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An Angry Trump Struggles to Understand Iran’s Defiant Leaders

Iran’s leaders have perplexed several American presidents, perhaps none more than President Trump.

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Aug 4 • 2:28 PM EDT • Politics • nytimes.com
19 defendants charged in Pennsylvania home healthcare fraud schemes

Nineteen defendants are facing criminal charges following an investigation into healthcare fraud in Pennsylvania, officials said.

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Aug 4 • 12:01 PM EDT • Health • nbcphiladelphia.com
Darwin Was Right: These Plants Are Carnivores

Scientists have proved that a species of plant covered with sticky hairs is carnivorous, confirming Darwin’s 150-year-old hunch.

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Aug 4 • 11:00 AM EDT • Science • nytimes.com
What to Watch in the Kansas Primaries: Can Republicans Flip a Governor’s Mansion?

Republicans see the marquee race to lead the state as perhaps their best chance this year to win a governorship held by Democrats.

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Aug 4 • 10:33 AM EDT • Politics • nytimes.com
Ariana Grande and the Debate Over Health, Privacy and Celebrity

The pop star has long pushed back on comments about her weight loss, urging fans to be “gentler.” As her fame reached new heights, so did the scrutiny.

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Aug 4 • 5:04 AM EDT • Health • nytimes.com
Opinion | David Ellison: In Defense of the Paramount-Warner Deal

The issue is whether I can be trusted as a steward of CNN

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Aug 4 • 5:03 AM EDT • Politics • nytimes.com
Mamdani Offers 50 Ways to Aid Small Business, From Barbershops to Bingo

As a mayoral candidate, Zohran Mamdani focused on the difficulties of running a small business in New York City, coining the term “halalflation” in a viral video.

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Aug 4 • 3:00 AM EDT • Business • nytimes.com
Former public health director helps launch new healthcare model in Rochester

During "Connections with Evan Dawson" on 8/4/26, Dr. Michael Mendoza explains a new healthcare model available to local seniors. Then, in "Connections Summer Sessions," teens on curbing gun violence.

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Aug 4 • 12:00 AM EDT • Health • wxxinews.org
New Mexico Power Equipment emphasizes customer service, Stihl equipment repairs

Sean Gabriel, a Santa Fe native who moved around in his teens and 20s, said he’s used to launching and running businesses.

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Aug 3 • 9:00 PM EDT • Business • santafenewmexican.com
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An Emerging Deal Between Iran and Oman to Reopen Hormuz Would Come at a Cost for Trump

The deal would address President Trump’s most urgent political problem by allowing ships to move again. But it would give Iran strategic leverage it did not have before the war.

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Aug 3 • 8:47 PM EDT • Politics • nytimes.com
House Ethics Panel Finds Rep. Chuck Edwards Likely Violated Sexual Harassment Rules

The Ethics Committee called for the censure of Representative Chuck Edwards, Republican of North Carolina, who showered two female staffers with lavish gifts and affection.

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Aug 3 • 4:58 PM EDT • Politics • nytimes.com
Chino Hills Murder-Kidnapping Tied to Business Dispute, Officials Say

The execution-style killing last week stunned the city of Chino Hills, an upper-middle-class community roughly 35 miles east of downtown Los Angeles.

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Aug 3 • 3:23 PM EDT • Business • nytimes.com
CHANCELL-ING: A Hopeful Conversation about Adolescent Mental Health

When our daughters were teenagers, LeShelle and I had many conversations about when we should give them cellphones. We were sensitive to potential mental health challenges that adolescents faced related to cellphone use and social media. We wanted to be careful about exposing our daughters to the inherit risks of social media, which were still emerging at that time.

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Aug 3 • 12:10 PM EDT • Health • ucdavis.edu
Augusta Health Announces Internal Medicine Residents Class of 2029

New Psychiatry Residency Program Approved to Help Meet Growing Behavioral Health Needs FISHERSVILLE, VIRGINIA — Augusta Health is proud to welcome its third class of Internal Medicine residents. On July 1, fifteen new resident physicians began their training, continuing Augusta Health’s commitment to developing the next generation of healthcare providers for our community. The new […]

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Aug 3 • 10:58 AM EDT • Health • augustahealth.com
Kay Granger, Pathbreaking Texas Congresswoman, Dies at 83

She was the first Republican woman from the state to be elected to Congress. It caused a stir in 2024 when she was discovered to be residing in a senior living facility while still in office.

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Aug 3 • 9:11 AM EDT • Politics • nytimes.com
Read the key chapter in dispute

Here is the section that the author of the Democratic Party’s 2024 autopsy says was missing when the Democratic National Committee released a draft of the overall document in May. The party denied ever receiving the chapter.

