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抖阴ap: The mass shootings in Atlanta are just the latest in a surge of anti-Asian violence
President Joe Biden is actively working to quash anti-Asian hate, not just with rhetoric, but with law enforcement. Those actions, plus Trump鈥檚 expulsion from social media and the end of...
Guest Commentary: The middle class risks consuming itself
Americans are increasingly anxious about the costs of services such as health care and education. But these are the very same industries that increasingly sustain the middle class.
Noah Smith: The U.S. needs more of India’s and China’s best and brightest
Streams of desperate Central Americans marching toward the border tend to evoke strong emotions on all sides, while tech professionals from India working in Silicon Valley elicit fewer objections. But...
Noah Smith: Student-loan debt is crushing millennials
In their 2015 song "Stressed Out," which got an astonishing 1.5 billion views on YouTube, the band Twenty One Pilots had a line lamenting student loans.
Noah Smith: Fix affirmative action before its enemies kill it
It is morally consistent to preserve admissions policies aimed at making up for the country's historical sins against disadvantaged groups. However, the issue is more complicated than this.
Noah Smith: Amazon sweepstakes can be great even for the losers
Competition can be healthy for cities nationwide, even ones that don't win. The "race to the bottom" scenario is a concern, but there can also be a long-term race to...
Noah Smith: Economists have no use for Republican tax cuts
As Republicans try once again to hand big tax cuts to wealthy Americans, it's important to remember that professional economists are much more likely to side against them.
Smith: Don’t believe what Jeff Sessions said about jobs and immigrants
Attorney General Jeff Sessions was wrong to say that DACA has "denied jobs to hundreds of thousands of Americans by allowing those same jobs to go to illegal aliens."
Smith: There’s stuff to like in the Republican tax plan
There's much to like in the wonky GOP tax plan. But we also have to acknowledge political reality: It seems unlikely that much, if any, of this will ever become...
Smith: Defending neoliberalism from the extremes of left and right
While it's great to see neoliberals fighting back against the dangerous forces of extremism, winning that fight will ultimately require more than funny internet memes.