The Morning: Who needs affirmative action?

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We’re covering a new Times Magazine story on affirmative action — as well as Russia’s election, the Palestinian Authority and Meghan, Duchess of Sussex. [Young protesters at an outdoor rally. One demonstrator holds a sign that says, “Solidarity is Power.” ] In Washington, D.C., in 2022. Shuran Huang for The New York Times Upwardly mobile Two economists — Ran Abramitzky of Stanford and Leah Boustan of Princeton — embarked on an ambitious project more than a decade ago. They wanted to know how the trajectory of immigrants to the United States had changed since the 1800s. To do so, Abramitzky and Boustan collected millions of tax filings, census records and other data and analyzed upward mobility over time. Their findings, published in a 2022 book titled “Streets of Gold,” received widespread attention. The data showed that recent immigrant families had climbed the country’s ladder at a strikingly similar pace to immigrant families from long ago, even as the profile of those immigrants has changed. “The American dream is just as real for immigrants from Asia and Latin America now as it was for immigrants from Italy and Russia 100 years ago,” Abramitzky and Boustan wrote. As in the past, immigrants themselves tend to remain poor if they arrive poor, as many do. But as in the past, their children usually make up ground rapidly, regardless of where they come from. Within a generation or two, immigrant families resemble native families in economic terms. ([See graphics that explain the research](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRn1qgaP0TsaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vaW50ZXJhY3RpdmUvMjAyMi8wNy8xMS9vcGluaW9uL2ltbWlncmFudHMtc3VjY2Vzcy1hbWVyaWNhLmh0bWw_Y2FtcGFpZ25faWQ9OSZlbWM9ZWRpdF9ubl8yMDI0MDMxNSZpbnN0YW5jZV9pZD0xMTc2NzMmbmw9dGhlLW1vcm5pbmcmcmVnaV9pZD03NzY3NDk1MiZzZWdtZW50X2lkPTE2MDg2MyZ0ZT0xJnVzZXJfaWQ9YWE0OTFlZjdmMWQ5NjRlNDk3OWZiNzg0ZTc0ZTAxZDdXA255dEIKZeIaI_RlesdzgFIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luOTBAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAD).) The findings were surprising partly because the American economy has been so disappointing over the past few decades. Overall upward mobility [has declined sharply](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRn1qgaP0TraHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAxNi8xMi8wOC9vcGluaW9uL3RoZS1hbWVyaWNhbi1kcmVhbS1xdWFudGlmaWVkLWF0LWxhc3QuaHRtbD9jYW1wYWlnbl9pZD05JmVtYz1lZGl0X25uXzIwMjQwMzE1Jmluc3RhbmNlX2lkPTExNzY3MyZubD10aGUtbW9ybmluZyZyZWdpX2lkPTc3Njc0OTUyJnNlZ21lbnRfaWQ9MTYwODYzJnRlPTEmdXNlcl9pZD1hYTQ5MWVmN2YxZDk2NGU0OTc5ZmI3ODRlNzRlMDFkN1cDbnl0Qgpl4hoj9GV6x3OAUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAAM~). Immigrants and their descendants, however, have been a glorious exception. For a mix of reasons — including their willingness to move to U.S. regions with strong economies — immigrant families have kept climbing society’s ladder. This encouraging pattern obviously challenges the dark view of recent immigrants that conservatives sometimes offer. Yet it also challenges one part of the liberal consensus — about affirmative action. Until the Supreme Court banned race-based affirmative action last year, many beneficiaries were descendants of recent immigrants, from Latin America, Africa and elsewhere. But if immigrant families are making progress more than the average American family, did they need affirmative action? And now that the old policy is gone, which groups of Americans are truly vulnerable? Fairness vs. diversity I thought about these questions while reading [a