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Aug 3 • 6:47 AM EDT • Politics • nytimes.com
Opinion | A Reading List for Our Age of A.I.

A.I. is a political theory. And it is gobbling up our democracy.

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Aug 3 • 5:01 AM EDT • Politics • nytimes.com
What Are Companies Getting for All That A.I. Spending?

A new field of “tokenomics” has emerged to measure the return on all the money companies are pouring into artificial intelligence.

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Aug 3 • 5:00 AM EDT • Business • nytimes.com
Blanche Gives G.O.P. Senators Written Assurances on Trump’s I.R.S. Deal

Todd Blanche’s confirmation as attorney general has been held up over concerns about a planned $1.8 billion fund for Trump allies and the president’s immunity from tax scrutiny.

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Aug 3 • 1:18 AM EDT • Politics • nytimes.com
DC youth take on mental health in new podcast

A group of D.C. students has been hard at work on a podcast about mental health and the many pressures that young people face. This new podcast is called “Behind the Smile: Teens and Mental Health in America.” The students who worked on it told News4 it’s really been a labor of love to help their peers who may be…

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Aug 3 • 12:17 AM EDT • Health • nbcwashington.com
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Three teenage brothers open creemee stand in Essex Junction as hands-on business education

Malachi, Messiah and Jaleel McMillan run Black Ice daily on Park Street.

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Aug 2 • 7:12 PM EDT • Business • wcax.com
Rise in U.S. preteen suicide rate alarms mental health experts

Mental health experts and advocates are calling for more mental health check-ins with preteens, earlier screenings and tailored interventions for different groups of preteens.

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Aug 2 • 5:47 PM EDT • Health • adn.com
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For a Day, Google Made It Easy to Spoof Satellite Imagery

A new Google Earth tool allowed the creation of A.I. deepfake maps. The tech giant quickly pulled it back after a backlash and concerns about disinformation risks.

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Aug 2 • 3:25 PM EDT • Technology • nytimes.com
Titans to sign DB Derrick Canteen
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Aug 2 • 3:05 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
A Muny dream comes true for 13‑year‑old Myles Lacey

Thirteen‑year‑old Myles Lacey has sung in stadiums, on television and at events across the region. But stepping onto The Muny stage this week as part of the youth ensemble for Ain’t Too Proud: The Life and Times of The Temptations was different. For the first time, he wasn’t there to sing. He was there to […]

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Aug 2 • 11:49 AM EDT • Entertainment • stlamerican.com
Can Democratic Socialists Agree on Anything? They Say That’s Not the Point.

At a national summit of the Democratic Socialists of America, nervous energy and a sprawling tableau of sometimes-competing interests were on display.

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Aug 2 • 5:01 AM EDT • Politics • nytimes.com
The Ultra-Rich Are Moving to Miami, and Want Their Money Managers There, Too

Tax incentives, among other benefits, have drawn the ultrawealthy to the city. And they need space for the firms that manage their money.

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Aug 2 • 5:00 AM EDT • Business • nytimes.com
How a Top Law Firm Went From Standing Up to Trump to Bending the Knee

Paul Weiss was a progressive stalwart for decades and led the legal resistance against President Trump in his first term. Then it surrendered without a fight. This is the inside story of its transformation.

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Aug 2 • 5:00 AM EDT • Politics • nytimes.com
U.S. Restores Some Vaccine and Health Aid to Unicef, Gavi and World Food Programme

The amount is still far below what the U.S. spent previously on humanitarian and health aid, but resumes the flow of money for key efforts to fight malnutrition and disease.

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Aug 2 • 5:00 AM EDT • Health • nytimes.com
Health experts warn summer relief may hide ongoing mental health struggles for teens

Teenagers may seem happier once school ends, but mental health experts say summer can mask anxiety and depression rather than resolve it.

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Aug 2 • 5:00 AM EDT • Health • whyy.org
Mitch McConnell, Still Hospitalized, Misses Signature Kentucky Political Picnic

Senator Mitch McConnell’s ongoing hospitalization meant he missed his final chance to attend the signature western Kentucky event while in office.

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Aug 1 • 6:59 PM EDT • Politics • nytimes.com
Going for a Spin

Ralph Sharaga and Doug Peterson want to know: What would it take to get you into this puzzle today?

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Aug 1 • 6:00 PM EDT • Technology • nytimes.com
Trump Calls for $1.8 Billion Fund Over Blanche Attorney General Fight

The president vowed to push for the payout fund if Senate Republicans fail to confirm Todd Blanche as attorney general, reigniting a dispute over the settlement.

