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The Plan to Shut Down Gitmo
By THE EDITORIAL BOARD
Congress should carefully consider the Obama administration’s viable plan to shut down the prison at Guantánamo Bay by the end of the year. 
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The Conversation
Life After Scalia
By ARTHUR C. BROOKS and GAIL COLLINS
Brooks and Collins on Nevada and South Carolina, as well as the late justice’s sharp opinions, magnanimous personality and uncertain legacy. Comments
DAVID BROOKS
Three Views of Marriage
We make our decisions about matrimony by looking through several lenses: the psychological, the romantic and the moral. Comments
ROGER COHEN
Smartphone Era Politics
People are outpaced by forces they can't grasp. In political discourse, reasonableness dies, provocation works. Comments
Op-Ed Contributor
Seeking iPhone Data, Through the Front Door
By WILLIAM J. BRATTON and JOHN J. MILLER
Apple argues that helping the F.B.I. gain entry to an iPhone will put customers’ privacy at risk. But they are undermining those customers’ safety. Comments
Op-Ed Contributor
Bill Gates’s Clean-Energy Moon Shot
By ANDREW C. REVKIN
How the world’s richest person plans to tackle global warming with a new multibillion-dollar fund. Comments
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Relying Again on an Unreliable Mr. Putin
By THE EDITORIAL BOARD
The Russian president, eager to restore glory to his nation, holds many of the cards in Syria but should not confuse that for respect for his power.
Editorial
The Supreme Court and Police Searches
By THE EDITORIAL BOARD
The justices have a chance to restore some power to the Fourth Amendment’s ban on unreasonable searches and seizures.
Op-Ed Contributor
Donald Trump, Crony Capitalist
By LUIGI ZINGALES
Despite fierce anti-big-business sentiment among many Republican voters, no candidate has emerged to champion them.
Op-Ed Contributors
The Secret to School Integration
By HALLEY POTTER and KIMBERLY QUICK
Don’t let policymakers act as though their hands are tied. Comments
Op-Ed Contributor
Why Are White Death Rates Rising?
By ANDREW J. CHERLIN
For less-educated white Americans, the problem may be tied to a rosy view of the past. Comments
Op-Ed Contributor
Don’t Turn Away From the Art of Life
By ARNOLD WEINSTEIN
Our data-driven culture bears much of the blame for the decline of the Humanities in higher education.
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Cameron’s Referendum Gamble
By GEOFFREY EDWARDS and GUY EDWARDS
The prime minister’s legacy rests on how Britons will vote on membership in the European Union.
Room for Debate
Has Encryption Gone Too Far?
Should the needs of law enforcement be forsaken to achieve digital security?
Opinionator | Couch
Notes From Psychiatry’s Battle Lines
By GEORGE MAKARI
I’m both a clinician and a historian of my field. It’s not as easy as it sounds.
Opinionator | Fixes
Kenyans Reacquire an Old Taste: Eating Healthier
By RACHEL CERNANSKY
In colonial times, diets and agricultural work focused on corn and rice, alongside produce grown elsewhere. Health-consciousness is now restoring nutritious local fruits and vegetables to Kenyan tables.
KENAN MALIK
A Sri Lankan Lesson in Free Speech
In this country still recovering from a brutal civil war, the ideal of an open society is held precious.
Editorial
India’s Crackdown on Dissent
By THE EDITORIAL BOARD
The prime minister's party is behind the lynch-mob violence against critics of the government.
Editorial
Getting Rid of Big Currency Notes Could Help Fight Crime
By THE EDITORIAL BOARD
The 500-euro bill is so popular with drug traffickers and terrorists that it is often referred to as a “bin Laden.”
Editorial
Housing Solutions for New York City, Deep in the Weeds
By THE EDITORIAL BOARD
Comptroller Scott Stringer wants the city to use vacant lots to help ease the affordable-housing crisis.