new Times Magazine essay on affirmative action](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRn1qgaP0TxaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyNC8wMy8xMy9tYWdhemluZS9jaXZpbC1yaWdodHMtYWZmaXJtYXRpdmUtYWN0aW9uLWNvbG9yYmxpbmQuaHRtbD9jYW1wYWlnbl9pZD05JmVtYz1lZGl0X25uXzIwMjQwMzE1Jmluc3RhbmNlX2lkPTExNzY3MyZubD10aGUtbW9ybmluZyZyZWdpX2lkPTc3Njc0OTUyJnNlZ21lbnRfaWQ9MTYwODYzJnRlPTEmdXNlcl9pZD1hYTQ5MWVmN2YxZDk2NGU0OTc5ZmI3ODRlNzRlMDFkN1cDbnl0Qgpl4hoj9GV6x3OAUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAAM~) by my colleague Nikole Hannah-Jones. She tells the story of the policy’s beginnings in the 1960s and makes a point that is sometimes forgotten. When John F. Kennedy and Lyndon Johnson created affirmative action, they did not do so in the name of diversity. Only later did diversity become the policy’s main rationale, largely because of a 1978 Supreme Court decision. Affirmative action was created in the name of fairness — to address the oppression of Black Americans. That oppression has spanned not only centuries of slavery, but also policies that continued into the 20th century, such as segregation of jobs, schools and neighborhoods and whites-only mortgage subsidies. The white-Black wealth gap remains so large today partly as a result. [As Johnson said in 1965](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRn1qgaP0TpaHR0cHM6Ly90aW1lc21hY2hpbmUubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vdGltZXNtYWNoaW5lLzE5NjUvMDYvMDUvOTcyMDU4NzYuaHRtbD9jYW1wYWlnbl9pZD05JmVtYz1lZGl0X25uXzIwMjQwMzE1Jmluc3RhbmNlX2lkPTExNzY3MyZubD10aGUtbW9ybmluZyZwYWdlTnVtYmVyPTEmcmVnaV9pZD03NzY3NDk1MiZzZWdtZW50X2lkPTE2MDg2MyZ0ZT0xJnVzZXJfaWQ9YWE0OTFlZjdmMWQ5NjRlNDk3OWZiNzg0ZTc0ZTAxZDdXA255dEIKZeIaI_RlesdzgFIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luOTBAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAD), “You do not take a person who, for years, has been hobbled by chains, liberate him, bring him to the starting line of a race, saying, ‘You are free to compete with all the others.’” Or as Martin Luther King Jr. said, “A society that has done something special against the Negro for hundreds of years must now do something special for him.” [In a black-and-white photo, President Lyndon Johnson, wearing an academic gown and mortar board, delivers a speech at a podium.] President Lyndon Johnson speaking at Howard University in 1965. William J. Smith/Associated Press At the time, the U.S. was about 95 percent white or Black and only about 5 percent Asian or Latino. In 1965, though, a new immigration law passed, leading to a surge in immigrants. Soon, affirmative action grew to include many of them and their descendants. It became a program of “diversity and inclusiveness and not racial justice,” Nikole writes. Progressive groups, she notes, began to use the term “people of color.” There are certainly arguments for this approach. Many immigrants did, and do, experience discrimination. Of course, the same was once true of Irish, Italian and Jewish immigrants, and their families nonetheless climbed society’s ladder. The research by Abramitzky and Boustan shows Asian and Hispanic immigrants are following a similar path. (Affirmative action itself has been too narrow a policy to be a major reason, and some versions of it already excluded Asian Americans before the Supreme Court decision.) The continued existence of anti-Asian or anti-Hispanic hate — or antisemitism, which is on the rise, [as Franklin Foer documents in The