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Aug 1 • 4:14 PM EDT • Politics • nytimes.com
Trump’s Polling Numbers Hit a New Low. Don’t Expect Him to Change Course.

Barely a third of Americans approve of Mr. Trump’s handling of the job, putting him at historic depths for a second-term president at this stage of his tenure.

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Aug 1 • 3:30 PM EDT • Politics • nytimes.com
Opinion | What Happens to America’s Political Parties After Trump?

Democrats have an anger problem. Republicans have a Trump problem.

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Aug 1 • 7:00 AM EDT • Politics • nytimes.com
Video: Opinion | What Happens to America’s Political Parties After Trump?

Democrats have an anger problem. Republicans have a Trump problem.

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Aug 1 • 6:55 AM EDT • Politics • nytimes.com
Why alcohol and drug use may be declining among young Americans

New federal data shows that alcohol, cigarette and some drug use is declining among American youth and young adults. Public health specialists explain why.

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Aug 1 • 5:02 AM EDT • Health • abcnews.com
She Voted for a Justice Who Overturned Roe. Now it Haunts Her on the Trail.

Senator Susan Collins, who supports abortion rights, endorsed Brett Kavanaugh’s nomination for the Supreme Court. It has emerged as a major issue in her campaign for re-election.

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Aug 1 • 5:00 AM EDT • Politics • nytimes.com
What Worries Democrats as the Midterms Heat Up

There’s a lot going right for the Democrats. Here’s what could go wrong.

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Jul 31 • 6:02 PM EDT • Politics • nytimes.com
Trump Administration Plans to Upend Head Start by Deregulating It

The White House tried but failed to block funding for preschool for poor children. Instead, it will seek to strip away standards on health, literacy — and brushing teeth.

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Jul 31 • 4:31 PM EDT • Politics • nytimes.com
Trump Blames Minnesota, Not Iran, for Cyberattack, Despite Initial Investigation

President Trump claimed without evidence that Minnesota’s Democratic government was “behind” a cyberattack on the state’s own water systems. Investigators believe Iran is likely responsible.

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Jul 31 • 3:48 PM EDT • Politics • nytimes.com
Todd Blanche’s Loyalty to Trump Is Putting His Attorney General Confirmation at Risk

Todd Blanche’s approach has collided with the jury-of-two reality in the Senate that has, thus far, kept him from the prize he covets: the stability and status conferred by a Senate confirmation.

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Jul 31 • 2:44 PM EDT • Politics • nytimes.com
I hated my dad's lawn care business. Now I run it as CEO.

Jennifer Lemcke resented her dad's Weed Man franchise as a teen. Now she's CEO, running a business that made $426 million last year.

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Jul 31 • 1:02 PM EDT • Business • businessinsider.com
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Ukraine’s Strike on Iranian Ship Shows How Two Wars Could Spiral

Iran sent military aid to Russia for its war against Ukraine. Now the question is whether that conflict and the U.S.-Israeli war against Iran are converging.

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Jul 31 • 12:57 PM EDT • Politics • nytimes.com
Will Howard hasn't played since Ohio State's national title run. The Steelers can't wait for that to change.

It has been a while since Will Howard played a football game. Nineteen months and counting. Nearly 560 days. Not since Ohio State’s national championship...

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Jul 31 • 12:45 PM EDT • Sports • post-gazette.com
Companies Rush to Close Daring Deals Under Trump

Companies are seizing on what many say is perhaps the most favorable regulatory environment for businesses in years.

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Jul 31 • 11:34 AM EDT • Business • nytimes.com
‘Project Hail Mary’ and More Science Fiction Movies to Stream Now

From the Ryan Gosling hit “Project Hail Mary” to the psychosexual alien rom-com “Touch Me,” explore this month’s eclectic picks.

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Jul 31 • 11:00 AM EDT • Science • nytimes.com
Missteps Mount in Justice Dept.’s Case Against Minnesota Anti-ICE Protesters

The problems plaguing the case have not only hurt the government’s chances, lawyers say, but have also undermined the bonds of trust that prosecutors have traditionally enjoyed in court.

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Jul 31 • 10:53 AM EDT • Politics • nytimes.com
Video: Opinion | A Doctor Weighs In on the Health Tracking Craze

If a fitness enthusiast like Joe Rogan wants to scan his body ad nauseam to track his wellness, that’s fine, says Dr. Rachael Bedard on “The Opinions.” But using those scans to look for medical abnormalities can lead to costly, potentially harmful follow-up tests.

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Jul 31 • 9:23 AM EDT • Health • nytimes.com
BP Puts Its North Sea Drilling Business Up for Sale

The plans are part of the energy giant’s efforts to streamline operations, but BP has deep roots in the region.

