that we can dramatically reduce gun violence.
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Things Worth Remembering: ‘All You Have to Do Is Move Your Little Finger’
More than 30 years after Stephen Sondheim wrote about the terrible simplicity of pulling a trigger, the U.S. continues to live out his refrain.
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Could ‘Hamilton’ Be Made Today?
As the smash-hit musical celebrates its 10th anniversary, it feels like a time capsule from a different America.
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How New York Became a City of Billionaires
How did this city become so rich and so impoverished? Jonathan Mahler, author of a new history, will join my colleague Peter Savodnik live at 4 p.m…
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