Atlantic](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRn1qgaP0T6aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cudGhlYXRsYW50aWMuY29tL21hZ2F6aW5lL2FyY2hpdmUvMjAyNC8wNC91cy1hbnRpLXNlbWl0aXNtLWpld2lzaC1hbWVyaWNhbi1zYWZldHkvNjc3NDY5Lz9jYW1wYWlnbl9pZD05JmVtYz1lZGl0X25uXzIwMjQwMzE1Jmluc3RhbmNlX2lkPTExNzY3MyZubD10aGUtbW9ybmluZyZyZWdpX2lkPTc3Njc0OTUyJnNlZ21lbnRfaWQ9MTYwODYzJnRlPTEmdXNlcl9pZD1hYTQ5MWVmN2YxZDk2NGU0OTc5ZmI3ODRlNzRlMDFkN1cDbnl0Qgpl4hoj9GV6x3OAUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAAM~) — is outrageous. But it does not necessarily justify affirmative action for these groups. All of them fare markedly better on many metrics than Black Americans, [or Native Americans](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRn1qgaP4QtAWh0dHBzOi8vd3d3LmplYy5zZW5hdGUuZ292L3B1YmxpYy9fY2FjaGUvZmlsZXMvOWE2YmQyMDEtZDllZC00NjE1LWJjMzItOWI4OTlmYWY1NjI3L25hdGl2ZWFtZXJpY2Fuc2NvbnRpbnVldG9mYWNlcGVydmFzaXZlZWNvbm9taWNkaXNwYXJhdGllcy1maW5hbC5wZGY_Y2FtcGFpZ25faWQ9OSZlbWM9ZWRpdF9ubl8yMDI0MDMxNSZpbnN0YW5jZV9pZD0xMTc2NzMmbmw9dGhlLW1vcm5pbmcmcmVnaV9pZD03NzY3NDk1MiZzZWdtZW50X2lkPTE2MDg2MyZ0ZT0xJnVzZXJfaWQ9YWE0OTFlZjdmMWQ5NjRlNDk3OWZiNzg0ZTc0ZTAxZDdXA255dEIKZeIaI_RlesdzgFIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luOTBAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAD), who have also endured centuries of oppression. Consider life expectancy: Source: C.D.C. | Data from 2022. | By The New York Times What now? Affirmative action is a thorny issue, and reasonable people will have different views. Whatever your view, Nikole’s essay highlights a point worth mulling: The demise of the old version of affirmative action is likely to affect some of its previous beneficiaries much more than others. Given this country’s treatment of Black and Native Americans, they are at particular risk. For more: I recommend you [make time for the essay](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRn1qgaP0TxaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyNC8wMy8xMy9tYWdhemluZS9jaXZpbC1yaWdodHMtYWZmaXJtYXRpdmUtYWN0aW9uLWNvbG9yYmxpbmQuaHRtbD9jYW1wYWlnbl9pZD05JmVtYz1lZGl0X25uXzIwMjQwMzE1Jmluc3RhbmNlX2lkPTExNzY3MyZubD10aGUtbW9ybmluZyZyZWdpX2lkPTc3Njc0OTUyJnNlZ21lbnRfaWQ9MTYwODYzJnRlPTEmdXNlcl9pZD1hYTQ5MWVmN2YxZDk2NGU0OTc5ZmI3ODRlNzRlMDFkN1cDbnl0Qgpl4hoj9GV6x3OAUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAAM~) this weekend. In it, Nikole suggests a version of affirmative action specifically for the descendants of enslaved people. 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Vladimir Putin is [all but assured another term](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRn1qgaP0TaaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyNC8wMy8xNS93b3JsZC9ldXJvcGUvcnVzc2lhLWVsZWN0aW9uLmh0bWw_Y2FtcGFpZ25faWQ9OSZlbWM9ZWRpdF9ubl8yMDI0MDMxNSZpbnN0YW5jZV9pZD0xMTc2NzMmbmw9dGhlLW1vcm5pbmcmcmVnaV9pZD03NzY3NDk1MiZzZWdtZW50X2lkPTE2MDg2MyZ0ZT0xJnVzZXJfaWQ9YWE0OTFlZjdmMWQ5NjRlNDk3OWZiNzg0ZTc0ZTAxZDdXA255dEIKZeIaI_RlesdzgFIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luOTBAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAD). - Before the vote, Russia has [intensified online censorship](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRn1qgaP0TvaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyNC8wMy8xNS90ZWNobm9sb2d5L3J1c3NpYS1pbnRlcm5ldC1jZW5zb3JzLXZsYWRpbWlyLXB1dGluLmh0bWw_Y2FtcGFpZ25faWQ9OSZlbWM9ZWRpdF9ubl8yMDI0MDMxNSZpbnN0YW5jZV9pZD0xMTc2NzMmbmw9dGhlLW1vcm5pbmcmcmVnaV9pZD03NzY3NDk1MiZzZWdtZW50X2lkPTE2MDg2MyZ0ZT0xJnVzZXJfaWQ9YWE0OTFlZjdmMWQ5NjRlNDk3OWZiNzg0ZTc0ZTAxZDdXA255dEIKZeIaI_RlesdzgFIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luOTBAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAD) using techniques pioneered by China. Trump Trials - Prosecutors proposed [delaying Donald Trump’s criminal