TEMPE, Ariz. — In the months leading up to the congressional vote on the Dream Act in 2010, young people across the state organized protests to urge our elected officials to vote in favor. I was a 21-year-old communications student at Estrella Mountain Community College, in Avondale, Ariz., at the time. I remember how hopeful […]

TEMPE, Ariz. — In the months leading up to the congressional vote on the Dream Act in 2010, young people across the state organized protests to urge our elected officials to vote in favor. I was a 21-year-old communications student at Estrella Mountain Community College, in Avondale, Ariz., at the time. I remember how hopeful […]

A reader says we finally have a leader who is willing to do more than any president has done. Also: Donald Trump’s silence; Gerald Ford’s pardon of Richard Nixon; Republicans and the debt. More from our inbox: To the Editor: Re “Biden Pitches Climate Policy as a Jobs Plan” (front page, Jan. 28): The day […]

PRAGUE (Reuters) – Goldman Sachs has increased its holding in Czech MONETA Money Bank to 10.45% from 3.22% amid a takeover offer by a Czech investment group, a regulatory filing with the Czech central bank showed.FILE PHOTO: A view of the Goldman Sachs stall on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange July 16, […]

So far, Joe Biden has been surprisingly progressive. Credit…Timo Lenzen Supported by By Michelle Goldberg Opinion Columnist During Donald Trump’s presidency, I sometimes took comfort in the Yale political scientist Stephen Skowronek’s concept of “political time.” In Skowronek’s formulation, presidential history moves in 40- to 60-year cycles, or “regimes.” Each is inaugurated by transformative, “reconstructive” […]

Mankind is divisible into two great classes: hosts and guests. — Max Beerbohm There are two kinds of people in this world: those who know where their high school yearbook is and those who do not. — Sloane Crosley, “I Was Told There’d Be Cake” The world is divided into two types: the idle and […]

Op-Docs Through a day of role-playing, a group of students get an eye-opening introduction to the careers that may await them. transcript The Field Trip Through a day of role-playing, a group of students get an eye-opening introduction to the careers that may await them. “P, F, L, P, F, E.” “Good morning, citizens. Welcome […]

By Kara Swisher The “Karate Kid” was a hero of the 1980s. Now he’s back, with the actor Ralph Macchio reprising the role for the series “Cobra Kai.” The story is ostensibly a classic battle between a hero and a villain. But as Mr. Macchio notes, it’s actually more complex. Audiences, he says, “recognize the […]

More from our inbox: To the Editor: Re “Biden Joins Public Outcry Over Decision to Banish Capitol Troops to Garage” (news article, Jan. 23): Mike Lindell, founder of MyPillow and a fervent Trump supporter, recently missed a golden opportunity. The photos of large numbers of National Guard members sleeping on the hard marble floors of […]

Why you shouldn’t nitpick over the details. By Paul Krugman Opinion Columnist President Biden is proposing a large relief package to deal with the continuing fallout from the coronavirus. The package is expansive, as it should be. But it is, predictably, facing demands that it be scaled back. Which, if any, of these demands have […]