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© Getty Images The New York Times will be renaming its Op-Ed page, instead calling the articles on the page “Guest Essays,” reasoning that the term has become outdated in the digital age. The Times Opinion Editor Kathleen Kingsbury explained in a piece published on Monday that opinion page articles were first called “Op-Eds” because they were printed on the opposite side of the editorial page. Though many believed they were called “Op-Eds” because the opinions written were opposite that of the paper’s, Kingsbury wrote that the true purpose of the page was to “stimulate thoug...

Politicians Are Considering Paying Farmers to Store Carbon. But Some Environmental and AgrIculture Groups Say It’s Greenwashing In a letter to Congress, the groups ask lawmakers to vote against a proposal that would offer farms credits for conserving carbon or reducing their greenhouse gas emissions. Related Share this article A coalition of environmental, agriculture and justice groups is attempting to drum up opposition to legislation that aims to help farmers store carbon in the soil, a practice that’s become a key piece of the Biden administration’s strategy on climate change. In a ...

America seems to be witnessing the early stages of mirror-image McCarthyism, with leftists harassing their opponents. The stifling intolerance that Sen. Joseph R. McCarthy (R-WI) and his ideological allies fostered during the 1950s went far beyond the effort to purge government employees suspected of being part of the international Communist movement. The campaign also exerted pressure on the news media, universities, and the entertainment industry to exclude individuals subjectively considered to be disloyal. There are more than a few unsettling similarities between the abuses committed duri...

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February 16, 2021 – The NBCUniversal News Group has launched a $1,000,000 multiyear scholarship fund at Columbia Journalism School to support students from underrepresented populations who seek careers in journalism. "This generous gift is part of a broader school campaign to expand the professional pipeline for students who can help our industry better reflect the communities it serves," said Steve Coll, Dean of Columbia Journalism School and Henry Luce Professor of Journalism. The school’s scholarship campaign is called Access Matters, raising funds from alumni and friends of the schoo...