trial](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRn1qgaP0TkaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyNC8wMy8xNC9ueXJlZ2lvbi9hbHZpbi1icmFnZy10cnVtcC10cmlhbC1kZWxheS5odG1sP2NhbXBhaWduX2lkPTkmZW1jPWVkaXRfbm5fMjAyNDAzMTUmaW5zdGFuY2VfaWQ9MTE3NjczJm5sPXRoZS1tb3JuaW5nJnJlZ2lfaWQ9Nzc2NzQ5NTImc2VnbWVudF9pZD0xNjA4NjMmdGU9MSZ1c2VyX2lkPWFhNDkxZWY3ZjFkOTY0ZTQ5NzlmYjc4NGU3NGUwMWQ3VwNueXRCCmXiGiP0ZXrHc4BSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjkwQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAAw~~) in Manhattan. They want to review new documents. - The federal judge overseeing Trump’s classified documents trial [rejected an effort by his lawyers](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRn1qgaP0TpaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyNC8wMy8xNC91cy9wb2xpdGljcy90cnVtcC1jbGFzc2lmaWVkLWRvY3VtZW50cy1jYXNlLmh0bWw_Y2FtcGFpZ25faWQ9OSZlbWM9ZWRpdF9ubl8yMDI0MDMxNSZpbnN0YW5jZV9pZD0xMTc2NzMmbmw9dGhlLW1vcm5pbmcmcmVnaV9pZD03NzY3NDk1MiZzZWdtZW50X2lkPTE2MDg2MyZ0ZT0xJnVzZXJfaWQ9YWE0OTFlZjdmMWQ5NjRlNDk3OWZiNzg0ZTc0ZTAxZDdXA255dEIKZeIaI_RlesdzgFIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luOTBAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAD) to dismiss the case. - All four criminal cases against Donald Trump have issues that have [delayed the start of trials](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRn1qgaP0TwaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyNC8wMy8xNC91cy9wb2xpdGljcy90cnVtcC10cmlhbC1kZWxheXMtbWFuaGF0dGFuLWRvY3VtZW50cy5odG1sP2NhbXBhaWduX2lkPTkmZW1jPWVkaXRfbm5fMjAyNDAzMTUmaW5zdGFuY2VfaWQ9MTE3NjczJm5sPXRoZS1tb3JuaW5nJnJlZ2lfaWQ9Nzc2NzQ5NTImc2VnbWVudF9pZD0xNjA4NjMmdGU9MSZ1c2VyX2lkPWFhNDkxZWY3ZjFkOTY0ZTQ5NzlmYjc4NGU3NGUwMWQ3VwNueXRCCmXiGiP0ZXrHc4BSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjkwQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAAw~~). More on Politics - Trump backtracked on comments he made suggesting that he was open to cutting Social Security and Medicare. He told Breitbart News that he [wouldn’t “jeopardize or hurt” either program](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRn1qgaP4QTAWh0dHBzOi8vd3d3LmJyZWl0YmFydC5jb20vcG9saXRpY3MvMjAyNC8wMy8xNC9kb25hbGQtdHJ1bXAtaS13aWxsLW5ldmVyLWRvLWFueXRoaW5nLWplb3BhcmRpemUtaHVydC1zb2NpYWwtc2VjdXJpdHktbWVkaWNhcmUvP2NhbXBhaWduX2lkPTkmZW1jPWVkaXRfbm5fMjAyNDAzMTUmaW5zdGFuY2VfaWQ9MTE3NjczJm5sPXRoZS1tb3JuaW5nJnJlZ2lfaWQ9Nzc2NzQ5NTImc2VnbWVudF9pZD0xNjA4NjMmdGU9MSZ1c2VyX2lkPWFhNDkxZWY3ZjFkOTY0ZTQ5NzlmYjc4NGU3NGUwMWQ3VwNueXRCCmXiGiP0ZXrHc4BSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjkwQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAAw~~). - Peter Navarro, a Trump adviser, [must report to prison](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRn1qgaP0TlaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyNC8wMy8xNC91cy9wb2xpdGljcy9wZXRlci1uYXZhcnJvLWFwcGVhbC1wcmlzb24uaHRtbD9jYW1wYWlnbl9pZD05JmVtYz1lZGl0X25uXzIwMjQwMzE1Jmluc3RhbmNlX2lkPTExNzY3MyZubD10aGUtbW9ybmluZyZyZWdpX2lkPTc3Njc0OTUyJnNlZ21lbnRfaWQ9MTYwODYzJnRlPTEmdXNlcl9pZD1hYTQ5MWVmN2YxZDk2NGU0OTc5ZmI3ODRlNzRlMDFkN1cDbnl0Qgpl4hoj9GV6x3OAUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAAM~) for defying a congressional subpoena to testify in the House’s Jan. 6 inquiry, an appeals court ruled. - Vice President Kamala Harris [visited a Planned Parenthood clinic](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRn1qgaP0TgaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyNC8wMy8xNC91cy9wb2xpdGljcy9rYW1hbGEtaGFycmlzLWFib3J0aW9uLmh0bWw_Y2FtcGFpZ25faWQ9OSZlbWM9ZWRpdF9ubl8yMDI0MDMxNSZpbnN0YW5jZV9pZD0xMTc2NzMmbmw9dGhlLW1vcm5pbmcmcmVnaV9pZD03NzY3NDk1MiZzZWdtZW50X2lkPTE2MDg2MyZ0ZT0xJnVzZXJfaWQ9YWE0OTFlZjdmMWQ5NjRlNDk3OWZiNzg0ZTc0ZTAxZDdXA255dEIKZeIaI_RlesdzgFIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luOTBAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAD) in