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Why it mattersNew York City is where people from all over the world come to become Americans. A recent viral ‘New York’ magazine essay about Middle Eastern immigrants gets that exactly backward, writes Liel Leibovitz.
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Why it mattersBurlington’s leaders have neglected the middle class, with predictable consequences.
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Why it mattersThe problem with all of these rhetorical retreats is that over at the DSA mother ship, no one is retreating from the group’s national platform.
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Why it mattersThe DOJ revealed that Duke continues to privilege black and Hispanic applicants at the expense of whites and Asians.
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Why it mattersGearing for a White House run, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez laughs off "Woke 1" as "a little crazy." On the strategy of losing every political battle in order to win the political war
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Why it mattersA nation that preserves the authority of those already established risks producing a generation that can’t practice stewardship for itself.
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Why it mattersThey should share and express the voters’ anger, and try to direct it toward constructive channels.
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Why it mattersThe plagiarism scandal at Cambridge is a symptom of a deeper problem: academia’s willingness to accept intellectual mediocrity from black scholars in its self-seeking pursuit of virtue, writes John McWhorter.
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Why it mattersThe military has discovered that it can buy missiles in advance.
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Why it mattersI’d literally rather electrocute myself than lie on a beach doing nothing, writes Arthur Brooks.
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Why it mattersWe can fix falling fertility with one program — and it costs hardly anything.
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Why it mattersWhy are TikTok influencers suddenly paying attention to nuns?
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Why it mattersParents have embraced Montessori aesthetics—the wooden toys, the sad beige playrooms—while ignoring its actual lesson: Children need meaningful work and responsibility, writes Liz Wolfe.
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Why it mattersA steady job, a simple house, and a quiet life used to sound like hell to many young people. Now the old American dream is back, writes Russ Greene.
By Chella·2d agoWhy it mattersAs ESPN holds a 10 percent stake in NFL Media, skeptics worry editorial independence could suffer—and the pattern of when ESPN reports sensitive league stories may reveal whether financial interest is influencing journal…
Ever since ESPN completed its deal to acquire NFL Media in exchange for a 10 percent equity stake in the network earlier this year, questions about how the leag…
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