Thomas Williams
Staff Writer at The Atlantic
Staff writer: @TheAtlantic. Faculty: @BardCollege. Trustee: @AmericanAcademy. Fellow: @GuggFellows, @AEI. Representation: @APBspeakers, Wylie. Next 📖: @AAKnopf
Articles
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3 weeks ago |
theatlantic.com | Thomas Williams
President Donald Trump’s assault on what he broadly calls DEI has been slapdash and sadistic. That doesn’t mean the system under attack should be maintained. Racial preferencing in university admissions as well as in employment and government contracting—more commonly understood as affirmative action—might once have been necessary, but long ago became glaringly unfair in practice.
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2 months ago |
theatlantic.com | Thomas Williams
On Friday, the Trump administration insisted that Harvard comply with an updated litany of demands or risk losing billions in federal funding and grants. Ostensibly, the administration is trying to force the university to uphold civil-rights law, but it is obviously attempting to bring Harvard to heel as part of an ongoing effort to subdue institutions that could, in some shape or form, oppose President Donald Trump’s agenda.
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Mar 15, 2025 |
independent.com | Thomas Williams
Deteriorating Jewel By Thomas L.
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Mar 13, 2025 |
theatlantic.com | Thomas Williams
The main attraction in the Wembley neighborhood of northwest London is the eponymous football stadium where the England national team hosts its matches. But just half a mile away, situated in an almost aggressively unbeautified six-story office block, you’ll find an even more impressive repository of human excellence. The Michaela Community School is a “free school.” Like charters in America, these schools aim to provide more pedagogical options to poor and marginalized communities.
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Feb 11, 2025 |
theatlantic.com | Thomas Williams
Over the weekend, the artist and entrepreneur Kanye West, now known as Ye, let loose a blitzkrieg of appalling screeds to his 33 million followers on X. “IM A NAZI,” he proclaimed.
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RT @docyogi1: I am going to print this, put it up on my wall, and look at it when any situation looks utterly hopeless. https://t.co/gDC6L4…
One of the principle reasons Trump swept back into power was the legacy of the calamitous visual language of 2020’s “fiery but mostly peaceful protests.” This is such a gift to him. Throw in a Hamas armband to boot? I almost can’t believe this isn’t staged https://t.co/0ejyjAL5dK
HAPPENING NOW 🚨: A protestor waves a Mexican Flag in front of a burning WayMo vehicle. Multiple vehicles have been destroyed, no police presence in this affected area. Los Angeles, CA https://t.co/OmnUxY0dQS
The civil rights movement literally laid out the blueprint and no one can manage to follow it.
Just catastrophic messaging. In what world (not this one) can a protest movement whose symbols are torching Waymo taxis and waving *foreign* flags appeal to most Americans? https://t.co/hxlF3mFtow