Minnesota. It was believed to be the first official visit by a vice president to an abortion clinic. - Trump has [growing support among Latinos](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRn1qgaP0TsaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyNC8wMy8xNC91cy9wb2xpdGljcy90cnVtcC1iaWRlbi1jYW1wYWlnbi1sYXRpbm8tdm90ZXJzLmh0bWw_Y2FtcGFpZ25faWQ9OSZlbWM9ZWRpdF9ubl8yMDI0MDMxNSZpbnN0YW5jZV9pZD0xMTc2NzMmbmw9dGhlLW1vcm5pbmcmcmVnaV9pZD03NzY3NDk1MiZzZWdtZW50X2lkPTE2MDg2MyZ0ZT0xJnVzZXJfaWQ9YWE0OTFlZjdmMWQ5NjRlNDk3OWZiNzg0ZTc0ZTAxZDdXA255dEIKZeIaI_RlesdzgFIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luOTBAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAD). Business [A rocket with a fiery trail in the sky.] Blastoff! Chandan Khanna/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images - SpaceX’s Starship, the biggest rocket ever to fly, [completed most of its latest test flight](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRn1qgaP0TcaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vbGl2ZS8yMDI0LzAzLzE0L3NjaWVuY2Uvc3RhcnNoaXAtc3BhY2V4LWxhdW5jaD9jYW1wYWlnbl9pZD05JmVtYz1lZGl0X25uXzIwMjQwMzE1Jmluc3RhbmNlX2lkPTExNzY3MyZubD10aGUtbW9ybmluZyZyZWdpX2lkPTc3Njc0OTUyJnNlZ21lbnRfaWQ9MTYwODYzJnRlPTEmdXNlcl9pZD1hYTQ5MWVmN2YxZDk2NGU0OTc5ZmI3ODRlNzRlMDFkN1cDbnl0Qgpl4hoj9GV6x3OAUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAAM~) but didn’t survive re-entering Earth’s atmosphere. NASA hopes to use the rocket’s design in coming moon missions. - TikTok would have a huge price tag. Investors might [join together to buy it](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRn1qgaP0TeaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyNC8wMy8xNC9idXNpbmVzcy90aWt0b2stYmFuLXNhbGUtbW51Y2hpbi5odG1sP2NhbXBhaWduX2lkPTkmZW1jPWVkaXRfbm5fMjAyNDAzMTUmaW5zdGFuY2VfaWQ9MTE3NjczJm5sPXRoZS1tb3JuaW5nJnJlZ2lfaWQ9Nzc2NzQ5NTImc2VnbWVudF9pZD0xNjA4NjMmdGU9MSZ1c2VyX2lkPWFhNDkxZWY3ZjFkOTY0ZTQ5NzlmYjc4NGU3NGUwMWQ3VwNueXRCCmXiGiP0ZXrHc4BSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjkwQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAAw~~). - Taiwan is trying to [build an alternative to Starlink](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRn1qgaP0TgaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyNC8wMy8xNC9idXNpbmVzcy90YWl3YW4tc3Rhcmxpbmstc2F0ZWxsaXRlLmh0bWw_Y2FtcGFpZ25faWQ9OSZlbWM9ZWRpdF9ubl8yMDI0MDMxNSZpbnN0YW5jZV9pZD0xMTc2NzMmbmw9dGhlLW1vcm5pbmcmcmVnaV9pZD03NzY3NDk1MiZzZWdtZW50X2lkPTE2MDg2MyZ0ZT0xJnVzZXJfaWQ9YWE0OTFlZjdmMWQ5NjRlNDk3OWZiNzg0ZTc0ZTAxZDdXA255dEIKZeIaI_RlesdzgFIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luOTBAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAD), Elon Musk’s satellite internet service. Gun Violence - A jury found a Michigan father [guilty of involuntary manslaughter](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRn1qgaP0TmaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyNC8wMy8xNC91cy9qYW1lcy1jcnVtYmxleS1veGZvcmQtc2Nob29sLXNob290aW5nLmh0bWw_Y2FtcGFpZ25faWQ9OSZlbWM9ZWRpdF9ubl8yMDI0MDMxNSZpbnN0YW5jZV9pZD0xMTc2NzMmbmw9dGhlLW1vcm5pbmcmcmVnaV9pZD03NzY3NDk1MiZzZWdtZW50X2lkPTE2MDg2MyZ0ZT0xJnVzZXJfaWQ9YWE0OTFlZjdmMWQ5NjRlNDk3OWZiNzg0ZTc0ZTAxZDdXA255dEIKZeIaI_RlesdzgFIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luOTBAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAD) for failing to stop his son before a school shooting. His wife was convicted of the same charge last month. - [Read about other