The new Lincoln Memorial Undercroft museum enshrines America’s highest ideals, however unrealized.
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An American’s Unrequited Love for Iran
Richard Nelson Frye devoted his life to Persian history and asked to be buried in Isfahan, but Iran’s hard-liners refused. As Iran and the United States fight a widening war, his story offers a parable of a relationship surrendered to hard-liners.
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Businesses Should Step Up to Defend Democracy
The business community’s silence could accelerate America’s slide into autocracy, warns the founder of the pro-democracy business coalition Leadership Now.
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Evan Barker’s Magical Mystery Tour
The ex-operative exposes progressive follies, but her account of moving from Bernie supporter to Trump voter is dazed and confused.
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The DSA Platform Would Destroy American Democracy
The socialist group’s vision of a federal government without three equal branches providing checks and balances would facilitate the whims of a would-be authoritarian. Sound familiar?
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Trump’s Anger Management Problem
Donald Trump is an inveterate hater. He hates everyone and everything unless they fit neatly into his version of reality. He is the most vindictive and vicious president in American history. As the nation’s chief law enforcement officer, he has prosecuted his political enemies for crimes as dubious as taking a picture of seashells on […]
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Bryan Stevenson: “Ignorance Makes You Vulnerable”
The criminal justice advocate and civil rights leader on his work, the war on accurate American history, and grace for those consumed by hate.
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Autocracy Doesn’t Pay
Businesses need democracy to thrive, argues Daniella Ballou-Aares, founder of the business coalition Leadership Now. They should step up to defend it.
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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.
