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When my university, Columbia, recently capitulated to President Donald Trump’s $400 million ultimatum, I felt a creeping ...
The ex-congressman whose name became a punch line is running for New York’s city council. In some ways, he hasn’t changed a ...
The idea of a war between Canada and the United States was inconceivable even a few months ago. Most Americans still don’t believe it’s a possibility, or simply haven’t noticed their president’s ...
Deporting illegal immigrants is lawful. Imprisoning them in El Salvador makes a mockery of the Eighth Amendment.
It’s an intuitive truth that everybody needs these experiences to live a happy life, and recent happiness research suggests ...
A Trump-appointed federal judge in Texas has called the administration’s use of the Alien Enemies Act “unlawful”—and was ...
Mavis Gallant’s short stories are about people, especially women, who prefer to live on the social margins. I cherish one of ...
She made me love / She made me love / She made me love more.” Anjali was so close to the veil that her hearing was failing. I ...
A drop in maritime traffic suggests that the worst is yet to come.
Silencing and capturing universities and the free press—both of them crucial sources of knowledge essential to democratic ...
Donald Trump’s genius has always been marketing: himself, his properties, his political campaigns. But when it comes to the ...
The new film Thunderbolts* understands that bigger does not mean better.