The Lesson Trump Is Learning the Hard Way
The U.S. has a lot of leverage over trade—but using it is not as simple as it seems.
Ideas
Buy, Borrow, Die
How to be a billionaire and pay no taxes
Columbia University’s Anti-Semitism Problem
If the bullying of Jewish students had happened to any other group, the institution would be appalled.
One Word of Truth Shall Outweigh the Whole World
The Russian author’s Nobel Prize lecture contains an urgent message for contemporary audiences.
Trump’s Attempts to Muzzle the Press Look Familiar
Much of what the U.S. president has done to curb independent media echoes the Hungarian autocrat Viktor Orbán’s playbook.
The Rise of the Brown v. Board of Education Skeptics
Why some mainstream Black intellectuals are giving up on the landmark decision
Invading Canada Is Not Advisable
We’ve tried before. It didn’t work out.
The Kind of Thing Dictators Do
The decision to deport Mahmoud Khalil is most remarkable for its pettiness, its insecurity, and its failure to grasp the spirit of America and of academia at their best.
Trump Is Unleashing a Chaos Economy
Businesses cannot thrive under this much uncertainty.
Republicans Tear Down a Black Lives Matter Mural
Symbols aren’t just symbols.