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In Seattle, It’s Almost Normal
On Feb. 9, 2020, the Seattle Asian Art Museum reopened after a three-year, $56 million dollar renovation and expansion that…
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The People’s Republic of Shein
PLANO, Texas — There was some desperation in the air at the indoor mall where Shein had opened a pop-up…
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Where Exactly Is Times Square? It’s Complicated.
Good morning. It’s Thursday. Today we will look at Times Square — what its boundaries are, and why that question…
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Biden to Address Threats to Democracy in Philadelphia Speech
WASHINGTON — When President Biden travels to Philadelphia on Thursday, he will turn his attention to the threat to American…
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School Is for Everyone
For the majority of human history, most people didn’t go to school. Formal education was a privilege for the Alexander…
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School Is for Merit
In 1982, as a 5-foot-0 teen at Morgantown High School in the foothills of West Virginia’s Appalachians, I stepped forward…
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School Is for Making Citizens
Why do we have public schools? To make young people into educated, productive adults, of course. But public schools are…
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Please Don’t Make a Tolkien Cinematic Universe
In the months leading up to its premiere this Friday, Amazon Prime’s “The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of…
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The Mets Pull One Back in a Fun Win Over the Dodgers
On a shelf in his spare locker at Citi Field, Brandon Nimmo has a baseball with a series of markings…
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College Football Is Back. Don’t Even Try That Fake Slide.
For all that does not seem to change in college football — Alabama around the top of the polls, hype…