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Sudan’s second year of war brings little hope. The world should keep trying anyway.
Sudan has just entered a second year of civil war, the world’s worst humanitarian crisis. Only sustained diplomacy and pressure from outside actors can end it.
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Cartoon by Pedro Molina
Pedro Molina cartoon on Columbia University’s canceled classes.
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Trump’s right to free screech
Ann Telnaes cartoon on Donald Trump ignoring a judge’s gag order.
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Is Bragg’s prosecution of Trump a ‘historic mistake’? I’m answering your questions.
Submit your questions for Jennifer Rubin’s mail bag newsletter and live chat.
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The wealthy dominate government. Democrats should work to change that.
Recruiting more working-class candidates could help Democrats win elections and make for better government.
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For many this year, Israeli hostages were on the Seder guest list
Talks over a hostage release broke down in part because Hamas could not provide a list of 40 living civilians to fulfill the terms of a U.S.-proposed deal.
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So, 112 ignoble, infantile Republicans voted to endanger civilization
For the satisfaction of committing populist naughtiness, dozens of House GOP members voted to assure Vladimir Putin’s attempt to erase a European nation.
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We have a radical democracy. Will Trump voters destroy it?
The Founding Fathers feared that Americans would someday reject their many freedoms. That’s what the 2024 election is really about.
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Duke Ellington would be 125. D.C. still dances to his tune.
What Edward Kennedy Ellington should be most remembered for is the way he opened America’s ears and souls to the magnificence of his melodies.
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Is Trump above the law? The Supreme Court weighs in.
The Supreme Court is set to decide to what extent former President Trump could be immune from prosecution for his efforts to overturn the 2020 election on Jan. 6, 2021, as his lawyers have claimed. Post Opinions columnists Charles Lane, Ruth Marcus and Jason Willick discuss the strategy and timing of these arguments and what we might expect the justices to decide in this showdown about the future boundaries of presidential authority.
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Fulbright scholars are trapped in a Catch-22
We promised to go back to Russia, but we’re in danger if we do.
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How Ukraine can make best use of the U.S. aid package
The infusion of arms won’t end the war. But it averts the worst possible outcomes.
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Columbia’s president is committed to one principle: Keeping her job
Watching the leader of a great university snitch on the school’s professors was frightening and pathetic.
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College is broken. Herewith, a modest proposal to fix it.
Plus: Immigration’s benefits. Dogs rock.
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Congress might upend how online privacy works. Finally.
A bipartisan proposal would, at last, give Americans the protections they deserve in the internet age.
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Mike Johnson did the right thing. Democrats should protect him.
Readers debate whether the U.S. salvaged its image as an ally or tarnished it, and whether domestic profits justify foreign entanglements.
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Trump is being persecuted — but for real misdeeds
For the worse part of a decade now, we have been stuck in an ugly pattern in which Trump’s misconduct calls forth abusive or unfair responses from his opponents.
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Should Biden make Ukraine aid a centerpiece of his campaign?
Could the war in Ukraine change the 2024 election landscape?
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What were Romeo and Juliet’s favorite fruit? I was taking your jokes.
Alexandra’s live chat with readers starts at 11 a.m. ET on Tuesday. Read the transcript.
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You don’t want immigrants? Then tell grandma she can never retire.
Without immigrants, the U.S. economy’s stellar job growth wouldn’t be possible.
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The U.S. is more prepared for bird flu than you might think
The federal government has plans in place in case avian flu becomes the next pandemic.
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‘Freedom but no jobs’ — South Africans rethink Mandela’s legacy
Nelson Mandela is revered around the world for averting civil war in South Africa. But ahead of May elections, young South Africans are questioning his legacy.
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A modest proposal to save higher education
Two existential threats to colleges and universities, one solution.
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