Affirmative Action, From Those Who Lived It
As a top student at his Philadelphia high school in 1968, Granderson Hale knew he stood a decent chance of admission at one of the historically Black colleges that typically…
Odesa Was Ready to Reclaim Its Beaches. Then a Dam Broke.
Last summer, the beaches that ring the port city of Odesa in southern Ukraine were crowded with volunteers packing sandbags under bluffs where troops were positioned in machine gun nests…
Is the Inflation Battle Won? Not Yet.
Inflation is beginning to abate meaningfully for American consumers. Gas is cheaper, eggs cost roughly half as much as they did January and prices are no longer climbing as rapidly…
Opinion | Senators Have Perfected the Art of Obstruction
By contrast, Mr. Tuberville’s petulant demonstration has been going for more than four months. He announced his blockade in mid-February, holding up at least 150 pending promotions for generals and…
Everyone Likes Reading. Why Are We So Afraid of It?
The Utah Bible ban (which is now being appealed) proves as much: It testifies both to the relentless, nihilistic logic of censorship, which can find subversion anywhere, and also to…
Few of Trump’s G.O.P. Rivals Defend Justice Dept. Independence
Donald J. Trump has promised that if he wins back the presidency he will appoint a special prosecutor to “go after” President Biden and his family. But he’s not the…
Opinion | Chris Christie Is Doing Something Very, Very Important
Several Shakespeare-conscious, pest-minded lines in Maureen Dowd’s “To Jail or Not to Jail” column in The Times constituted perhaps the most-nominated passage of writing in this newsletter feature’s history: “We…
Child Care Disruptions Expected as Record Funding Nears an End
For two years, the United States has been effectively running an experiment in federally funding child care providers. The $24 billion disbursed in pandemic relief has been the largest investment…
Opinion | Dobbs Could Mark the End of the American Bargain
The proof of the existence of this bargain is the way people talk about prospective trades: Would you give up this for that? Would you take that kind of tax…
Opinion | One Man’s Inspiring Journey to Lift His Country Out of Poverty
Around the world we talk a good game about the importance of education, but we rarely act as if we mean it. Here’s an unlikely exception: Sierra Leone, one of…