Rhinelander v. Rhinelander was one of the most scandalous trials of the Jazz Age. 100 years later, it reads as a tragedy about the country’s original sin.

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The Bondi Beach massacre has people fearing more anti-Jewish violence — and an Islamophobic backlash. But there are reasons to think stability will prevail.

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Readers react to President Trump’s disparaging comments about Somalis in the U.S. Also: Academic censorship; a prejudice against psychiatric medication.

Attacks on Somali Americans are a cruel distraction.

Why country and cowboys have a hold on our culture and our political imagination.

The U.S. first had a federal education department in 1867 — not 1979. Its history is critical in understanding the federal role in schools.