United States | Remote control

More non-white than white parents prefer remote learning for their children

Covid has revealed inequities that predated and could long outlast the pandemic

|WASHINGTON, DC

TOM EMMER, a Republican congressman from Minnesota, declared last month, “It’s the teachers’ unions that want to keep the schools closed.” For many parents, even progressive ones, that sentiment has become commonplace: everyone wants schools to reopen, but the teachers’ unions are dragging their feet. The truth is more complicated. Not all parents are equally eager to see their children back in school full-time.

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Harvard has more problems than Donald Trump

He is just making them harder to fix

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One of the most controversial executive orders will shortly land at SCOTUS

What to listen for in oral arguments over birthright citizenship


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A social history of America in a warehouse

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Trump knocks down a controversial pillar of civil-rights law

The rise and fall of the “disparate impact” doctrine

American cities are criminalising homelessness. Will that help?

How a Supreme Court decision paved the way for more punitive policies

Pete Hegseth is purging both weapons and generals

The American army wants to get rid of obsolete kit. But there are risks