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An Ambitious Development Agenda From the U.N.
By THE EDITORIAL BOARD
Meeting the United Nations’ lofty goals will be tough in a weakened world economy. Still, much can be done with support from industrialized nations. Comments
Black anti-crime activism in the ’60s and ’70s helped pave the way for our current system of draconian drug laws and mass incarceration. Comments
Richie Pope
CHARLES M. BLOW
Jeb Bush, ‘Free Stuff’ and Black Folks
More of the paternalistic attitude that ignores racism and assumes that blacks want to be victims. Comments
PAUL KRUGMAN
The Blackmail Caucus, a.k.a. the Republican Party
The Republican Party in the Boehner era has had little understanding of economic or political facts, and it will probably get worse. Comments
ROGER COHEN
An Unreliable Germany and the Volkswagen Debacle
Volkswagen cheats, a timely reminder that German leadership will fail if the temptation to hand out lessons is not resisted. Comments
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Congress Should Give the Government More Money for Wildfires
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Forest fires need to be treated more like other natural disasters rather than as a continuing expense. Comments
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The Need for an Accountable Border Patrol
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A number of cases raise questions about agents’ use of violence, and justify renewed calls for greater transparency from the agency.
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Stop Googling. Let’s Talk.
By SHERRY TURKLE
What have we done to face-to-face conversation? Comments
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How to Share Water Along the Nile
By JOHN H. LIENHARD V and KENNETH M. STRZEPEK
Ethiopia, Sudan and Egypt need to work together to share the Nile’s water and avoid conflict.
BINA SHAH
Journalism in Pakistan: Fear and Favor
Big money tells the media what to report, and the state warns it what not to.
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What to Do About the Refugees in Calais?
By ANDERS FJELLBERG
Half-measures by France and Britain won’t help the thousands of people living in limbo. Comments
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Close Formula One Cockpits, Save Lives
By ETHAN BREGMAN
A certain romance in Formula One racing is no reason for our friends and colleagues to die. Comments
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As Print Fades, Part 3: Sponsorships and Start-ups
By MARGARET SULLIVAN
A newly appointed editor will work closely with Times advertising department.
Opinionator | The Stone
Pascal’s Wager 2.0
By GARY GUTTING
Pascal’s famous wager requires a choice between believing and not believing in God. But there’s more than one way not to believe.
Letters
Trigger Warnings in College Classes
Academics variously support and decline to use the warnings to protect students from disturbing material.
Letter
Breaking Up Big Tech Would Harm Consumers
Two Berkeley business professors take issue with a Sunday Review article by Robert B. Reich.
Letter
A Better Way to Vote
A politics professor says voters should be able to pick all the candidates that they consider acceptable, and the consensus choice would win.
Letter
Close a Military School
The founder of School of the Americas Watch writes that the school “continues its operations today,” under a new name.
Letter
Lessons of ‘Super PACs’
A reader asks, “Will we reach a point at which public offices are simply up for auction?”
Letter
Slavery and Place Names, at Yale and Elsewhere
Rather than change place names that commemorate slaveholders, a reader says, we should include signage that offers a history lesson.
Letters
Barriers for Women in the Workplace
Readers respond to an essay by Anne-Marie Slaughter about a work culture that remains stacked against working mothers.
Happy to See You
By HENG KIM SONG
A warm welcome from Uncle Sam ... for some of our distinguished guests.
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Sri Lanka’s War Crimes Controversy
By NILAN FERNANDO
The U.N. recommended creating a special war crimes court, but even backers turned away, for fear of unsettling the new pro-Western government.
The Strip
Martin Shkreli’s Free Market Pharmacy
By BRIAN McFADDEN
September 27, 2015 -- By Brian McFadden
That pharmaceutical boy wonder starts buying up patents to monopolize your health.
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At U.N., Obama Focuses on Corruption, Inequality and Other Roadblocks to Sustainable Development
By ANDREW C. REVKIN
President Obama pinpoints bad governance and gender inequality as big barriers to achieving 17 U.N. sustainable development goals.
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