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Hochul, Looking to 2026, Pushed to Weaken Oversight of Religious Schools
Changing a law that chiefly affects all-boys Hasidic Jewish schools, known as yeshivas, has been a top priority among leaders of New York’s Hasidic communities, which tend to vote as a bloc.
How 6 Democrats in a Consequential Governor’s Race Are Vying to Be Heard
The race for governor of New Jersey includes a large field of Democratic primary candidates competing against each other — and trying not to be drowned out by the drama in Washington.
An Early Celebration of America’s 250th Birthday
A video installation near the United Nations, on the site of a proposed casino, will feature interviews with people from around the United States.
No One Has Ever Defeated Autocracy From the Sidelines
How will Americans know when we have lost our democracy? Authoritarianism is harder to recognize than it used to be. Most 21st-century autocrats are elected. Rather than violently suppress opposition like Castro or Pinochet, today’s autocrats convert …
Can Democrats Win the Working Class and Save the Republic?
Senator Chris Murphy on the Democrats’ “five alarm” crisis.
Israel Has a Terrible Choice to Make
You’re reading the David French newsletter, for Times subscribers only. Reflections on law and culture, war and peace, and the deeper trends that define and divide America. Get it with a Times subscription.The war in Gaza has reached a predictable …
West Point Is Supposed to Educate, Not Indoctrinate
It turned out to be easy to undermine West Point. All it took was an executive order from President Trump and a memo from Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth dictating what could and couldn’t be taught in the military and its educational institutions. In …
How Three Democrats Who Saved the Party Before Would Do It Again
Listen to and follow ‘The Opinions’Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Amazon Music | YouTube | iHeartRadio In the late 1980s, the Democratic Party was trying to figure out how to how to remake itself after having lost four of the five previous presidential …
What I Learned in China: Obedience Gets You Nowhere
In 2014, the Chinese writer known as Murong Xuecun announced in an essay in The New York Times that he was returning to China to turn himself in to the police. Two weeks earlier, the authorities had arrested three of Mr. Murong’s friends in Beijing …
Man Is Charged With Federal Hate Crimes in Assaults on Jewish Protesters
Tarek Bazrouk, 20, on three occasions kicked and punched Jewish protesters who were wearing religious attire or carrying Israeli flags at demonstrations in Manhattan, prosecutors said.