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GOP Senator: Students Can Thrive Without Department of Education | Opinion

GOP Senator: Students Can Thrive Without Department of Education | Opinion

As graduation season approaches, some high school seniors face a sad reality: They never learned to read. Graduates throughout the country are...

yesterday 7

Newsweek

John Kennedy

What Can We Learn From Trump's 'Heroic' White House Portrait? | Opinion

What Can We Learn From Trump's 'Heroic' White House Portrait? | Opinion

A torrent of words spilled from the media as people learned that the White House had replaced a portrait of Barack Obama in the main entrance hall...

yesterday 6

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Barbara A. Perry

In Rural America, the SAVE Act Is a Direct Attack on Voting | Opinion

In Rural America, the SAVE Act Is a Direct Attack on Voting | Opinion

I did not get on a plane or leave the country until I was 15. Where I grew up in West Virginia, not many of my neighbors had passports—most had...

yesterday 6

Newsweek

Christina Harvey

How the Bond Markets Tamed Trump | Opinion

How the Bond Markets Tamed Trump | Opinion

Two weeks ago, President Donald Trump confidently announced his long-awaited reciprocal tariffs in a widely viewed Rose Garden address. Essentially...

yesterday 7

Newsweek

Marc Short And Joel Griffith

Let's Honor Black Mothers by Confronting What Endangers Them | Opinion

Let's Honor Black Mothers by Confronting What Endangers Them | Opinion

As we mark Black Maternal Health Week, we do so not just with reverence for the lives we've lost but also with a growing sense of urgency. Black...

yesterday 6

Newsweek

Jamila K. Taylor

Trump's Attack on Our Courts Threatens Every American | Opinion

Trump's Attack on Our Courts Threatens Every American | Opinion

Our country faces a constitutional crisis that should alarm every American. Since taking office, President Donald Trump has launched an...

yesterday 2

Newsweek

Lisa Gilbert And Brett Edkins

End US Taxpayer Support for the Higher Education Gravy Train

End US Taxpayer Support for the Higher Education Gravy Train

One of the most important insights of public policy is the understanding that most laws are predicated upon a (stated or unstated) quid pro quo....

yesterday 8

Newsweek

Josh Hammer

Beware the Republicans' Anti-Parent Tax Plan | Opinion

Beware the Republicans' Anti-Parent Tax Plan | Opinion

We know what families are going through because we're living it, too. And right now, instead of helping lower the cost of living, President Donald...

yesterday 9

Newsweek

Jimmy Gomez And Kristin Rowe-Finkbeiner

Don't Let Bukele Export His Brand of Authoritarianism to the US | Opinion

Don't Let Bukele Export His Brand of Authoritarianism to the US | Opinion

On March 14, President Donald Trump hosted Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele, the self-proclaimed "world's coolest dictator," at the White House for...

yesterday 7

Newsweek

Robin Broad And John Cavanagh

The Left Is Paying a High Price for Getting Men Wrong | Opinion

The Left Is Paying a High Price for Getting Men Wrong | Opinion

The left is losing young men. The 15 percent increase in support for Trump among Gen Z men in the 2024 election—compared to 2020—appears to have...

previous day 30

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Alice Lassman

HHS Cuts Pose Threat to Older Americans' Health and Safety | Opinion

HHS Cuts Pose Threat to Older Americans' Health and Safety | Opinion

On March 27, 2025, the federal government announced major cuts to the department of Health and Human Services (HHS). Average Americans could be...

previous day 10

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Kristin Lees Haggerty And Scott Bane

Trump's Trade War Threatens To Derail U.S.-China Relations | Opinion

Trump's Trade War Threatens To Derail U.S.-China Relations | Opinion

When will President Donald Trump's trade war with China end? Will it end? And if it does, who's to say another American president at some time in...

