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The Price We Pay for Having Upper-Class Legislators

There is a coordinated, nationwide effort to roll back child labor laws, part of a broader campaign to concentrate even…

That Strange Piece of Metal Origami Embodies All Elon Musk’s Flaws

Some of the problems Tesla is facing — including first-quarter profits that are down 9 percent from last year, stressful…

My Late-in-Life Friendship With Helen Vendler

One makes so few new friends in older age — I mean, real friends, the ones you bond with and…

The Wartime Music of Debussy and Komitas, Still Resonating Today

Kirill Gerstein’s immense recording project “Music in Time of War” surveys works by artists who witnessed World War I and…

Broadway Opened 12 Shows in 9 Days. Here’s What That Looked Like.

Eva Noblezada and Jeremy Jordan arriving at "The Great Gatsby." Broadway just got busy. Really busy. Seven musicals and five…

Trump Is Flirting With Quack Economics

More than 30 years ago, the economists Rudiger Dornbusch (one of my mentors) and Sebastian Edwards wrote a classic paper…

Class of 2024, It’s Not in Your Head: The Job Market Is Tough

Here is a brutal fact for the college class of 2024: There aren’t enough college-level jobs out there for all…

The Campus Protests: Voices From Columbia, Barnard and Beyond

More from our inbox: Don’t Delay the Trump TrialsTrump, Pence and AbortionProtesters have occupied a lawn at Columbia University for…

How Did Black Forest Cake Become the World’s Favorite Dessert?

It’s a classic Trinidadian dessert — a chocolate cake soaked in overproof rum and topped with swoops of ultrapasteurized whipped…

A Student Orchestra Shouts ‘Mambo!’ and Meets Its Idol

Our photographer followed 95 young musicians for six days as they prepared to perform with Gustavo Dudamel, the next music…

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