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Jul 31 • 8:08 AM EDT • Business • nytimes.com
Atlanta teen uses Black Girl Joy grant to teach kids about dental health
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Jul 31 • 6:37 AM EDT • Health • cbsnews.com
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Big Losses for Small Businesses in the ‘Frozen Zone’

Restaurants near the buckling building in Midtown faced spoiled food and furloughs after being forced to shut down for weeks.

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Jul 31 • 5:03 AM EDT • Business • nytimes.com
Political Turmoil Will Not Derail Killer Robot Program, Former Minister Says

The recently ousted Ukrainian defense minister, Mykhailo Fedorov, an advocate for drone and robot warfare, says Ukraine’s tech-heavy strategy will persist.

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Jul 31 • 12:01 AM EDT • Politics • nytimes.com
Teen hackers tell BBC how police are helping them use their skills for good

Cyber Prevent is targeting predominantly boys and young men at risk of being drawn to cyber criminality.

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Jul 30 • 8:42 PM EDT • Technology • bbc.com
Defying Trump, Cornyn Uses His Lame-Duck Power

In standing in the way of Todd Blanche, President Trump’s choice for attorney general, a liberated Senator John Cornyn is wielding his leverage.

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Jul 30 • 8:01 PM EDT • Politics • nytimes.com
Gov. Greg Abbott wants to change Democrat control of Harris County

Fifteen of the 25 Texas House seats in the county are Democrat strongholds.

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Jul 30 • 8:00 PM EDT • Politics • spectrumlocalnews.com
Trump’s Nominee to Oversee VOA, Sarah B. Rogers, Suggests Return of Journalists on Leave

The statement by the nominee, Sarah B. Rogers, signaled a stark reversal of the president’s earlier efforts to shutter Voice of America and other federally funded news groups.

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Jul 30 • 4:15 PM EDT • Politics • nytimes.com
‘This Is Very Strange’: Ancient Smallpox May Have Been Less Deadly

Scientists have found smallpox viruses in the remains of people in Chile from around 500 years ago, revealing how the virus may have evolved into a global killer.

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Jul 30 • 2:00 PM EDT • Science • nytimes.com
Why Democrats Won’t Stop Forcing Votes On Trump’s Iran War Powers

Even after winning approval of a measure calling on President Trump to end the war, they continue to call votes to force Republicans to answer for it.

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Jul 30 • 1:17 PM EDT • Politics • nytimes.com
Elon Musk Plans at Least $100 Million in Midterm Spending to Help Republicans

Elon Musk, a year after a huge blowup with President Trump and the Republican Party, is said to be planning to spend in at least eight states to help them in November.

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Jul 30 • 1:03 PM EDT • Politics • nytimes.com
“Clueless” TV series revived, plot details revealed for Alicia Silverstone’s return as Cher

The news comes after a failed attempt to revive the 1995 teen comedy classic “Clueless” as a series at Peacock.

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Jul 30 • 12:58 PM EDT • Entertainment • yahoo.com
San Antonio high school students participate in hands-on research during summer Texas Biomed program

While many teenagers took a break from learning this summer, dozens of San Antonio high schoolers spent their time studying in a professional-grade laboratory.

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Jul 30 • 11:47 AM EDT • Science • ksat.com
See first photos of Jacob Tremblay's teen 'Unabomber' in Netflix movie

Jacob Tremblay might not be the first guy you think of to play the Unabomber, a disheveled, middle-aged killer who baffled authorities for years before being caught.

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Jul 30 • 11:19 AM EDT • Entertainment • centraloregondaily.com
Summer internship program prepares the next generation of professionals in adolescent health

Nine undergraduate students gain hands-on experience through the UT Teen Health Summer Internship Program.

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Jul 30 • 10:02 AM EDT • Health • news.utsa.edu
After Hobbes vs Rousseau: Politics must move beyond human nature

