Opinion
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Boris Johnson Is Hanging by a Thread
LONDON — Boris Johnson, Britain’s classics-loving prime minister, has long been fascinated by the fall of the Roman Empire. Now…
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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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How Crypto Became the New Subprime
If the stock market isn’t the economy — which it isn’t — then cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin really, really aren’t the…
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Neil Young Says ‘No More’ to Spotify
It’s no surprise to me that the singer-songwriter Neil Young followed through on his threat to pull his music from…
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The Willful Naïveté of Stephen Breyer
At a campaign stop in late October 1932, Franklin D. Roosevelt, then the Democratic candidate for president, remarked that the…
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Biden’s Chance to Nominate a Supreme Court Justice
More from our inbox: Uniting for Voting RightsTwo Patients, One I.C.U. BedJustice Stephen Breyer was appointed to the Supreme Court…
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It’s Time for an Honest Conversation About Affirmative Action
On Monday, the Supreme Court announced it would hear arguments in Students for Fair Admissions v. President and Fellows of…