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DAVID L. KIRP

Don’t Suspend Students. Empathize.

Discipline can be a lose-lose proposition. Here’s a different method.

Editorial

The False Promises in President Trump’s Tax Plan

Mr. Trump says that all Americans will win big from tax cuts on businesses and the wealthy. It’s a tough sell because it’s not true. comment icon Comments

FRANK BRUNI

The Real Campus Scourge

No safe space or trigger warning lifts the sting of a cold new world. comment icon Comments

ROSS DOUTHAT

Right-Wing Books, Wrong Answers

Senator Jeff Flake of Arizona on Capitol Hill in August.

A professional deceiver and a high-minded conservative reach the same dead end. comment icon Comments

NICHOLAS KRISTOF

We Don’t Deny Harvey, So Why Deny Climate Change?

Spring, Tex., on Tuesday.

We know there’s a link, and there are things we can do to combat global warming. comment icon Comments

BRYCE COVERT

The Best Era for Working Women Was 20 Years Ago

Candice Bergen as Murphy Brown, the quintessential working woman of the 1990s.

Were the 1990s a peak never to be seen again? comment icon Comments

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Editorial

The Real Battle Begins: Mr. Macron vs. the Labor Code

By THE EDITORIAL BOARD
Emmanuel Macron, president of France, in August.

The president has had a rocky few months. Now comes his first true test: reforming labor rules.

Editorial Observer

Can Melania Trump Rise Above It All?

By ELIZABETH WILLIAMSON
First Lady Melania Trump with President Trump and their son Barron, boarding Air Force One.

Stiletto heels won’t help, but she could bring some grace to the chaos.

Op-Ed Contributors

What Climate Scientists Want You to See in the Floodwaters

By KATHARINE MACH and MIYUKI HINO
Searching for stranded residents in Klein, a suburb of Houston, last Monday.

Hurricane Harvey offers an opportunity to understand what’s happening to the climate and how we can mitigate future disasters.

Opinion

Is Trump Really Pro-Worker?

By STEVEN GREENHOUSE

He talks about his love for miners and factory workers. So far, he hasn’t done much to show it.

A volunteer searching for stranded residents in Dickinson, Tex., last Monday.
MIMI SWARTZ

Houston Needs a Hand

An anti-government stance made Hurricane Harvey’s impact worse. Can big government now make things better? comment icon Comments

Opinion

Goodbye, Yosemite. Hello, What?

By DANIEL DUANE
The Ahwahnee Hotel in 1980. Because of a trademark dispute, it has been renamed the Majestic Yosemite Hotel.
George Rose/Getty Images

Confederate statues are not our only monuments to self-delusion. comment icon Comments

Opinion

In El Salvador, ‘Girls Are a Problem’

By CATALINA LOBO-GUERRERO
A relative with a photograph of Rosivel Elisabeth Grande, who was shot to death on her way to work in San Salvador in 2013. El Salvador is one of the world’s deadliest countries for women.

Salvadoran woman are facing an epidemic of violence fueled by impunity and a culture that normalizes machismo.

Opinion

Stephen Miller Is the Enemy of My Dreams

By MAEVE HIGGINS
Stephen Miller might even enjoy the animosity.

Sometimes what you’re looking for has been right there all along, shouting over women on cable news shows.

Gray Matter

Outlawing War? It Actually Worked

By OONA A. HATHAWAY and SCOTT J. SHAPIRO
President Calvin Coolidge looking on as Frank Kellogg, his secretary of state, signs the Kellogg-Briand Pact of 1928 at the White House.

A 1928 pact brought an end to the right of conquest and changed the way states behave.

Opinion

What if I Bombed at My Own Wedding?

By JOSH GONDELMAN

We were writing our own vows. I needed to make sure I got some laughs.

Opinion

In Silicon Valley, Working 9 to 5 Is for Losers

By DAN LYONS

A century ago, factory workers went on strike to demand better conditions. Today, start-up “hustlers” celebrate their own exploitation. comment icon Comments

Opinion

The 1990s Gave Us the Trump Teens

By DAVID FRIEND

Had America not absorbed the sheer skeeviness of that decade, we wouldn’t be where we are today. comment icon Comments

Opinion

After Harvey, Houston Showed Up

By BRYAN WASHINGTON
First responders and volunteers helped people escape the floodwaters on the outskirts of Houston Thursday.