Since the great debate between Hobbes and Rousseau, our political theory has been organised around a single question: is human nature essentially good or essentially corrupt? Graham Harman, the philosopher behind object-oriented ontology, argues that this is simply the wrong question to be asking. The real forces governing our collective fate - climate change, artificial intelligence, geography, and pandemics - are non-human; therefore, questions about human nature are not the central ones. Instead, Harman proposes a politics reorganised around our relationship to non-human objects and environments, in which quasi-government institutions incentivise and deter actions with the aim of extending the survival of the human race. “It is easier to imagine the end of the world than the end of capitalism.” This has become one of the most popular phrases among twenty-first-century intellectuals. Often misattributed to Fredric Jameson, it has been warmly embraced by such influential authors as Slavoj Žižek and the tragically departed Mark Fisher, and has fueled the notion that the major problem with the political Left is that it simply needs to become more speculative and creative. Naturally, this is never a bad idea in any human pursuit. But what if the political distinction between Left, Right, and Center itself results from a failure of imagination? SUGGESTED READING Hobbes vs Rousseau: are we inherently evil? By Robin Douglass This particular division has been with us only since the summer of 1789. During the simmering prelude to the French Revolution, it referred originally to the physical position in the National Assembly of radical figures on one side and loyal monarchists on the other. These positions are linked with two entirely different camps of modern political theory. On the Left we find a series of authors ranging from the moderate (Locke) to the supercharged (Rousseau) to the truly radical (Marx), all of them contending that exploitation of the many by the few justifies revolutionary overthrow of the existing order. On the Right they are countered by the likes of Machiavelli, Hobbes, and Schmitt, a group of thinkers convinced that corrupt human nature can be tamed only by force. In the words of the Nazi supporter Schmitt: “One could test all theories of nature and state and political ideas according to their anthropology and classify these as to whether they consciously or unconsciously presuppose [humans] to be by nature evil or by nature good.” This is the division we continue to face today, even in the daily retail politics of Western democracies.___Our species has regularly proven itself capable of both the noblest gestures and the most scathing cruelties, making it hard to define us as essentially either emancipatory or brutal in our aims.___The most refreshing feature of David Graeber and David Wengrow’s 2021 book The Dawn of Everything: A New History of Humanity was their awareness that the forced choice between Rousseau and Hobbes (as they put it) is no longer sufficient. Our species has regularly proven itself capable of both the noblest gestures and the most scathing cruelties, making it hard to define us as essentially either emancipatory or brutal in our aims. Far from being stationed “beyond good and evil,” we seem to be fully entangled with both. We are not naturally good or evil, Graeber and Wengrow contend, but naturally experimental and imaginative. They rest their case on the archaeological record, which seems to bear witness to numerous episodes of seasonally shifting governments and festivals, which vacillate in the same society (even in the same year) between the egalitarian and the dictatorial. Such praise of political experiment makes a good fit with the generally anarchist position defended by these authors. Yet it is also what I find most disappointing in their position. Although they are right that the forced choice between Hobbes and Rousseau falls short of what our new situation requires, the authors simply replace it with praise for the human being as a political tinkerer and performer. In other words, they give us just another theory of human nature, one that would not have been out of place in the sixteenth or seventeenth century. What other options might we have?___The time is ripe for a retheorization of politics on the basis of something other than human nature… We are not just alienated and limited by objects, but also empowered and unleashed by them___One fresh approach would be to treat politics within a broader framework than human nature, given that the polis does not exist in a vacuum filled exclusively with people. When Bruno Latour went to observe the baboons of Kenya with the San Diego anthropologist Shirley Strum, they jointly concluded that these primates were more socially interdependent than our own species. Each baboon is so reliant on the dynamics of the group that they find themselves locked into constant surveillance of their potentially dangerous peers. The group structure turns out to be inherently volatile. Humans, by contrast, are able to stabilize their societies to a large degree through the mediation of inanimate objects. Although one’s position in society may seem to fluctuate over time, considerable stability is produced through such items as apartment keys, wedding rings, and identification cards, all of them serving to secure us a place distinct from that of our fellows. The Italian philosopher Maurizio Ferraris has written at length about the crucial role of documents in establishing social relations, making him a hero among notaries in his country. Proper names and license plates cement our position amidst other humans, as do symbolic achievements such as graduation from a top university or distinguished wartime service with its various medals and ribbons. None of this is found among baboons, despite their closeness to us on the evolutionary tree: after all, we did share a common ancestor just 25 to 30 million years ago. SUGGESTED VIEWING The goodness paradox With Richard Wrangham The time is ripe for a retheorization of politics on the basis of something other than human nature, whether understood in the manner of the Left or of the Right. We are not just alienated and limited by objects, but also empowered and unleashed by them. But initially, it is true, we face non-human things primarily in the form of constraints. It would be difficult, perhaps impossible, to form a human