Taking Note
Bernie Sanders Opens A New Front In His War on Hillary Clinton’s Big Money
By FRANCIS X. CLINES
Isaac Brekken for The New York Times
The senator is pressing Mrs. Clinton’s camp to join with him in calling for a ban on campaign donations by lobbyists.
Letter
Invitation to a Dialogue: Ways Iraq Could Break Up
A retired Marine colonel analyzes how a partition of Iraq could come about. Readers are invited to respond. Comments
Letters
The Winnowing of the Republican Field
After Jeb Bush’s departure, readers discuss Donald Trump’s appeal and compare Ted Cruz and Marco Rubio.
Letter
How Democratic Superdelegates Can Overrule the Voters’ Will
A reader points out that Hillary Clinton’s huge lead in delegates is not a reflection of the votes casts in primaries and caucuses.
Letter
Income Inequality: ‘The Rules of the Game Are Fixed’
The Institute for Policy Studies lays out a set of proposals to transform the economy.
Letter
An Animal-Based Diet?
Brad Goldberg of the Animal Welfare Trust writes that animal production is “one of the largest contributors to greenhouse emissions.”
Sundance New Frontier
Where Virtual Reality Takes Us
By THE NEW YORK TIMES
Groundbreaking films selected from the Sundance Film Festival explore a range of topics and new approaches to nonfiction, 3D storytelling. Comments
Dot Earth Blog
Bill Gates, the ‘Impatient Optimist,’ Lays Out his Clean-Energy Innovation Agenda
By ANDREW C. REVKIN
Bill Gates discusses the investment and research efforts he’s pursuing to energize societies without overheating the climate.
Paul Krugman Blog
This Is What A Real Wall Street Shill Sounds Like
By PAUL KRUGMAN
Marco Rubio, faithful servant of villains.
Ross Douthat
The Case for Rubio-Kasich
By ROSS DOUTHAT
Why a lazy pundit’s fantasy might actually be the best way to stop Trump.
Room for Debate
Is There Action the U.S. Should Take in Syria?
Can America do anything to keep Assad from decimating his opponents and widen the fight against ISIS?
Taking Note
Donald Trump’s South Carolina Win, and What Comes Next
By ELIZABETH WILLIAMSON
A winnowing of the field is crucial if Republicans hope to advance an alternative to Mr. Trump.
Taking Note
A Win for Hillary Clinton, With Signs of Challenges Ahead
By ELIZABETH WILLIAMSON
Mrs. Clinton won among African-Americans and women, but lost among youth voters.
Public Editor's Journal
The Public Editor’s Sunday Column: Reporting Scalia’s Death, With All Deliberate Speed
By MARGARET SULLIVAN
In general, Times coverage of Justice Antonin Scalia’s death was impressive, but it was not without a few bumps along the way.
PAUL KRUGMAN
Cranks on Top
The illusions of the G.O.P. elite may be no better than those of the leading candidate. Comments
Letter
Syria and the Tragedy of War
A young Syrian police officer wanted only “a secure life, married, with someone I love, in a place with no clashes, no fear.”
Letter
To Ensure Poland’s Security
A reader writes that the new Polish government “has contributed to weakening and disintegrating Europe through its foreign policy.”
Letters
Disbanding the Picky Eaters’ Club
Readers discuss the issues, for children of all economic backgrounds.
Letter
A Special Border Crossing
A reader recalls the day her father “unwittingly drove into Canada.”
Letter
Crisis Pregnancy Clinics
An advocacy group writes that these clinics are unlikely to provide women with comprehensive information about options for prenatal care and birth.
Race in America: Your Stories
As part of a series of videos about race, we are featuring personal stories that reflect the breadth of experiences in the United States.
The Stone Reader: Modern Philosophy in 133 Arguments
A new anthology of essays from The New York Times philosophy series on topics ranging from science, consciousness and morality to war, gun control, procreation and the gender divide.
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