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Rusty-colored trees extend for a long way toward mountains

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A giant crater in Siberia is belching up Russia's past

by : Sophie Pinkham , New York Times

As the world warms, permafrost is thawing across two-thirds of Russia, writes Sophie Pinkham, professor of the practice in comparative literature, in a New York Times opinion piece.
Four donuts in a stack: frosted pink, covered with sprinkles

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What if ‘food noise’ is just…hunger?

by : Kate Manne , New York Times

Kate Manne writes that “food noise,” ubiquitous on social media, is a rebrand of some of the most basic human drives: hunger, appetite, craving – and she argues that we should resist this reframing.
Two small flags on a table top

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Even China isn’t convinced it can replace the U.S.

by : Jessica Chen Weiss , New York Times

Ideology in China is itself malleable, rather than a rigid cage that determines policy, government professor Jessica Chen Weiss writes in a New York Times opinion.
Yellow streak against a pale blue and pink sky; a missile launch

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America and China Don’t Need to Knock Each Other Out to Win

by : Jessica Chen Weiss , New York Times

Competition and conflict between the United States and China have continued to intensify, writes Jessica Chen Weiss, in New York Times commentary.
Skyscrapers, a view from the ground

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How a Mathematician Spends His Sundays

by : Tammy La Gorce , New York Times

Everywhere Steven Strogatz goes in the city, he sees math.
Pink bathroom scale and measuring tape

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Diet Culture Is Unhealthy. It’s Also Immoral.

by : Kate Manne , New York Times

In a New York Times op-ed, Kate Manne, associate professor of philosophy, writes about personal and philosophical pressures placed on body image.
White digits set in a dark background

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Who's afraid of big numbers?

by : Steven Strogatz , New York Times

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Jamila Michener

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Employers are Begging for Workers. Maybe That's a Good Thing.

Jamila Michener, associate professor of government, discusses employer panic, America's poverty addiction and the messy politics of work on the Ezra Klein Show.
Supreme Court building

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A Supreme Court Case Poses a Threat to L.G.B.T.Q. Foster Kids

by : Stephen Vider David S. Byers , New York Times

In a New York Times op-ed, Stephen Vider considers the possible repercussions of the Supreme Court's decision, expected this month, on Fulton v. City of Philadelphia, a case that asks whether the city of Philadelphia can bar Catholic Social Services from screening future foster parents.
Red and green color blocks in a flag

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My Country Is Under Attack

by : Valzhyna Mort , New York Times

Belarusians took to the streets this week to reclaim their dignity, writes Valzhyna Mort, assistant professor of English, in an op-ed in the New York Times. The government of Belarus, she says, has responded with brutal violence.

Pillars of the White House seen from across a lawn

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There’s nothing radical about a female vice president

by : Kate Manne , New York Times

From Hillary Clinton’s surprise loss to Donald Trump in the 2016 presidential election to the failure of the Democratic Party to choose a female candidate for 2020 despite an abundance of qualified women, the past few years have been disappointing to those who believe a female president is long overdue, writes Kate Manne, associate professor of philosophy, in a New York Times op-ed.

Tall silver buildings rise out of a sprawling city with mountains in the background

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A storm will hit Latin American democracies

by : Gustavo A. Flores-Macías , New York Times

While Latin America is realizing the cost of the COVID-19 pandemic, a storm is brewing over the region, writes Gustavo A. Flores-Macías, associate vice provost for international affairs and associate professor of government, in an op-ed in the New York Times' Spanish edition.

Person sitting on grass in a garden

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How Colleges Can Keep the Coronavirus Off Campus

American flag

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How Never Trumpers Fell in Line

by : Steve Israel , New York Times

Former Congressman Steve Israel, director of the Cornell University Institute of Politics and Global Affairs, writes in the New York Times that he sees political rationalization at work among today's representatives.

Protest at White House

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Comparative government and the future of American democracy

A New York Times article highlighted key takeaways from a recent lecture on campus discussing the future of American democracy from a comparative government standpoint. 

The numeral Pi made up of the numbers of Pi

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How Pi Made Us Modern

by : Steven Strogatz , New York Times

Steven Strogatz, the Jacob Gould Schurman Professor of Applied Mathematics in the College of Arts & Sciences and author of "The Joy of X," explains the origin and meaning of pi in a New York Times op-ed. 

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The welfare boogeyman

by : Suzanne Mettler , New York Times

Suzanne Mettler, The John L. Senior Professor of American Institutions, writes in this New York Times opinion piece about President Trump's efforts to rebrand various social programs as "welfare."

1967 meeting between President Lyndon B. Johnson and some of his most trusted foreign policy advisers.

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When the wise men failed

by : Jonathan Kirshner , New York Times

A government professor reflects on an important 1967 meeting between President Lyndon B. Johnson and some of his most trusted foreign policy advisers.