Union Leaders Protesting DeVos Are Left Out in the Cold

WASHINGTON — It’s been a year, but the air is still frigid between the education secretary, Betsy DeVos, and the leaders of the nation’s teacher unions. Randi Weingarten, the longtime president of the American Federation of Teachers, and Lily Eskelsen García, the president of the National Education Association, were left out in the cold on […]

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Rangers Trade Ryan McDonagh and J.T. Miller, Completing Overhaul

The Rangers continued their promised roster overhaul just before the N.H.L. trade deadline on Monday, dealing the captain Ryan McDonagh and forward J. T. Miller to the Tampa Bay Lightning for three players and two draft picks. McDonagh’s departure, which came a day after the Rangers traded forward Rick Nash to the Boston Bruins, completed […]

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Opinion | Trump’s ‘Decent Appointment’ to the F.D.A.

To the Editor: Re “F.D.A. Chief Doesn’t Quite Fit the Administration Stereotype” (“Trump Rules” series, front page, Feb. 12): The good news is that President Trump made a fine appointment for commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration, Dr. Scott Gottlieb. The bad news is that when President Trump makes a decent appointment it is […]

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Was Australopithecus an Artist?

DALLAS — The Nasher Sculpture Center here is devoted to the art of the modern era, and its elegant pavilion and garden, designed by Renzo Piano, have recently welcomed exhibitions by living masters like Roni Horn, Pierre Huyghe and Giuseppe Penone. Its new show, though, exhibits sculptures from far, far earlier: So far back in […]

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Opinion | Baby Brother

This film was born out of another film that fell through because I couldn’t fund it. When you have a camera but no money, you make do with what you can. Often, that means looking around for what’s closest to you. Call it “proximity cinema,” a type of cinema for the poor. This film, about […]

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National Identity Is Made Up

Max Fisher and Amanda Taub write The Interpreter, which explores the ideas behind major world events. They use political and social science to explain topics from authoritarianism to arms control. Online Payday Loans in Portland

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Opinion | Why the World Should Learn to Say ‘Heimat’

HAMBURG, Germany — After “kindergarten” and “schadenfreude,” it’s time for another German word to enter the Anglosphere: “Heimat.” German-to-English dictionaries will translate Heimat (pronounced HI-mat) as home, native land or homeland, but none of those words capture the true meaning of the term. Heimat describes not just a geographical place, but a state of belonging. […]

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In Christie’s Last Days, Hoboken Waterfront Tussle Drags On

One of the last official acts of New Jersey’s outgoing governor, Chris Christie, may be to have his cash-strapped statewide transit agency pay about $12 million to buy a maintenance facility for boats that it does not have. New Jersey Transit, the much-maligned operator of commuter trains and buses, wants to acquire the only remaining […]

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