cases](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRn1qgaP0TtaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyNC8wMy8xNC91cy9jcnVtYmxleS1taWNoaWdhbi1zaG9vdGluZy1wYXJlbnRzLWNvbnZpY3RlZC5odG1sP2NhbXBhaWduX2lkPTkmZW1jPWVkaXRfbm5fMjAyNDAzMTUmaW5zdGFuY2VfaWQ9MTE3NjczJm5sPXRoZS1tb3JuaW5nJnJlZ2lfaWQ9Nzc2NzQ5NTImc2VnbWVudF9pZD0xNjA4NjMmdGU9MSZ1c2VyX2lkPWFhNDkxZWY3ZjFkOTY0ZTQ5NzlmYjc4NGU3NGUwMWQ3VwNueXRCCmXiGiP0ZXrHc4BSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjkwQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAAw~~) in which parents have been found criminally liable after a shooting by their child. - A man was [shot on a subway train](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRn1qgaP0TfaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyNC8wMy8xNC9ueXJlZ2lvbi9zdWJ3YXktc2hvb3RpbmctYnJvb2tseW4uaHRtbD9jYW1wYWlnbl9pZD05JmVtYz1lZGl0X25uXzIwMjQwMzE1Jmluc3RhbmNlX2lkPTExNzY3MyZubD10aGUtbW9ybmluZyZyZWdpX2lkPTc3Njc0OTUyJnNlZ21lbnRfaWQ9MTYwODYzJnRlPTEmdXNlcl9pZD1hYTQ5MWVmN2YxZDk2NGU0OTc5ZmI3ODRlNzRlMDFkN1cDbnl0Qgpl4hoj9GV6x3OAUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAAM~) in Brooklyn after getting into a fight with another passenger during rush hour. He is in critical condition. Other Big Stories - Severe storms believed to be tornadoes hit [Indiana, Kentucky and Ohio](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRn1qgaP0TlaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyNC8wMy8xNC91cy90b3JuYWRvLXN0b3Jtcy1vaGlvLWluZGlhbmEta2VudHVja3kuaHRtbD9jYW1wYWlnbl9pZD05JmVtYz1lZGl0X25uXzIwMjQwMzE1Jmluc3RhbmNlX2lkPTExNzY3MyZubD10aGUtbW9ybmluZyZyZWdpX2lkPTc3Njc0OTUyJnNlZ21lbnRfaWQ9MTYwODYzJnRlPTEmdXNlcl9pZD1hYTQ5MWVmN2YxZDk2NGU0OTc5ZmI3ODRlNzRlMDFkN1cDbnl0Qgpl4hoj9GV6x3OAUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAAM~). - Sports Illustrated’s [last print magazine](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRn1qgaP0TtaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyNC8wMy8xNC9idXNpbmVzcy9tZWRpYS9zcG9ydHMtaWxsdXN0cmF0ZWQtcHJpbnQtZWRpdGlvbi5odG1sP2NhbXBhaWduX2lkPTkmZW1jPWVkaXRfbm5fMjAyNDAzMTUmaW5zdGFuY2VfaWQ9MTE3NjczJm5sPXRoZS1tb3JuaW5nJnJlZ2lfaWQ9Nzc2NzQ5NTImc2VnbWVudF9pZD0xNjA4NjMmdGU9MSZ1c2VyX2lkPWFhNDkxZWY3ZjFkOTY0ZTQ5NzlmYjc4NGU3NGUwMWQ3VwNueXRCCmXiGiP0ZXrHc4BSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjkwQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAAw~~) will be in May, employees were told. Opinions [The reinstatement of SAT requirements](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRn1qgaP0TnaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyNC8wMy8xNC9vcGluaW9uL3NhdC1jb2xsZWdlLWFkbWlzc2lvbnMtYW50aXJhY2lzbS5odG1sP2NhbXBhaWduX2lkPTkmZW1jPWVkaXRfbm5fMjAyNDAzMTUmaW5zdGFuY2VfaWQ9MTE3NjczJm5sPXRoZS1tb3JuaW5nJnJlZ2lfaWQ9Nzc2NzQ5NTImc2VnbWVudF9pZD0xNjA4NjMmdGU9MSZ1c2VyX2lkPWFhNDkxZWY3ZjFkOTY0ZTQ5NzlmYjc4NGU3NGUwMWQ3VwNueXRCCmXiGiP0ZXrHc4BSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjkwQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAAw~~) is antiracism in action, John McWhorter writes. One of the unavoidable sadnesses of life is that [friends drift away for no particular reason](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRn1qgaP0TfaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyNC8wMy8xNC9vcGluaW9uL2ZyaWVuZC1icmVha3VwLWZyaWVuZHNoaXAuaHRtbD9jYW1wYWlnbl9pZD05JmVtYz1lZGl0X25uXzIwMjQwMzE1Jmluc3RhbmNlX2lkPTExNzY3MyZubD10aGUtbW9ybmluZyZyZWdpX2lkPTc3Njc0OTUyJnNlZ21lbnRfaWQ9MTYwODYzJnRlPTEmdXNlcl9pZD1hYTQ5MWVmN2YxZDk2NGU0OTc5ZmI3ODRlNzRlMDFkN1cDbnl0Qgpl4hoj9GV6x3OAUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAAM~), Frank Bruni writes. Here are columns by David French on [antisemitism on college