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Allan Golston
Follow Allan on Twitter @AllanGolston. Allan Golston is president of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation's U.S. Program.
Abdul El-Sayed’s Slippery Argument About Israel’s Right to Exist
Michigan’s U.S. Senate candidate says he’s for “self-determination for Palestinians and Jewish Israelis alike.” But for most Israelis, self-determination means a Jewish state.
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Facing Political Attack and Falling Enrollment, Colleges Take the Fight to … Each Other
Competition is intensifying among institutions and recruiters for a dwindling pool of students.
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Why Conservatives Are Losing Their War Against The Odyssey
Christoper Nolan’s epic film is enlightened, not woke.
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The Heart of America Still Beats for Connection
The National Collaborative for Health Equity’s Annual Heart of America Survey shows Americans worrying about economic pressure and craving leaders who end polarization.
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Blood on the U.S. Senate Floor
The 1856 caning of Senator Charles Sumner, an anti-slavery Republican, by a pro-slavery U.S. Representative Preston Brooks was a step on the road to the Civil War and has echoes in our own violent times.
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Jon Ossoff Is Proving Democrats Don’t Need to Punch Left
The senator from purple Georgia is leading in polls and fundraising without picking a fight with party progressives. Maybe there’s a lesson there.
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Andy Burnham’s Challenge
Andy Burnham has built his political identity around Britain’s neglected industrial communities. His premiership may depend on whether he can deliver for them.
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