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The Trump Era: Reflections

The Trump Era: The Politics of Race and Class

How Donald Trump made ‘working class’ white

The Trump Era: Who’s a Populist?

Donald Trump and ‘the people’

The Trump Era: Lesson of 2016

Beware the confident experts

The Trump Era: Testy Times Ahead

Trump, the media, and the truth

The Trump Era: Undocumented

An immigrant in the time of Trump

Lives Lived and Lost

An Appreciation

Lives: Ernest Frederick Roots *49

A scientist, explorer, and teacher until his last days

Lives: Philo Rockwell King ’45

A crooner, comedian, and entertainer extraordinaire

Lives: J. Vinton Lawrence ’60

He made his mark in intelligence and art

Lives: Elwyn Simons *56

Part scientist, part adventurer, all raconteur

Lives: Deborah Jin ’90

Groundbreaking physicist, private person: Her voice was in her work

Lives: Robert A. Tuggle ’54

Guardian of opera, memory of the Met

Lives: James K. Page ’58

A writer who went wherever curiosity led

Lives: Marvin Minsky *54

A lifelong tinkerer who helped launch a revolution

Lives: Cara McCollum ’15

With smarts and beauty, she wanted to be relevant

Lives: Harold H. Saunders ’52

He had ‘a calling to make peace’

Lives: Wayne Rogers ’54

Once the martini-loving Trapper John, he became a savvy investor and adviser

When Language Is More Than Words

One Alum’s Mission to Preserve His People’s Culture

Q&A: Saul Schwartz *15, on Preserving Chiwere

In Computer Languages, Clarity Is Key

Brian Kernighan *69’s Elements of Style for the Digital Age

A Language for Idealists

Professor Esther Schor takes a new look at Esperanto, invented to unite the world

The Language of Little Ones

How Children Learn: Q&A With Casey Lew-Williams

Oh, the Drama!

When New Yorkers rioted over Shakespeare