Manhood, Growing Up in the 21st Century and Ideal Cities: Our Favorite Student Comments This Week The best teenage comments from last week’s writing prompts, and an invitation to join the conversation this week. Read More…

Nature Fixes, Sports Betting, Teacher Walkouts and Guns: Our Favorite Student Comments of the Week The best teenage comments from last week’s writing prompts, and an invitation to join the conversation this week. Read More…

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Arizona Lawmakers Cut Education Budgets. Then Teachers Got Angry. How a grassroots movement was born from educators working to find out why their schools are so poorly funded. Read More…

C.I.A. Names the ‘Dark Prince’ to Run Iran Operations, Signaling a Tougher Stance The appointment of Michael D’Andrea, a.k.a. the Dark Prince, is one of many moves inside the agency that signal a more muscular approach to espionage and covert operations. Read More…

Fears of Overheating May Be Overdone: DealBook Briefing Wall Street is worried about inflation right now, but how concerned should it be? Read More…

What’s the Biggest Challenge for Colleges and Universities? We asked participants at The New York Times Higher Ed Leaders Forum to tell us, in their own words. Read More…

Wells Fargo Is About to be Hit With $1 Billion Fine: DealBook Briefing Federal regulators are poised to impose a $1 billion penalty on Wells Fargo for a variety of alleged misdeeds. Read More…

Transgender Lives: Your Stories: Corey This war with my gender identity has not been a swift or simple one. It’s a battlefield with my body using guerrilla warfare on my mind. Read More…