“…the national press is undoubtedly cosmopolitan in its outlook…”
I have worked in a number of newsrooms, and I know writers and editors...
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“The evolving legal definition of rape has always been a bellwether of changing attitudes to race and gender…”
The evolving legal definition of rape has always been a bellwether of changing attitudes...
“Throughout the primaries, Trump rallies routinely featured his boasts about the most recent polling results”
Throughout the primaries, Trump rallies routinely featured his boasts about the most recent polling...
“For poor and working-class whites, skin color no longer feels like an implicit guarantor of privilege”
For poor and working-class whites, skin color no longer feels like an implicit guarantor...
“In recent years, our society, and our college campuses, have been infused by an approach to identity politics that…seems to be struggling with…tension of humility and arrogance”
As we learn about ourselves and one another through talking and listening and being...
“This is not going to be a ‘there’s no difference between the candidates’ election”
This is not going to be a “there’s no difference between the candidates” election....
“Mr. Trump is an unlikely spokesman for the grievances of financially struggling, alienated Americans…”
Mr. Trump is an unlikely spokesman for the grievances of financially struggling, alienated Americans:...
“Telling someone to ‘check their privilege’ can be a means to discredit different opinions merely because people who express them belong to a certain racial category”
“White privilege” is too broad a term. It lumps a white Walmart employee with...
“Thanks to the deal, the Iranian nuclear program has been rolled back and is now at least a year away from obtaining a nuclear device”
A year ago, Iran had enough enriched uranium to build nine nuclear devices and...
“This deinstitutionalization of the faith has occurred alongside its politicization”
This deinstitutionalization of the faith has occurred alongside its politicization. It’s hard to believe...