I asked a guy who was driving his boat downtown what brought him out to help. He told me it was because his family had been spared.

Opinion

Instagram Your Leftovers: History Depends on It

By LAURA SHAPIRO
Some popular Instagram foodie photos.

A food historian says everyday, forgettable meals are where the real stories are. comment icon Comments

Letters

The Moral Debate Over Statues

Readers disagree on the standards that should be used to decide whether monuments should remain, discussing Columbus, Robert E. Lee and others.

Did You Stop Supporting Trump? We Would Like to Hear From You

By THE NEW YORK TIMES

We would like to hear from people who previously supported President Trump, but no longer do.

PATRICK CHAPPATTE

Harvey, Part II

A new state motto?

The four features below have received nominations for the 2017 News and Documentary Emmy Awards.

Op-Docs

‘The Voter Suppression Trail’

By CHRIS BAKER, BRIAN MOORE and MIKE LACHER

Find out if your vote can survive the great, flawed adventure of American democracy.

Op-Docs

The Click Effect

By SANDY SMOLAN

Dive under the sea and listen to the language of dolphins and whales in virtual reality.

Op-Docs

4.1 Miles

By DAPHNE MATZIARAKI

In this short documentary, nominated for an Academy award, a coast guard captain on a Greek island is charged with saving thousands of refugees. comment icon Comments

PAMELA DRUCKERMAN

‘If I Sleep for an Hour, 30 People Will Die’

A World War II hero saved the lives of rebels and refugees. Now it’s our turn.

Editorial

Primary Choices for the New York City Council

By THE EDITORIAL BOARD

Here are endorsements in five competitive races.

Sporting

Maybe Colin Kaepernick Is Just Not That Good

By COLIN FLEMING
Colin Kaepernick in a game against the New England Patriots last November.

Limited skills rather than persecution could explain why he doesn’t have a job.

Op-Ed Contributor

The Summer of Love’s Dispiriting Fall

By TED WIDMER

Even the Beatles began to sense that their utopia was, in fact, nowhere.

BRET STEPHENS

If You Want to MAGA, Save DACA

Immigration advocates marched near the White House on Aug. 15.

Great nations know the value of human potential. comment icon Comments

Op-Ed Contributor

How to Regulate Artificial Intelligence

By OREN ETZIONI

Three rules for ensuring that A.I. systems don’t run roughshod over humans. comment icon Comments

Op-Ed Contributors

Waiting for a Perfect Protest?

By MICHAEL MCBRIDE, TRACI BLACKMON, FRANK REID and BARBARA WILLIAMS SKINNER
A demonstrator clashed with a policeman during a civil rights protest in Nashville in 1964.

Well-intended moderates have used unrealistic standards to judge anti-racism activism. But this is nothing new — just ask Martin Luther King Jr. comment icon Comments

Vietnam ’67

A Turning Point for South Vietnam?

By SEAN FEAR
Members of the South Vietnamese Constituent Assembly voting in 1967 to confirm the election of Nguyen Van Thieu as president.

The elections of 1967, long ignored, could have saved the country. Instead, they doomed it. comment icon Comments

Op-Ed Contributor

The Nashville Statement Is an Attack on L.G.B.T. Christians

By ELIEL CRUZ
Steve Gaines, president of the Southern Baptist Convention. who is among the evangelical leaders who signed the Nashville Statement, which paints L.G.B.T. people as immoral.

It’s not just symbolic. Bigoted religious views cause real harm.

Letters

Rome Survived Caligula. Will America Survive Trump?

The Circus of Caligula, 1901, from the magazine La Vie au Grand Air.

Readers discuss Nicholas Kristof’s column about ancient Rome’s resilience in the face of unstable rulers.

Letters

Better Planning for Inevitable Disasters

An abandoned truck sat in a northbound lane of Interstate 45 in Houston on Tuesday.

Readers call for more responsible growth and question whether all taxpayers should bear the burden of “the negligence of Texans.”

Vietnam ’67: A Newsletter About the War

American soldiers watching helicopters landing as part of Operation Pershing in South Vietnam in 1967.
Patrick Christain/Getty Images

Examining America’s long war in Southeast Asia through the course of a single year.

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