Opinion
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Teachers Can’t Hold Students Accountable. It’s Making the Job Miserable.
A few weeks ago, I wrote about how America’s teacher pipeline is drying up. According to education researchers, the proportion…
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The Ripples of Republican Chaos
This week, Donald Trump delivered his version of a sad tiny desk performance, hunched over the defendant’s table in a…
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This Is Why Trump Keeps Antagonizing the Judge in His Fraud Trial
It’s not surprising that Donald Trump viciously insults Letitia James, the New York State attorney general who has taken him…
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Don’t Call Ibram X. Kendi a Grifter
The headlines lately have been full of the news that Ibram X. Kendi of Boston University has dismissed about half…
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James Jorden, Creator of an Essential Opera Blog, Dies at 69
With Parterre Box, he brought together high culture, punk aesthetics and gleeful camp in an irreverent source for news, criticism…
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I Rely on the Americans With Disabilities Act, but It Needs to Be Rethought
The Supreme Court on Wednesday will hear a case that could shape the future of the Americans With Disabilities Act.…
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How Gerontocracy Explains the Matt Gaetz Clown Show
You can analyze the circus in the House of Representatives in terms of personalities (the bland ambition of Kevin McCarthy…
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‘Republicans Own These Issues, and They Can Hurt Democrats’
To advance his relentless political ambition, Donald Trump has ridden a promise, a commitment and a pledge. A promise to…
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The U.S. Has a New Set of Tools for Bullying the World
The greatest collateral damage from last year’s Russian invasion of Ukraine has been to various Western European members of NATO,…
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Haiti Doesn’t Need More Guns. It Needs a New Government.
Years ago, I was part of a team set up under the auspices of the United Nations to vet new…