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Columbia researchers believe their grants are being cut because of diversity components that were imposed by the federal government.

American universities have given the country prosperity and security. The Trump administration’s attack on academic freedom endangers all of that.

In pushing back against Trump’s attack on a federal judge, the chief justice neglected to mention the substantive dispute of the case.

Russia, among other autocratic states, is surely thrilled by the president’s decision to close Voice of America, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, Radio Martí, and Radio Free Asia.

Los Angeles is planning to rebuild with fire in mind, but this landscape is still primed to burn.

Critics of Pope Francis’s views on immigration are sidestepping a long-standing Catholic tradition—while claiming to uphold it.

Deaths in isolation have been treated as a painful memory, not as a problem that hospitals need to address.

For the first time in decades, America has a chance to define its next political order. Trump offers fear, retribution, and scarcity. Liberals can stand for abundance.

Getting around on one might be a bit slower than in a car, but it’s also so much richer.

The novelist Julian Barnes doubts that we can ever really overcome our fixed beliefs. He should keep an open mind.

Donald Trump’s allies have pivoted from denying that his tariffs will hurt consumers to insisting that consumers should welcome the pain.