Nicholas Lemann
Nicholas Lemann is a staff writer at The New Yorker and a professor at Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism. His books include “ Higher Admissions: The Rise, Decline, and Return of Standardized Testing .”
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Nicholas Lemann on the contested past and the uncertain fate of affirmative action.
Nicholas Lemann on one of the closest races of the midterms, in which the Missouri senator strategizes to save her seat from a Trump Republican.
Mormonism, private equity, and the making of a candidate.
Can a former political radical lead Brazil through its economic boom?
Nicholas Lemann writes about the President’s transformation into a conservative, fundamentalist-Christian businessman from the Southwest.
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Karl Rove is working to get George Bush reëlected, but he has bigger plans.
When did Bush decide that he had to fight Saddam?
LETTER FROM WASHINGTON about the possible goals of Osama bin Laden… Writer talks with Bruce Hoffman, the director of the Washington office of the RAND …
LETTER FROM WASHINGTON about the shape of foreign policy to come under George W. Bush. . . Mentions his predilection for settling scores scores with …
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Nicholas Lemann on the incredible rise of George W. Bush, an ordinary guy from Texas, in this Profile from 2000.