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They’re Americans too. Photographer: Jill Brady/Portland Press Herald/Getty Images

Middle Eastern Immigrants Make the US Stronger

by Noah Smith | Jul 31, 2017 | Opinion

A little more than one week ago, Stanford University mathematician Maryam Mirzakhani died at the age of 40 after a battle with breast cancer. In that short lifetime, she accomplished more than most of us ever will. Mirzakhani was one of the world’s greatest...

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Finding and extracting oil is expensive. No wonder it’s slowed down. Photographer: Andrey Rudakov/Bloomberg

How This Economic Recovery Ends

by Conor Sen | Jun 16, 2017 | Business, Opinion

Every boom in the US economy is different, but over the past several decades, each has ended the same way. First you get full employment. Then you get a spike in the price of oil. And then there’s a recession. The US hit full employment in August 2015. And yet...

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US President Barack Obama responds to a question during a press conference at the White House in Washington, DC, USA, March 01 2013. Source: EPA/SHAWN THEW

Obama Formally Orders ‘deeply destructive’ Cuts, Blames Congress

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Mar 2, 2013 | World

Washington, Reuters—President Barack Obama formally ordered broad cuts in US government spending on Friday night after he and congressional Republicans failed to reach a deal to avert automatic reductions that could dampen economic growth and curb military readiness....