Featured series 
Tag: Democracy
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Nation & World
Did the British unleash biological warfare against Washington’s troops?
Historians trace role of physicians, medicine, disease during war in articles marking 250th anniversary of Declaration of Independence
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Nation & World
Ex-Trump envoy makes case for Iran attack
President acted in response to ‘culmination of threats,’ says Morgan Ortagus
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Arts & Culture
How Ben Franklin put a charge into American independence
Reputation in science was key to his political power, historian says. On the other hand, ‘Frankenstein.’
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Nation & World
Anne Applebaum inspects the shards of post-war order
Atlantic staff writer weighs Ukraine’s future, ‘radical’ threats to global stability
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Nation & World
What would the Founding Fathers think of TikTok?
Experts weigh national security concerns against free speech in discussion of video app’s future
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Nation & World
Border security isn’t really the problem
Former Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson says current backlash is owing to cloudy mission, aggressive tactics
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Nation & World
A start in bridging divisiveness: Rein in social media
Republican Utah governor, Democrat U.S. congressman find common cause
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Nation & World
What if we used AI to strengthen democracy?
Surveillance, control, propaganda aren’t the only options, says security technologist
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Campus & Community
‘Our students are seeking not just to coexist, but to understand’
8 projects win Building Bridges grants to spark constructive dialogue on campus
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Nation & World
Our self-evident truths
New book takes as focus ‘greatest sentence ever written,’ how it may help a riven nation recall common values
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Campus & Community
Life and times of ‘the birth certificate of the U.S.’
First-years spend semester delving into 1770s texts, influences that shaped nation, its founding document
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Campus & Community
Building momentum on open inquiry
Schools implement recommendations to foster more, better conversations on tough topics around campus
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Nation & World
What unites Americans?
Civil Discourse panelists debate how to strengthen national ties
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Nation & World
Princeton leader defends campus free speech efforts amid ‘civic crisis’
Eisgruber, author of ‘Terms of Respect,’ says campus tensions reflect wider U.S. divisions
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Nation & World
Voice of DOJ experience makes case for ‘deference doctrine’
Visiting professor who served 3 decades with Justice Dept. sees urgent need to protect presumption of regularity
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Nation & World
Finding boundaries of debate
Times columnist Michelle Goldberg discusses Israel, social conservatism, immigration, and where free speech becomes something else
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Nation & World
One idea for equalizing higher education: admissions lotteries
David Deming and Randall Kennedy discuss — and debate — good, bad of meritocracy with ‘Justice’ philosopher
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Nation & World
How independent is the Justice Department now?
Former federal legal officials were worried even before election, but Comey, James indictments crossed line, journalist says
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Nation & World
Time for mandatory retirement ages for lawmakers, judges, presidents?
Americans seem to mostly say yes; legal, medical scholars point to complexities of setting limits
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Nation & World
U.S. needs to keep its friends closer, Pence says
First-term Trump VP: ‘If America isn’t leading the free world, the free world is not being led.’
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Nation & World
‘Vibes or hunches’ don’t help win elections
Political analytics conference convenes experts on voter trends, election forecasting, behavioral research
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Nation & World
Jill Lepore on ‘We the People’
Jill Lepore describes a document built for tinkering in new history of the Constitution
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Campus & Community
Court victory for Harvard in research funding fight
Government acted unlawfully when it cut grants, ruling says
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Campus & Community
Federal judge blocks Trump plan to ban international students at Harvard
Ruling notes administration action raises serious constitutional concerns
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Campus & Community
Take a stand, Abdul-Jabbar tells graduating seniors
Writer and basketball legend speaks to the moment in Class Day address
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Nation & World
Closer look at ‘coolest dictator in the world’
Sociologist traces rise, career of Salvadoran leader some view as savior, others as authoritarian
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Nation & World
Pompeo warns against U.S. pulling back from global leadership role
Former secretary of state offers insider accounts of efforts on Middle East, Iran, China, view of Ukraine war
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Campus & Community
How the Cold War continues to shape German identity
Addie Esposito’s thesis — based on interviews with lawmakers in the Bundestag — examines ‘persistent divide’ between East and West
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Campus & Community
Garber announces new initiatives to fight antisemitism, anti-Israeli bias
Actions come as task force releases full report
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Campus & Community
Garber announces new steps to combat bias against Arabs, Muslims, and Palestinians
Moves come amid release of final report from Task Force on Combating Anti-Muslim, Anti-Arab, and Anti-Palestinian Bias
