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The Science I Would Be Doing if I Weren’t in ICE Detention

admin13 May 2025

When I moved to America from Russia to join a biology lab at Harvard Medical School in 2023, it felt as if I found my dream job. America was a paradise for science. Everything was flourishing. There was freedom of discourse; conferences, seminars. It ...

‘We Have to Really Rethink the Purpose of Education’

admin13 May 2025

transcript ‘We Have to Really Rethink the Purpose of Education’ Students are already using A.I. to learn and write. The education policy expert Rebecca Winthrop explores the big questions emerging for educators and parents. Here’s a statistic I’ve ...

My Brush With Trump’s Thought Police

admin13 May 2025

The email arrived in early February from the U.S. Embassy in Copenhagen, carrying a blunt message. It informed the organizers of a Danish lecture series — one I was soon scheduled to speak at — that the final portion of American funding would be ...

Let Go of Your Old Ideas About the Saudis

admin13 May 2025

Lots of people in Saudi Arabia have a soft spot for Donald Trump. They think of the American president as a straight-shooting businessman — someone who talks of interests and not values, who won’t lecture them about human rights and who shares their ...

New Threats Require a New Army

admin13 May 2025

On the last day of April, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth signed a memo that has the potential to unleash profound change in the Army. After decades of being organized, trained and equipped mainly for operations in Europe and the Middle East, the ...

Girl, 16, Is Fatally Shot Near a Bronx School Building, Police Say

admin13 May 2025

The girl was shot once in the head near a building that houses a charter school and two New York City Department of Education schools.

Karma Comes for Kennedy

admin13 May 2025

Like the divine intelligence of the universe, the list of reasons that the wellness influencer Casey Means should not be surgeon general is vast. For one thing, she never completed her medical residency. She’s said that she dropped out of her program ...

Trump Endorses Jack Ciattarelli for Governor of New Jersey

admin13 May 2025

Republicans had been vying for the potentially race-altering support in a state where President Trump had a stronger-than-expected showing in November.

New York City Takes Aim at Illegal Short-Term Rentals in New Lawsuit

admin13 May 2025

A Greenwich Village hotel with several safety violations that offered rooms on sites like Airbnb has become the first test of a new law cracking down on short-term rentals.

Sharpe James, Revitalizing Newark Mayor Convicted of Corruption, Dies at 89

admin13 May 2025

Sharpe James, the charismatic and combative mayor of Newark for 20 years who presided over a downtown resurgence and pressed to upgrade its blighted neighborhoods, but who was later convicted in a corruption scandal stemming from his time in office ...