Trump Says Smithsonian Focuses Too Much on ‘How Bad Slavery Was’

The remark, made as the president has ordered a wide-ranging review of museum exhibits, added to his pattern of minimizing Black history.

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Life in a City Where English Is the Minority Language

Some thoughts from Quebec City’s English-speaking community.

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With Deep N.I.H. Cuts, Research Into Health Disparities Falters

In its campaign against “woke” science, the Trump administration has closed down studies and programs focused on the gaps between racial and socioeconomic groups.

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Clashing Visions of Syria’s Future Play Out in Ancient Alleys of Damascus

Many in the capital worry that the secular freedoms they enjoyed under the Assad regime are under threat from the new Islamist government.

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In Election Cases, Supreme Court Keeps Removing Guardrails

The justices, having effectively blessed partisan gerrymandering, may be poised to eliminate the remaining pillar of the Voting Rights Act.

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Trump Escalates a Fight Over How to Measure Merit in American Education

President Trump’s most recent executive order wades into a debate over how elite colleges should weigh grades and test scores versus the obstacles students have overcome.

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Trump Wasn’t the First to Deport These Men, and He Won’t Be the Last

Dozens of Bhutanese men ejected from the United States are now in refugee camps in Nepal, which doesn’t want them but has nowhere to send them.

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Trump’s Deals With Top Colleges May Give Rich Applicants a Bigger Edge

The public release of data on test scores and race could wind up making wealth even more influential in admissions.

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Columbia and Brown to Disclose Admissions and Race Data in Trump Deal

A widely overlooked part of a settlement with the two universities could profoundly alter how elite schools determine who gets accepted.

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Judge Declines to Order Trump Administration to Restore Research Cuts

A group of 16 states sued after the National Science Foundation terminated hundreds of millions of dollars in funding that had previously been awarded to research institutions.

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