Author: Daniel snow

Opinion | D.E.I. Helps Everyone (White Men Included)

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new video loaded: D.E.I. Helps Everyone (White Men Included)transcriptBacktranscriptD.E.I. Helps Everyone (White Men Included)It’s easy to understand why the Trump administration’s funding cuts to D.E.I.-related research will harm the overall health of underrepresented groups, including women, people of color and L.G.B.T.Q. people. But they could actually hurt white men too.“D.E.I.-based research is actually vital for everyone’s health. And yes, that even includes white men, who may not think they fall underneath this umbrella of D.E.I.” “The Trump administration to slash hundreds of millions of dollars in research funding ——” “Part of a push to cut federal D.E.I. efforts at the…

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Opinion | There’s No Precedent for This Shutdown

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new video loaded: There’s No Precedent for This ShutdowntranscriptBacktranscriptThere’s No Precedent for This ShutdownCongress may seem dysfunctional from the outside, but the government shutdown is a sign that something more sinister is going on, says the Opinion columnist Michelle Goldberg.Yeah, I kind take it for granted that Congress doesn’t function anymore. And hasn’t for a long time. But I think we’re a step beyond that; this is a little bit different than what we’ve gotten used to over the last few years, where a creaky and increasingly dysfunctional system kind of chugs along, breaking down from time to time. This…

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