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A Florida School Banned a Disney Movie About Ruby Bridges. So I Watched It.
This month, an elementary school in St. Petersburg, Fla., stopped showing a 1998 Disney movie about Ruby Bridges, the 6-year-old…
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Politics
What Does It Mean to Be Ready to Die?
Nine years ago, near the end of my residency training, I sat across from a patient, wondering whether he’d accepted…
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Politics
Bill Zehme, Author With a Knack for Humanizing the Famous, Dies at 64
A prolific biographer, he charmed his way into access to, and insights about, Frank Sinatra, Hugh Hefner, Johnny Carson and…
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Politics
What the Push for ‘Parents’ Rights’ Is Really About
You may have heard the phrase “parents’ rights.” It sounds unobjectionable — of course parents should have rights — which…
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Politics
Dr. Fauci Could Have Said a Lot More
Covid had just reached American shores on Feb. 9, 2020, when Newt Gingrich invited Anthony Fauci, the longtime head of…
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World
Inside a Brooklyn School Teaching the Course That Florida Banned
Students taking the African American studies class have learned about ancient kingdoms, 20th century movements and modern issues.
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World
At House Republican Retreat, the Focus, Once Again, Is on Trump
For the third year since he left office, former President Donald J. Trump continued to dominate an annual G.O.P. gathering…
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Politics
What if Kids Are Sad and Stressed Because Their Parents Are?
There is a depressing familiarity now to the conversations I’m hearing among parents of teenagers. After the obligatory pleasantries, talk…
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Politics
The Battle Over a Professor’s Speech
More from our inbox: My Tiny Rebellion Over the Pledge of AllegianceRon DeSantis, BullyFirst Trump, Now Greene. Didn’t the Media…
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Arts
Finding a Voice (and Bodies) for an Untold South African Story
In “Broken Chord,” the choreographer Gregory Maqoma and the composer Thuthuka Sibisi consider the journey of a South African choir…