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How Should Universities Atone for Their Past Mistakes?

Ta-Nehisi Coates talks with the presidents of Harvard and Georgetown about the ways higher-education institutions are acknowledging their histories of slavery and discrimination.

  • Alia Wong
September 29, 2016
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John Kerry Calls Bombing of Aleppo ‘Beyond the Pale’

Fighting in the Syrian city has led to a devastating, and worsening, humanitarian crisis.

  • Clare Foran
September 29, 2016
An aerial banner is flown over Miami Beach, Florida.
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What Happened While America Waited for Zika Funding

Congress finally approved a $1.1 billion deal—but Zika has already done real damage in the United States.

  • Julie Beck
September 29, 2016
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Paul Ryan Promises to ‘Work With Whoever Wins’

That won’t be easy for the Republican House speaker, regardless of the election’s outcome.

  • Clare Foran
September 29, 2016
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Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie on When Language Fails Her

The writer spoke about police killings in America.

  • Julie Beck
September 28, 2016
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CIA Director Calls 9/11 Legislation 'Badly Misguided'

Congress delivered a historic rebuke to the administration on Wednesday by overriding Obama’s veto.

  • Clare Foran
September 28, 2016
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Taking the Fear and Desperation Out of Online Dating

The quest for a calmer, gentler dating app

  • Julie Beck
September 28, 2016
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‘Allowing America to Confront Its Tortured Racial Past’

How the National Museum of African American History and Culture recounts black history in the United States

  • Clare Foran
September 28, 2016
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How a Museum Reckons With Black Pain

The Smithsonian’s new memorial of African American history and culture is at once triumphant and crushing.

  • Vann R. Newkirk II
September 23, 2016
U.S. Rep. Bill Shuster, the chairman of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, smiles as he steps into the passenger seat of a a self-driving car in Pennsylvania, in 2013.
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A New Era for the Automobile

In long-awaited federal guidelines on self-driving cars, officials hint at a new kind of DMV.

  • Adrienne LaFrance
September 20, 2016
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How a Museum Captures African American History

A floor-by-floor preview of the Smithsonian’s National African American Museum of History and Culture

  • Kriston Capps
  • CityLab
September 17, 2016
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Tiny Vampires

On living with mosquitoes in the time of Zika

  • Julie Beck
September 15, 2016
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Why Georgetown's Offer Falls Short

Treating the descendants of the slaves Georgetown sold just like the children of university alumni during the admissions process ignores a financial responsibility.

  • Adrienne Green
September 1, 2016
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