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Pro-Palestinian Jewish Americans gather outside the ICE headquarters at the emergency rally to release Palestinian Green Card holder and Columbia University graduate Mahmoud Khalil and reject mass deportations of Trump Administration on Thursday evening, March 20, 2025, at Foley Square, New York City, United States
Pro-Palestinian Jewish Americans gather outside the ICE headquarters to demand the release of Columbia University graduate Mahmoud Khalil on March 20, 2025
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'The targeting of Palestinian activism is merely an excuse'

Faisal Kutty at Al Jazeera

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What people 'really need is not DEI, but PFJ — power, freedom and justice'

Perry Bacon Jr. at The Washington Post

Although the "right's war on DEI has gone way too far, liberals shouldn't seek" to "restore it when Democrats regain power," says Perry Bacon Jr. The right's "identity-blindness is deeply flawed, but the concepts of diversity and inclusion" have "shortcomings, too." Diversity "suffers from vague and even conflicting interpretations," and "individuals who get the spoils from a focus on diversity often don't share the interests of the broader group."

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'AI is a powerful and efficient tool for addressing the problem of government waste'

Jon Husted at The Wall Street Journal

Ohio has had great success "using artificial intelligence to cleanse its regulations of outdated, conflicting or redundant content," says Sen. Jon Husted (R-Ohio). The state is now "on track to reduce its regulatory code by about a third," making it "easier for people and businesses to comply with the law." Congress should "work with the Trump administration to cull inefficiencies and redundancies from the federal government" using AI tools, which "don't replace government workers but can empower them."

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'Why I got the measles vaccine at age 63'

Margaret Renkl at The New York Times

While "today there is absolutely no reason to believe that the measles vaccine causes autism," vaccination rates "continue to fall," and "now a measles outbreak is raging in unvaccinated communities," says Margaret Renkl. "My own safety wasn't my chief concern," she adds. "Doing everything I can to protect my fellow human beings who cannot be vaccinated" seems to be the "only moral thing to do for anyone living in close community with other people."

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Anya Jaremko-Greenwold has worked as a story editor at The Week since 2024. She previously worked at FLOOD Magazine, Woman's World, First for Women, DGO Magazine and BOMB Magazine. Anya's culture writing has appeared in The Atlantic, Jezebel, Vice and the Los Angeles Review of Books, among others.