Editorials

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The Really Unfair Thing About the Met Gala

The Really Unfair Thing About the Met Gala

The charitable tax deduction is distorting American philanthropy.

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Why We’re Rooting for Germany’s Conservative Chancellor

Why We’re Rooting for Germany’s Conservative Chancellor

Friedrich Merz and Germany’s political establishment must unite the center to wa...

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Republicans Can’t Hide Medicaid Cuts in a ‘Big, Beautiful’ Bill

Republicans Can’t Hide Medicaid Cuts in a ‘Big, Beautif...

The Republican tax bill would take health insurance from millions of lower-incom...

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If Trump Walks Away From Ukraine Now, He Looks Weak, and Putin Wins

If Trump Walks Away From Ukraine Now, He Looks Weak, an...

The president is right about wanting to end the war in Ukraine but wrong about t...

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The U.S. Made a Terrible Mistake When It Deported Qian Xuesen

The U.S. Made a Terrible Mistake When It Deported Qian ...

Qian Xuesen was a Chinese rocket scientist whose work was central to American mi...

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They Built a Friendship Fighting for Peace. The Friendship Is Over.

They Built a Friendship Fighting for Peace. The Friends...

Two negotiators for Israelis and Palestinians forged an improbable bond. Then po...

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Sports Stadiums Are Monuments to the Poverty of Our Ambitions

Sports Stadiums Are Monuments to the Poverty of Our Amb...

Cities build stadiums in part because it’s so hard to build almost anything else.

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A Comprehensive Accounting of Trump’s Culture of Corruption

A Comprehensive Accounting of Trump’s Culture of Corrup...

His self-dealing is part of his larger efforts to weaken American democracy.

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Trump Calling Troops Into Los Angeles Is the Real Emergency

Trump Calling Troops Into Los Angeles Is the Real Emerg...

The president’s use of the National Guard serves his own interests above the cou...

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It May Feel Like the 1960s, but It’s Worse

It May Feel Like the 1960s, but It’s Worse

For those who lived through the 1960s, things today feel familiar. But they diff...

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How Skadden Arps Alumni Are Challenging the Firm’s Leaders Over Trump

How Skadden Arps Alumni Are Challenging the Firm’s Lead...

Three months into the Trump administration, it is clear that many of the America...

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Shopping for Arms? Ukraine May Soon Be Your Best Bet.

Shopping for Arms? Ukraine May Soon Be Your Best Bet.

The country should not be just a buyer of weapons but also a supplier, thanks to...

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Democrats Don’t Need a Perfect Message Against Trump, They Need to Show Some Fight

Democrats Don’t Need a Perfect Message Against Trump, T...

What Chuck Schumer and Hakeem Jeffries can do is convey the enormous danger of t...

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Now Is Not the Time to Tune Out

Now Is Not the Time to Tune Out

Trump’s presidency demands your attention.

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Trump’s Shameful Campaign Against Transgender Americans

Trump’s Shameful Campaign Against Transgender Americans

Trump’s attacks on trans people are on the wrong side of history and humanity.

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A U.S. Betrayal Is Surreal for Europeans

A U.S. Betrayal Is Surreal for Europeans

The Trump administration has many worried that Washington is no longer a trusted...

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