previous day 3

Newsweek

Daniel R. Depetris

Trump's Tariffs and the Renaissance of American Manufacturing | Opinion

Trump's Tariffs and the Renaissance of American Manufacturing | Opinion

On April 2, "Liberation Day," President Donald Trump raised tariffs and effectively ended the world's post-war liberal trading order. By the time...

previous day 3

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Gordon G. Chang

Sen. Jim Banks: Trump's Tariffs Protect U.S. Workers From China | Opinion

Sen. Jim Banks: Trump's Tariffs Protect U.S. Workers From China | Opinion

The moment then-candidate Donald Trump came down that escalator ten years ago to announce his presidential campaign and launch the America First...

previous day 3

Newsweek

Jim Banks

Could You Be Deported? | Opinion

Could You Be Deported? | Opinion

While it may sound far-fetched, the Trump administration is asserting that it has unlimited power to remove anyone it wants from the country....

previous day 3

Newsweek

Matthew Boaz

Tariff War With China Risks Slide Into Armed Conflict Over Taiwan | Opinion

Tariff War With China Risks Slide Into Armed Conflict Over Taiwan | Opinion

The Trump administration seeks to make the defense of Taiwan a central element of its Pacific strategy, but its trade policies are making that...

wednesday 20

Newsweek

Mark Cancian

Republicans Threaten to Destroy Red State Funding Model | Opinion

Republicans Threaten to Destroy Red State Funding Model | Opinion

President Donald Trump's allies in Congress have their targets set on the voters who elected the president to fight for them. Billionaire Elon Musk...

wednesday 1

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Cedric Richmond

Harvard Will Lose Its Battle With the Trump Administration | Opinion

Harvard Will Lose Its Battle With the Trump Administration | Opinion

"The University will not surrender its independence or relinquish its constitutional rights," wrote Harvard University president Alan M. Garber in...

wednesday 6

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Paul Du Quenoy

So You Live in a Pariah State | Opinion

So You Live in a Pariah State | Opinion

As the second Trump administration lurches from one self-inflicted crisis to another in a seemingly relentless quest to destroy both the material...

wednesday 5

Newsweek

David Faris

Sen. Tuberville: Trump Tariffs Gave America Leverage | Opinion

Sen. Tuberville: Trump Tariffs Gave America Leverage | Opinion

It's been two weeks since President Donald Trump announced tariffs on more than 180 countries and territories that have been ripping us off for...

wednesday 3

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Tommy Tuberville

Pastors: Christian Nationalism Is Everything but Christian | Opinion

When billionaire Elon Musk described empathy as "the fundamental weakness of Western civilization," he sparked an international conversation on the...

15.04.2025 60

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Rev. Serena Rice And Rev. Matt Schultz

To Get Deportee Back, the Supreme Court Must Make Trump Feel Pain | Opinion

To Get Deportee Back, the Supreme Court Must Make Trump Feel Pain | Opinion

As Kurt Vonnegut might have put it, the excrement has hit the air conditioning. Somewhere around now, behind closed doors and black robes, nine...

15.04.2025 2

Newsweek

Thomas G. Moukawsher 

Here's What Tariffs Will Do to My Fashion Business | Opinion

Here's What Tariffs Will Do to My Fashion Business | Opinion

China. Bangladesh. Vietnam. India. These and other foreign countries are the backbone of America's fast fashion industry, suppling around 98...

15.04.2025 1

Newsweek

Sara Kazimi

For Congress, Insider Trading Is the Business Model | Opinion

For Congress, Insider Trading Is the Business Model | Opinion

Editor's Note: This article is a lightly edited transcript of an excerpt from an episode of Newsweek Radio, which you can listen to here: Marjorie...

15.04.2025 1

Newsweek

Jesse Edwards

Sudan's Children Are Still Standing—the World Cannot Look Away | Opinion

Sudan's Children Are Still Standing—the World Cannot Look Away | Opinion

Two years ago, Sudan's children were forced into a war they did not choose. Since then, they have endured a relentless storm of violence, hunger,...

15.04.2025 1

Newsweek

Ishmael Beah