campuses](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRn1qgaP0TraHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyNC8wMy8xNC9vcGluaW9uL2hhcnZhcmQtbWl0LWFuZC1zeXN0ZW1pYy1hbnRpc2VtaXRpc20uaHRtbD9jYW1wYWlnbl9pZD05JmVtYz1lZGl0X25uXzIwMjQwMzE1Jmluc3RhbmNlX2lkPTExNzY3MyZubD10aGUtbW9ybmluZyZyZWdpX2lkPTc3Njc0OTUyJnNlZ21lbnRfaWQ9MTYwODYzJnRlPTEmdXNlcl9pZD1hYTQ5MWVmN2YxZDk2NGU0OTc5ZmI3ODRlNzRlMDFkN1cDbnl0Qgpl4hoj9GV6x3OAUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAAM~) and Paul Krugman on [the threat to Social Security and Medicare](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRn1qgaP0TqaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyNC8wMy8xNC9vcGluaW9uL3RydW1wLWJpZGVuLXNvY2lhbC1zZWN1cml0eS1tZWRpY2FyZS5odG1sP2NhbXBhaWduX2lkPTkmZW1jPWVkaXRfbm5fMjAyNDAzMTUmaW5zdGFuY2VfaWQ9MTE3NjczJm5sPXRoZS1tb3JuaW5nJnJlZ2lfaWQ9Nzc2NzQ5NTImc2VnbWVudF9pZD0xNjA4NjMmdGU9MSZ1c2VyX2lkPWFhNDkxZWY3ZjFkOTY0ZTQ5NzlmYjc4NGU3NGUwMWQ3VwNueXRCCmXiGiP0ZXrHc4BSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjkwQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAAw~~). 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MORNING READS [A man outside a shed holds a snake in his left hand a large cloth bag in his right.] A carpet python. David Maurice Smith for The New York Times Boom time: A warmer planet means reptiles aren’t slowing down as much in the winter — which means more business for [Australia’s snake catchers](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRn1qgaP0TjaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyNC8wMy8xNC93b3JsZC9hdXN0cmFsaWEvc25ha2VzLWNsaW1hdGUtY2hhbmdlLmh0bWw_Y2FtcGFpZ25faWQ9OSZlbWM9ZWRpdF9ubl8yMDI0MDMxNSZpbnN0YW5jZV9pZD0xMTc2NzMmbmw9dGhlLW1vcm5pbmcmcmVnaV9pZD03NzY3NDk1MiZzZWdtZW50X2lkPTE2MDg2MyZ0ZT0xJnVzZXJfaWQ9YWE0OTFlZjdmMWQ5NjRlNDk3OWZiNzg0ZTc0ZTAxZDdXA255dEIKZeIaI_RlesdzgFIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luOTBAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAD). Marketplace: Gen Z is on Facebook, but mainly [for the deals](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRn1qgaP0ThaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyNC8wMy8xNC9idXNpbmVzcy9nZW4tei1mYWNlYm9vay1tYXJrZXRwbGFjZS5odG1sP2NhbXBhaWduX2lkPTkmZW1jPWVkaXRfbm5fMjAyNDAzMTUmaW5zdGFuY2VfaWQ9MTE3NjczJm5sPXRoZS1tb3JuaW5nJnJlZ2lfaWQ9Nzc2NzQ5NTImc2VnbWVudF9pZD0xNjA4NjMmdGU9MSZ1c2VyX2lkPWFhNDkxZWY3ZjFkOTY0ZTQ5NzlmYjc4NGU3NGUwMWQ3VwNueXRCCmXiGiP0ZXrHc4BSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjkwQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAAw~~). 36 Hours in Sarasota: Head to a beach with expansive views of the Florida Gulf, try gator and visit [an impressive museum complex](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRn1qgaP0TmaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vaW50ZXJhY3RpdmUvMjAyNC8wMy8xNC90cmF2ZWwvdGhpbmdzLXRvLWRvLXNhcmFzb3RhLmh0bWw_Y2FtcGFpZ25faWQ9OSZlbWM9ZWRpdF9ubl8yMDI0MDMxNSZpbnN0YW5jZV9pZD0xMTc2NzMmbmw9dGhlLW1vcm5pbmcmcmVnaV9pZD03NzY3NDk1MiZzZWdtZW50X2lkPTE2MDg2MyZ0ZT0xJnVzZXJfaWQ9YWE0OTFlZjdmMWQ5NjRlNDk3OWZiNzg0ZTc0ZTAxZDdXA255dEIKZeIaI_RlesdzgFIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luOTBAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAD). Lives Lived: Dan Wakefield was a prolific and acclaimed writer, producing novels, journalism, essays, criticism, screenplays and, in a memoir, an account of his path from faith to atheism and back again. He [died at 91](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRn1qgaP0TWaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyNC8wMy8xNC9ib29rcy9kYW4td2FrZWZpZWxkLWRlYWQuaHRtbD9jYW1wYWlnbl9pZD05JmVtYz1lZGl0X25uXzIwMjQwMzE1Jmluc3RhbmNlX2lkPTExNzY3MyZubD10aGUtbW9ybmluZyZyZWdpX2lkPTc3Njc0OTUyJnNlZ21lbnRfaWQ9MTYwODYzJnRlPTEmdXNlcl9pZD1hYTQ5MWVmN2YxZDk2NGU0OTc5ZmI3ODRlNzRlMDFkN1cDbnl0Qgpl4hoj9GV6x3OAUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAAM~). SPORTS [In a line of hockey players with bleached blond hair, one is leaning forward with his hair cut very short and dyed to look like a leopard’s spots.] Blonds, having more fun. Luke Schmidt, Bauer Hockey and MSHSL Hockey hair: At Minnesota’s state hockey tournament, high school players [competed for the best “salad” and “flow.”](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRn1qgaP0TZaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyNC8wMy8xNC9zdHlsZS9taW5uZXNvdGEtaG9ja2V5LWhhaXIuaHRtbD9jYW1wYWlnbl9pZD05JmVtYz1lZGl0X25uXzIwMjQwMzE1Jmluc3RhbmNlX2lkPTExNzY3MyZubD10aGUtbW9ybmluZyZyZWdpX2lkPTc3Njc0OTUyJnNlZ21lbnRfaWQ9MTYwODYzJnRlPTEmdXNlcl9pZD1hYTQ5MWVmN2YxZDk2NGU0OTc5ZmI3ODRlNzRlMDFkN1cDbnl0Qgpl4hoj9GV6x3OAUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAAM~) N.F.L.: The Los Angeles Chargers [traded wide receiver Keenan Allen](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRn1qgaP0TjaHR0cHM6Ly90aGVhdGhsZXRpYy5jb20vNTM0MzU2Ni8yMDI0LzAzLzE0L2tlZW5hbi1hbGxlbi1iZWFycy1jaGFyZ2Vycy10cmFkZS8_Y2FtcGFpZ25faWQ9OSZlbWM9ZWRpdF9ubl8yMDI0MDMxNSZpbnN0YW5jZV9pZD0xMTc2NzMmbmw9dGhlLW1vcm5pbmcmcmVnaV9pZD03NzY3NDk1MiZzZWdtZW50X2lkPTE2MDg2MyZ0ZT0xJnVzZXJfaWQ9YWE0OTFlZjdmMWQ5NjRlNDk3OWZiNzg0ZTc0ZTAxZDdXA255dEIKZeIaI_RlesdzgFIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luOTBAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAD) to the Chicago Bears after Allen refused to take a pay cut. N.H.L.: A shipment of commemorative Jaromir Jagr bobbleheads [was stolen](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRn1qgaP0TqaHR0cHM6Ly90aGVhdGhsZXRpYy5jb20vNTM0MTQzMC8yMDI0LzAzLzE0L3Blbmd1aW5zLWphcm9taXItamFnci1ib2JibGVoZWFkcy1zdG9sZW4vP2NhbXBhaWduX2lkPTkmZW1jPWVkaXRfbm5fMjAyNDAzMTUmaW5zdGFuY2VfaWQ9MTE3NjczJm5sPXRoZS1tb3JuaW5nJnJlZ2lfaWQ9Nzc2NzQ5NTImc2VnbWVudF9pZD0xNjA4NjMmdGU9MSZ1c2VyX2lkPWFhNDkxZWY3ZjFkOTY0ZTQ5NzlmYjc4NGU3NGUwMWQ3VwNueXRCCmXiGiP0ZXrHc4BSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjkwQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAAw~~), the Pittsburgh Penguins announced. Tennis: A “bee invasion” [delayed the quarterfinal match](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRn1qgaP0TiaHR0cHM6Ly90aGVhdGhsZXRpYy5jb20vNTM0MzE2NC8yMDI0LzAzLzE0L2FsY2FyYXotenZlcmV2LWJlZXMtaW5kaWFuLXdlbGxzLz9jYW1wYWlnbl9pZD05JmVtYz1lZGl0X25uXzIwMjQwMzE1Jmluc3RhbmNlX2lkPTExNzY3MyZubD10aGUtbW9ybmluZyZyZWdpX2lkPTc3Njc0OTUyJnNlZ21lbnRfaWQ9MTYwODYzJnRlPTEmdXNlcl9pZD1hYTQ5MWVmN2YxZDk2NGU0OTc5ZmI3ODRlNzRlMDFkN1cDbnl0Qgpl4hoj9GV6x3OAUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAAM~) between Carlos Alcaraz and Alexander Zverev at Indian Wells. 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The 1961 novel “gave writers permission to be irreverent about the most serious stuff — the stuff of life and death,” the critics write, setting off a new era of humor in literature. Their list includes: - “Tales of the City,” by Armistead Maupin (1978) - “Heartburn,” by Nora Ephron (1983) - “Lightning Rods,” by Helen DeWitt (2011) [See the full list](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRn1qgaP0TWaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyNC8wMy8xNC9ib29rcy9mdW5ueS1ub3ZlbHMtaHVtb3IuaHRtbD9jYW1wYWlnbl9pZD05JmVtYz1lZGl0X25uXzIwMjQwMzE1Jmluc3RhbmNlX2lkPTExNzY3MyZubD10aGUtbW9ybmluZyZyZWdpX2lkPTc3Njc0OTUyJnNlZ21lbnRfaWQ9MTYwODYzJnRlPTEmdXNlcl9pZD1hYTQ5MWVmN2YxZDk2NGU0OTc5ZmI3ODRlNzRlMDFkN1cDbnl0Qgpl4hoj9GV6x3OAUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAAM~). 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