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Math teaches us that D.E.I. initiatives should be about carefully defining metrics we use to measure how far people have come, thus how far they have the potential to go. They should be about uncovering when some people are constantly running uphill

Readers Comments: Dept of War, Trump War on All People of Our Country; In Memory of Melissa Hortman; More Martin Niemöller; Mainstream Democrats; Epstein Files and Domestic Violence; MAGA Influencers Rehabilitating Hitler; Block the Bombs Act-Sept 15

Trump has been an enabler of war, famine, disease and death

This is a betrayal of history’s fundamental purpose: to learn from the past. If we ever aspire to become one nation, the entirety of our past, including the enslavement of an estimated 10 million people, must be acknowledged as our shared history.

Culture wars turning from cold to hot

International climate experts have extensively debunked the D.O.E.’s recent report, but will science win out?

The White House has targeted opponents, including a Fed governor, for having more than one primary residence on their loan papers. ProPublica found that, in one case, a Trump cabinet secretary got two such mortgages in quick succession.

A surprising number of Andrew Cuomo’s allies, donors, and friends have close ties to the late pedophile and sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein.

Polling shows mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani in a commanding lead with Jewish New Yorkers, but you won’t read about it in the paper of record.

Readers Comments: Death of Voting Rights Act, Gerrymandering, Confederacy Worship, Gestapo Seizures and Camps; RFK Insanity; Zohran Mamdani; Martin Niemöller's real quote; Italian Dockworkers Threaten to Shut Down All of Europe; No Kings 2 - Oct 18;