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Trump is destroying 100 years of competitive advantage in 100 days
Fareed Zakaria
The Washington Post (April 25, 2025)
 
Trump’s trade war on reality
Fareed Zakaria
The Washington Post (April 3, 2025)
 
Trump is launching America’s version of the Cultural Revolution
Fareed Zakaria, a foreign affairs columnist for the Washington Post and a CNN host
The Washington Post (March 14, 2025)
 
Where’s the economic sense behind Trump’s tariffs?
Ramesh Ponnuru, Editor of National Review
The Washington Post (March 12, 2025)
 
Farewell, Justice Department Independence
Carol C. Lam, U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of California, 2002 -2007
The New York Times (February 18, 2025)
 
Asian Americans Got Played on Affirmative Action
OiYan Poon and Janelle Wong
Inside Higer Ed (February 17, 2025)
 
I owe much to my time in the U.S., but I came home to Canada for a reason
David Suzuki, scientist and broadcaster
Toronto Star (January 12, 2025)
 
The crisis of democracy is really a crisis for the left
Fareed Zakaria
Washington Post (January 4, 2025)
 
Hold On, Elon and Vivek: Firing Federal Bureaucrats Isn’t the Solution
Francis Fukuyama, the Olivier Nomellini Senior Fellow at Stanford University’s Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies 
The Wall Street Journal (December 13, 2024)
 
The only appropriate reaction to the murder of a health insurance CEO
Dr. Leana S. Wen, an emergency physician and a clinical associate professor at George Washington University
The Washington Post (December 12, 2024)
 
What Doctors Like Me Know About Americans’ Health Care Anger
Dr. Helen Ouyang, an emergency physician and an associate professor at Columbia University
The New York Times (December 8, 2024)
 
Here’s Why Asian Americans Shifted Right
Neetu Arnold, a Paulson Policy Analyst at the Manhattan Institute
RealClear Politics (November 19, 2024)
 
The Democrats weren’t stupid or crazy — just wrong
Ramesh Ponnuru, The Washington Post (November 17, 2024)
 
Asian Americans Inch Toward Trump
Renu Mukherjee, City Journal (November 14, 2024)
 
What did the Asian American vote in 2024 tell us?
James Zarsadiaz, Associate Professor of History, University of San Francisco
Los Angeles Times (November 10, 2024)
 
The voter shift that should alarm Democrats most
Youyou Zhou and Heather Long, The Washington Post (November 10, 2024)
 
Democrats’ three big mistakes
Fareed Zakaria, The Washington Post (November 8, 2024)
 
America’s political realignment is catching Democrats flat-footed
Fareed Zakaria, The Washington Post (October 25, 2024)
 
What’s the Matter with Young Male Voters?
Jay Caspian Kang, The New Yorker (October 25, 2024)
 
American students have soured on China.  That’s bad for the U.S.
Keith B. Richburg, The Washington Post (May 22, 2024)
 
On Gaza, Biden is right and Netanyahu is wrong
Fareed Zakaria, The Washington Post (May 17, 2024)
 
The Radical Case for Free Speech
Jay Caspian Kang, The New Yorker (May 10, 2024)
 
A Generation of Distrust
Jay Caspian Kang, The New Yorker (May 3, 2024)
 
Biden embraced Trump’s tariffs. It might be his undoing.
Fareed Zakaria, The Washington Post (April 12, 2024)
 
Americans are far too pessimistic about the future
Fareed Zakaria, The Washington Post (January 4, 2024)
 
Ron DeSantis ‘Banned China From Buying Land in the State of Florida.’ How Did We Get Here?
Mae Ngai, Professor of History and Asian American Studies, Columbia University
The New York Times (December 11, 2023)
 
Why university presidents are under fire
Fareed Zakaria, CNN (December 10, 2023)
 
Opinion: Democrats need to admit that they’re wrong about immigration
Fareed Zakaria, The Washington Post (September 15, 2023)
 
A surprisingly muted reaction to the Supreme Court’s decision on affirmative action
William A. Galston, Brookings commentary (July 7, 2023)
 
Why the Champions of Affirmative Action Had to Leave Asian Americans Behind
Jay Caspian Kang, The New Yorker (June 30, 2023)
 
Ending anti-Asian violence requires urgent action at all levels
David Takeuchi, Seattle Times (March 17, 2021)
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