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The Opinion Pages | Contributing Op-Ed Writer Those Who Don’t Understand Trump Are Doomed to Repeat Him close byline-meta close extended-byline close story-meta-footer close story-meta Photo Credit Travis Dove for The New York Times Conservatives are deeply split over the rise of Donald J. Trump. Some see it as apocalyptic; others as refreshing. But two…
Cover Photo Credit Doug Chayka Technology MailChimp and the Un-Silicon Valley Way to Make It as a Start-Up No venture capital, no Bay Area presence, no crazy burn rate: MailChimp’s founders built the company slowly by anticipating customers’ needs and following their instincts. close byline-meta close extended-byline close story-meta-footer close story-meta ATLANTA — The typical…
The blowback to a Fox News segment this week that was chock full of Asian stereotypes has been loud and swift. Activists, Asian American organizations and journalist associations have called Jesse Watters’s man-on-the-street interviews for “The O’Reilly Factor” racist and demanded explanations. Then, on Thursday night, “The Daily Show” responded with the kind of angry critique of Fox News that was the…
Beatings, sleep deprivation, menacing and other brutal tactics have led to persistent mental health problems among detainees held in secret C.I.A. prisons and at Guantánamo. Before the United States permitted a terrifying way of interrogating prisoners, government lawyers and intelligence officials assured themselves of one crucial outcome. They knew that the methods inflicted on terrorism…
Before Beyoncé used a snippet of a TED Talk from Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie for her hit song “***Flawless” in 2013, Adichie was an acclaimed author. She’d already published Half of a Yellow Sun and Americanah, which won the National Book Critics’ Circle award.But, somehow, her accomplishments are always linked to popstar. That became a point…
(iStock) As news of lewd comments made by GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump 10 years ago exploded across the Internet on Friday evening, a separate conversation was catching fire on Twitter. Canadian author Kelly Oxford had fired off a few tweets about Trump’s statements, particularly his declaration that he “can do anything” to women, including “grab them by the p—y.”…
Donald Trump agreed to let radio personality Howard Stern refer to his daughter Ivanka as a “piece of a–” and made other lewd remarks about women in recordings uncovered by CNN’s KFile from the GOP presidential nominee’s various appearances on “The Howard Stern Show” in the 1990s and 2000s. CNN published 18 clips today from…
In this video from 2005, Donald Trump prepares for an appearance on “Days of Our Lives” with actress Arianne Zucker. He is accompanied to the set by “Access Hollywood” host Billy Bush. The Post has edited this video for length. (Obtained by The Washington Post) Imagine a married man in public life was caught on…
In this video from 2005, Donald Trump prepares for an appearance on “Days of Our Lives” with actress Arianne Zucker. He is accompanied to the set by “Access Hollywood” host Billy Bush. The Post has edited this video for length. (Obtained by The Washington Post) Almost nobody in the Republican Party is defending Donald Trump…
In this video from 2005, Donald Trump prepares for an appearance on “Days of Our Lives” with actress Arianne Zucker. He is accompanied to the set by “Access Hollywood” host Billy Bush. The Post has edited this video for length. (Obtained by The Washington Post) “This was locker room banter, a private conversation that…