I’m a historian of totalitarianism. I look at fascist rhetoric. I’ve been thinking about the sources of the worst kinds of history for a quarter of a century. “Experts say…
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Education
El último regalo de una maestra a sus alumnos: los ahorros de su vida
En agosto de 2021, un misterioso paquete procedente de Sarasota, Florida, apareció en el buzón de Nicole Archer, en Manhattan. Archer subió apresuradamente a su apretado departamento de Chelsea con…
Essentially Ellington Keeps Duke Ellington Very Much Alive
In a dressing room behind the stage in the Metropolitan Opera House, Wynton Marsalis, the trumpeter and educator, intently watched a live feed of the big band representing the Osceola…
Harvard Letter Points to ‘Common Ground’ With Trump Administration
Harvard University struck a respectful but firm tone in a letter to the Trump administration on Monday, arguing that the university and the administration shared the same goals, though they…
Tufts Student Returns to Massachusetts After 6 Weeks in Immigration Detention
Rumeysa Ozturk returned to Massachusetts on Saturday evening, eyes welling with joy and gratitude at the end of her six-week odyssey in federal custody, a case that stirred outrage over…
How Dartmouth Has Avoided Trump’s Retribution So Far
Some 600 college leaders recently signed a letter opposing the Trump administration’s interference in higher education. The only Ivy League president who did not sign the letter was Sian Beilock,…
Trump Calls for 20,000 Extra Officers to Help With Deportation Efforts
President Trump ordered the Department of Homeland Security on Friday to increase the deportation force of the United States by 20,000 officers, a move that would lead to an enormous…
Has America Given Up on Children’s Learning?
What happened to learning as a national priority? For decades, both Republicans and Democrats strove to be seen as champions of student achievement. Politicians believed pushing for stronger reading and…
‘The Only Person in the World Claiming to Be the Pope Right Now’
Of all the contenders to be the next pope, Danny Kind might not be an obvious choice. His shaggy hair is tinted green, and the other day he was wearing…
Father of Girl Who Killed 2 at Wisconsin School Is Charged
The father of a teenage girl who fatally shot a teacher and a fellow student at a Christian school in Madison, Wis., in December was arrested on Thursday and charged…