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The Gray Panthers staged rowdy protests against ageism and found common cause with young activists on everything from health care to racial justice. What can they teach us today? Continue reading The Forgotten History of the Radical ‘Elders of the Tribe’

The president’s target du jour, Laurene Powell Jobs, isn’t the only woman with a vast fortune making meaningful change. Continue reading Move Aside, Mr. Trump. These Women Have More Money and Better Ideas.

In-person final exams were canceled for thousands of students this spring, so computers stepped in — to disastrous effect. Continue reading When Algorithms Give Real Students Imaginary Grades

Listen to the scientists who study them. Continue reading Here’s a Way to Make Communities More Resilient to Hurricanes

In an area devastated by droughts and erratic rainfall, I took a chance on a bright little magenta ball of hope. Continue reading My Family Had Suffered Loss After Loss. Then Came the Dragon Fruit.

It’s a slap in the face of Palestinians, who can no longer count on Arab states for political support. Continue reading The U.A.E.-Israel Flight Is Nothing to Celebrate