Nicholas Lemann is a professor at Columbia Journalism School and a staff writer for The New Yorker. His most recent book is Transaction Man.
The premium on prestigious colleges is wildly overrated. I should know.
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It’s time to shelve the terms ‘Democratic Socialists’ and ‘Moderate Democrats’ for good.
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Example: we have a nursing shortage because of health care sector freeloading.
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The premium on prestigious colleges is wildly overrated. I should know.
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