civilization underwater, deep underground, atop Mount Everest, or in outer space. Human dependence on the non-social background takes on subtler form in discussions of political geography, especially unloved on the more idealistic Left. Consider the luckless position of Poland during World War II, sandwiched between Hitler on one side and Stalin on the other. By contrast, note the good fortune of the United States in not having a military peer positioned on any land border. Anglo-American geopolitics, since the writings of the American naval commander Alfred Thayer Mahan and the British geographer Sir Halford Mackinder, has been wedded to the notion that one or more liberal offshore naval powers should prevent any authoritarian “heartland” regime from gaining effective control of Eurasia. That remains the case whether the opponent is the impatient Napoleon, the swashbuckling German Kaiser, the villainous Hitler, the murderous Stalin, or the industrial juggernaut Chinese. In their current Foreign Affairs article “Heartland vs. Rimland,” Michael Beckley and Hal Brands analyze the current and coming state of the world on the basis of these same rather durable principles. In recent years a similar outlook has been embraced, in inverted form, by the Putin-loving Russian philosopher Aleksandr Dugin, an icon of the Rightist intellectual underworld. For Dugin, the Anglo-Saxons are an evil force bent on destroying the spiritually superior people of the land: much like Athens in its failed war with Sparta, or Carthage in its eventual collapse against Rome. But the shared notion on both sides is that any strategy that fails to take geography into account is likely to end up as a defeated form of excessive optimism.___When dealing with environmental degradation, then, we are doing business with forces that promise dire effects on our species as a whole.___More striking for us today than geography is the non-human object called climate, which threatens rimland and heartland equally. Even if we contend that humans are one hundred percent responsible for triggering the climate crisis, it remains non-human in the sense of being an independent force beyond our effective control. In a major work published just before his death in 2002, The Structure of Evolutionary Theory, the American paleontologist Stephen Jay Gould noted the tendency of evolutionary theorists to focus too closely on the fate of individuals in view of their successful or failed adaptation to circumstances. With climate change, however, we confront a force that goes well beyond the scope of any individual life. Whereas Richard Dawkins extended evolutionary questions downward from individuals to the sub-individual gene, Gould pushed it upward, speaking of entire species or clades as impacted by environmental change. The asteroid that struck the Yucatán 66 million years ago is only the most famous example of this sort. In the wake of that catastrophe, large animals needing abundant supplies of food were at a fatal disadvantage by contrast with the smaller birds and mammals of the planet. When dealing with environmental degradation, then, we are doing business with forces that promise dire effects on our species as a whole. The effect is to shift our attention away from individual beings towards the survival of the group.In the United States in particular, the COVID-19 pandemic sparked considerable backlash among those who asserted a nearly absolute degree of individual freedom. In California I encountered those who demanded that their businesses be allowed to reopen, that it was enough to cover their mouths but not their noses, or that they should have the right to enter any public area despite refusing vaccination. Yet public health is probably the clearest argument against libertarianism, which often merely asserts the autonomy of individuals against any claims of the commons. In normal times the individual is worth defending; under conditions that threaten the survival of part or all of our species, compulsion may be our only resort, as with perfectly reasonable blackouts and rations in wartime. To rebuild human society under the constraints of climate change will be one of the great challenges of the century to come, as will our improvised grappling with artificial intelligence. Such phenomena pose existential risks for humanity, and leave far less room for tolerance of individual brattiness. Cases are mounting of devastating wildfires caused by arson. Recently it was reported that there is even a website where one can bet on the location of coming wildfires, raising the specter of deliberate blazes set to collect on wagers. The death penalty has steadily lost support in a world where many stress the infinite value of human life. But if we focus instead on entire ecosystems, those who purposely burn the forests may begin to look worse than serial murderers.___The politics of the future may be splintered by disagreement over such topics as how to manage our environing background and how to permit or restrict the entry of new objects into the political sphere.___So far I have spoken of force, authority, and punishment: measures sure to have greater appeal to those who identify with what we know as the Right. But other implications of the post-anthropocentric world are likely to have different backers. If non-human objects are seen as structuring political space, it stands to reason that they can no longer be introduced solely by the pace of technical breakthrough. Fields ranging from cybernetics to energy will demand increased politicization once they are reconceived not just as products of individual human investment, but as renovations of collective political geography. This need not involve world government, with its inherent risk of tyranny, but may involve quasi-governmental enforcers of prestige along the lines of a less corrupt FIFA or International Olympic Committee, punishing deviant states not with violence but with less tangible incentives.Politics will never lose its historic links with conflict and faction. But rather than factions aligned by differing theories of human nature, the politics of the future may be splintered by disagreement over such topics as how to manage our environing background and how to permit or restrict the entry of new objects into the political sphere. This will prove just as incommensurable with the modern Left/Right spectrum as a globe is with a two-dimensional map.

