Opinion
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Rhapsody for a Boy in Blue
We don’t hear much about good cops these days. Their stories get lost amid the scalding episodes with trigger-happy, racist…
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How to Disseminate Science Quickly
Peer review is both the greatest strength and the greatest weakness of the scientific research system. It filters out bad…
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What Does ‘a Desk for Working Parents’ Mean?
A week ago, a tweet about a Virginia library that went out of its way to accommodate parents went viral.…
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It’s Time to End Race-Based Affirmative Action
Back in 2009, I and the sociologist Dalton Conley debated affirmative action with N.A.A.C.P. chairman Julian Bond and Columbia University…
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Democrats Should Take a Page From Mitch McConnell’s Book
With Justice Stephen Breyer’s announcement that he will retire from the Supreme Court this summer, President Biden has a chance…
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The Equal Rights Amendment Is Now the Law of the Land. Isn’t It?
Even if you are a political junkie, there’s a good chance you didn’t realize that the United States Constitution grew…
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How Independent Voters Feel About Biden
More from our inbox: Grading Biden on the EconomyIf Only Republicans Were as Bold as the BritsSanctions Against Russia if…
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Slavery Was a Terror Beyond Measure
The historian Marcus Rediker opens “The Slave Ship: A Human History” with a harrowing reconstruction of the journey, for a…
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Mandatory School Masking Should End After the Omicron Surge
Elissa Perkins, the director of infectious disease management in the emergency department of the Boston Medical Center, told me she…
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How My Smartwatch Hijacked My Relationship With My Body
My rock bottom was when I caught myself at a nice dinner, transfixed by my phone under the table. I…