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Power sees much to admire in ‘Diplomat’ — except that deodorant thing
Former ambassador sits down with star, showrunner to separate fact, fiction in hit series about foreign service officers
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Far right’s breakthrough year in Germany
Panelists at the Center for European Studies weigh what AfD’s rise means for German politics
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Parting words from a scholar who stepped up
Tomiko Brown-Nagin reflects on work as Radcliffe dean and as leader of high-stakes University initiatives
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Should parents be wary of Silicon Valley’s influence in schools?
Times reporter says students need ‘tech civics’ to understand value, drawbacks amid breakneck advance of tools like AI
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‘They cast no reflection, yet they are a mirror’
Monsters take many forms in our Halloween book recommendations — from vampires to demonic cats to ancient sea reptiles
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Time to leave?
‘Case for Quitting’ author Lindsay Crouse on why you’re wrong when you answer ‘persevere’
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U.S. literacy crisis keeps getting worse
Education experts call decline in U.S. student scores a crisis with potential economic, political fallout. But, they say, it’s fixable.
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Selective nostalgia
Half a century after curator’s road trip collecting photos of American life, a look at what’s inside — and outside — the frames
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