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Jul 30 • 8:00 AM EDT • Politics • iai.tv
Opinion | Gen Z Thinks Religion Got Too Political

I wonder why that could be.

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Jul 30 • 5:03 AM EDT • Politics • nytimes.com
Mistaken Username Sent Man to Prison for 18 Months, Court Finds

An appeals court in Canada acquitted Brandon Klayme of child pornography-related charges. His Kik username had one less underscore than another account that was involved.

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Jul 30 • 5:03 AM EDT • Technology • nytimes.com
Apple’s Siri Got an A.I. Brain Transplant. Try These 5 Prompts to Get Acclimated.

An upgrade transformed the beleaguered virtual assistant into a modern chatbot. It’s imperfect but worth trying.

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Jul 30 • 5:03 AM EDT • Technology • nytimes.com
How Haley Stevens’s Accent Became a Flashpoint in Michigan’s Senate Race

How the politics of raised a’s and disappearing g’s briefly came to dominate the Michigan Senate race.

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Jul 30 • 5:03 AM EDT • Politics • nytimes.com
Cuba to Trump: We’re Open for Business

A top Cuban official says the island won’t negotiate its politics, but it is willing to talk investment, including from President Trump.

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Jul 30 • 5:01 AM EDT • Business • nytimes.com
UToledo-Led Initiative Gathers Science Teachers in Kentucky

Eighteen master teaching fellows are participating in the five-year program supported by $2.3 million through the National Science Foundation’s Robert Noyce Scholarship Program.

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Jul 30 • 3:20 AM EDT • Science • news.utoledo.edu
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Tributes, and Politics Too, at Lindsey Graham’s Funeral in South Carolina

A gathering of South Carolina’s political elite paid tribute to the late senator’s career against a backdrop of a highly competitive race to replace him.

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Jul 29 • 7:34 PM EDT • Politics • nytimes.com
Local teen fighting hunger through detailing business

“I kind of just threw it out there,” he said. “I’d be donating the proceeds; it was pay what you want."

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Jul 29 • 4:13 PM EDT • Business • whio.com
Senators Cornyn and Tillis Threaten to Block Blanche Nomination Over Trump’s IRS Deal

Senators John Cornyn and Thom Tillis accused the attorney general nominee of refusing to put on paper his promise to kill aspects of the deal he cut to settle President Trump’s suit against the agency.

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Jul 29 • 2:05 PM EDT • Politics • nytimes.com
My daughter's squishy toy exploded in the car and burned her

Kimmie Staggs says a squishy toy burst after heating up in her car, leaving her teenage daughter with burns that required emergency treatment.

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Jul 29 • 1:48 PM EDT • Business • businessinsider.com
Thirteen early-career professors win NSF development awards

Researchers studying ribosomes, AI and quantum computing are among 13 early-career professors from Cornell who’ve recently been awarded National Science Foundation Faculty Early Career Development Awards.

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Jul 29 • 12:21 PM EDT • Science • news.cornell.edu
With Blanche Nomination at Stake, Payouts to Trump Allies Continue

A seven-figure settlement is announced two days before a scheduled Senate committee vote on Todd Blanche’s nomination to be attorney general.

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Jul 29 • 12:15 PM EDT • Politics • nytimes.com
Obama Endorses Josh Turek in Iowa Senate Race With Basketball Video

The former president is trying to help Josh Turek net a Senate seat in Iowa, which Democrats see as one of their best pickup opportunities of the midterms.

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Jul 29 • 12:02 PM EDT • Politics • nytimes.com
New Podcast: Expanding Teen Mental Health First Aid in New York

New York is scaling Teen Mental Health First Aid statewide, empowering youth and communities with mental health literacy.

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Jul 29 • 10:00 AM EDT • Health • mentalhealthfirstaid.org
Can Anyone Spare a Buck For Texas?

One of America’s most competitive Senate races features a surprising dynamic: No Republicans are spending money yet.

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Jul 29 • 9:00 AM EDT • Politics • nytimes.com
How I Got My Career in Foreign Policy: Andrea R. Flores

Andrea Flores has spent more than fifteen years working on immigration policy, including at DHS, the White House, and the ACLU. She spoke with CFR about how her 360-degree perspective has shaped her understanding of the issue and the challenges of advancing immigration reform.

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Jul 29 • 9:00 AM EDT • Politics • cfr.org
A Deluge of A.I. Computing Power Is About to Come Online, Fueling Major Leaps

The number of A.I. chips that provide the computing power to advance the fast-evolving technology is doubling every nine months.

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Jul 29 • 5:02 AM EDT • Technology • nytimes.com
Opinion | Is More Data About Your Body Actually Good for You?

The Silicon Valley health trend making doctors nervous.

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Jul 29 • 5:00 AM EDT • Health • nytimes.com
Jared Leto faces sexual misconduct allegations from more women

Jared Leto has been accused of behaving inappropriately with four women when they were in their teens, according to a new BBC report.

