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What I’d Assign to Today’s College Students
My weekend column used this season of campus protest as an opportunity to discuss the evolution of Columbia’s core curriculum,…
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What Would Happen if the U.S. Suddenly Seemed Like a Risky Investment?
Financially speaking, the United States has been a Teflon nation. Bad things happen — near defaults, giant budget deficits, a…
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Adams Administration and N.Y. City Council Trade Harassment Accusations
The Council speaker requested an investigation of police officials’ use of social media to attack critics. The mayor’s office asked…
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Trump and His One-Time Confidante Meet Again, This Time in a Courtroom
Her voice low, her posture tense, the woman who spent years steering Donald J. Trump through strife and scandal stepped…
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Campus Protests Over Gaza Spotlight the Work of Student Journalists
Their updates come in harried bursts. Real-time narrations of the scene at Columbia University’s protest encampment in Manhattan, interspersed with…
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Nuclear Power as a Clean Energy Tool?
More from our inbox: Quality at BoeingA Bathroom SignRunning, Fast and SlowCredit...Alec Soth/Magnum PhotosTo the Editor: Re “Reviving Nuclear Energy…
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Joel Conarroe, ‘Hub of the New York Literary Wheel,’ Dies at 89
An influential arts administrator and educator, he was a trusted confidant to countless writers, notably Philip Roth.
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Nancy Schuster, Crossword Champion, Creator and Editor, Dies at 90
A dedicated cruciverbalist, she won the first American Crossword Puzzle Tournament in 1978. She went on to test and proofread…
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Gas Stove Pollution Risk Is Greatest in Smaller Homes, Study Finds
Gas-burning ranges, a significant contributor to indoor pollution, can produce and spread particularly high levels of some pollutants in smaller…
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15-Year-Old Girl Charged With Murder in Stabbing Death of Bronx Teenager
The victim, identified by the police as Emery Mizell, 17, was attacked at an apartment building in the Soundview neighborhood…