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For the Martin Luther King weekend, reflections on King, Rustin, Moynihan, and the continuing struggle to defend America and the pursuit of its ideals from its authoritarian enemies.

An examination of the hugely consequential conflict between two two visions for the kind of 21st-century society that we ought to be pursuing.

A report on China's rapidly growing nuclear arsenal and the emerging 21st-century nuclear standoff -- something that, because of rapidly advancing technology, is likely to be even more dangerous.

An essay exploring the implications of all of the things that we believe, but can't say and the things that we don't believe, but must say.

As wars continue to proliferate across the planet, an assessment of the reasons why some wars never seem to end and why the killing goes on and on.

From Thomas Edsall, a quick look (with lots of links) into what some of our most prominent social theorists think about society's deepening difficulties.

In the context of Taiwan's recent election, a look at how democratic elections are becoming a battlefield in the increasingly tense struggle between geopolitical rivals (and a preview of the US 2024 election).

An explanation of the Biden Administration's effort to remedy "centuries of structural racism" and the Justice40 program which reserves 40% of federal assistance programs for "underserved communities."

An argument that President Trump's special brand of politics (and Democratic policies to which his supporters are rebelling) are transforming cultural beliefs in fundamental and dangerous ways.

Universities were, above all, supposed to be in the business of providing us with increasingly accurate and reliable information about the nature of our world. An article on why they are failing to do this.