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Trump’s Allies Say They’ll Enforce the Comstock Act. Believe Them.
Until the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in 2022, it was hard for feminists to get Americans to take…
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Why Activists Keep Failing the Causes That Fire Them Up
Here’s the ugly truth: The highest priority for members of Congress is not to legislate. It’s to stay in Congress.…
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Students Want Charges Dropped. What Is the Right Price for Protests?
At pro-Palestinian demonstrations, students have broken codes of conduct and, sometimes, the law. But the question of whether and how…
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Paging Senator Schumer …
What is antisemitism? It’s easy to think of a colloquial definition — hatred and bigotry directed against Jews — but…
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The Columbia Protests Made the Same Mistake the Civil Rights Movement Did
Last week I wrote about the protests that had come to dominate my professional home, Columbia University, and make headlines…
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The Voice of a Hundred Faces: Dee Bradley Baker’s ‘Star Wars’ Journey
With “The Bad Batch” ending this week on Disney+, the man who has voiced hundreds of “Star Wars” characters over…
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Everyone Wants to Seize Russia’s Money. It’s a Terrible Idea.
The Republican House speaker, Mike Johnson, has brought a glimmer of hope to supporters of the Ukrainian war effort. He…
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German Business Is Tangled in Red Tape
When Markus Wingens created the position of “energy manager” for the metal heat-treatment company he runs in southwestern Germany, his…
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Trump Says Abortion Will Be Left to the States. Don’t Believe Him.
When Donald Trump was asked about the recent Florida Supreme Court decision upholding his adopted state’s abortion ban, he promised…
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Is This the End of Academic Freedom?
At New York University, the spring semester began with a poetry reading. Students and faculty gathered in the atrium of…