
Thomas Williams
Staff Writer at The Atlantic
Staff writer: @TheAtlantic. Faculty: @BardCollege. Trustee: @AmericanAcademy. Fellow: @GuggFellows, @AEI. Representation: @APBspeakers, Wylie. Next 📖: @AAKnopf
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2 days 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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1 month 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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2 months ago |
independent.com | Thomas Williams
Deteriorating Jewel By Thomas L.
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2 months ago |
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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