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Jul 28 • 8:57 PM EDT • Entertainment • centraloregondaily.com
Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds DLC ‘Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Pack’ now available

Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds downloadable content “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Pack” is now available for $5.99, SEGA announced. It is also available as part of the $29.99 Season Pass.

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Jul 28 • 8:55 PM EDT • Technology • gematsu.com
Senate Confirms Jay Clayton to Lead U.S. Intelligence Community

Mr. Clayton, who shed Democratic support after he refused to clearly say Joseph R. Biden Jr. won the 2020 election, will take over the Office of the Director of National Intelligence from Bill Pulte.

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Jul 28 • 7:15 PM EDT • Politics • nytimes.com
Domestic Abuse Allegations Rock Max Miller’s Ohio House Race

Representative Max Miller, a Republican, is facing accusations of abuse from his ex-wife in a bitter family feud that might put his otherwise safe seat in play.

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Jul 28 • 6:28 PM EDT • Politics • nytimes.com
What’s Going on With Mitch McConnell? Kentucky’s Governor Has Questions.

Gov. Andy Beshear called on Senator McConnell, who has been hospitalized since June, to prove his capacity to serve, or resign.

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Jul 28 • 6:04 PM EDT • Politics • nytimes.com
Iran Considered Retaliatory Strike on Ukrainian Seaport

A flurry of diplomacy has eased tensions, officials said, after an incident risked triggering a wider war.

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Jul 28 • 5:39 PM EDT • Politics • nytimes.com
Behind Closed Doors, Trump Huddles With Netanyahu and Zelensky

The visits by the leaders of Israel and Ukraine underscored just how deeply President Trump was enmeshed in conflicts he had promised — and failed — to end quickly.

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Jul 28 • 5:19 PM EDT • Politics • nytimes.com
Suffolk judge orders a third mental health evaluation for Nesconset teen charged with killing ex-girlfriend Emily Finn

The New York State Office of Mental Health found Austin Lynch, 18, was not competent to stand trial after he was charged with the second-degree murder in the killing of Emily Finn, who had visited him at his home to return his belongings following a breakup.

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Jul 28 • 2:18 PM EDT • Health • newsday.com
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AFSCME Leader Lee Saunders to Retire as Unions Face New Opposition

Lee Saunders has led the country’s top union for local public workers at a time of growing public support and official opposition.

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Jul 28 • 10:12 AM EDT • Politics • nytimes.com
Germany’s AfD Opposes Pride Flags but May Win Support After L.G.B.T.Q. Attack

Analysts say a recent attack on a Pride celebration is likely to focus fall elections on issues favoring the far-right Alternative for Germany party.

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Jul 28 • 8:06 AM EDT • Politics • nytimes.com
Senate Democrats Press Blanche on Times Subpoenas

Days before a committee vote on Todd Blanche’s nomination to be attorney general, Democrats demanded answers about the since-withdrawn subpoenas.

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Jul 28 • 5:03 AM EDT • Politics • nytimes.com
Rise in US preteen suicide rate alarms mental health experts

The number of preteens — ages 8 to 12 — who die by suicide in the United States each year is relatively small. But the total in 2025 was 194 — the most since at least 2001, according to preliminary data from the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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Jul 28 • 5:00 AM EDT • Health • stateline.org
Tech Stocks Tumble on Worries About A.I. Spending and China’s Chip Competition

South Korea temporarily paused trading on Tuesday as its benchmark stock index led losses across the region, closing more than 10 percent lower.

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Jul 28 • 4:21 AM EDT • Business • nytimes.com
6 Takeaways From Michigan’s Senate Debate Between Abdul El-Sayed and Haley Stevens

At the final debate before next week’s Democratic primary for Senate, Dr. Abdul El-Sayed and Representative Haley Stevens showcased their wildly different ideological stances and political styles.

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Jul 27 • 10:43 PM EDT • Politics • nytimes.com
Trump Backs New Talks but It’s Unclear What He Hopes to Achieve This Time

Iran denied President Trump’s claim that it wants to talk, and gave no sign that it would make concessions or speak directly with U.S. officials.

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Jul 27 • 7:49 PM EDT • Politics • nytimes.com
Iran War Enters 6th Month and a Period of Greater Uncertainty

Here is a rundown of the major events of the war, as both sides consider their next moves.

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Jul 27 • 3:53 PM EDT • Politics • nytimes.com
As Communities Unite Against Europe’s Wildfires, Politicians Trade Blows

Spain’s center-left accused conservatives of underfunding the disaster response, while critics of France’s government decried delays.

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Jul 27 • 3:36 PM EDT • Politics • nytimes.com