Review: Latest Reports from The New York Times ‘Editorial Pages’

Here are the latest reports from The New York Times ‘Editorial Pages’.

Editorial: Crime or Not, Fund-Raising in New York Stinks
Current campaign rules offer no real controls or limits on the money sloshing through the system.

Op-Ed Contributor: A Mockery of Justice for the Poor
Public defenders are starved for resources as they struggle to represent impoverished clients.

Op-Ed Columnist: The One Thing Worse Than Trump
Ted Cruz has the distinction of being a presidential candidate who can make Donald Trump look good.

Editorial: A Moral Debt for Bombing the Doctors Without Borders Hospital
America should identify those responsible for the egregious blunder and do more to compensate the victims’ families.

Editorial: The House Votes Unanimously to Strengthen Email Privacy
The House’s unanimous vote to strengthen email privacy should encourage the Senate to take up the measure and approve it speedily.

Gray Matter: Don’t Treat Young Adults as Teenagers
Raising the age of juvenile court jurisdiction to 21 is misguided.

Opinion: A Mine vs. a Million Monarchs
A Mexican conglomerate wants to revive mining in a protected reserve for monarch butterflies.

Op-Ed Contributor: At Yale, a Right That Doesn’t Outweigh a Wrong
Putting Pauli Murray’s name on a building doesn’t magically erase the racist John C. Calhoun’s name across the campus.

Paul Krugman Blog: Friday Night Music: Tom Lehrer
Things haven’t changed that much …

Taking Note: Carry-Ons Bristle With Loaded Guns At Airport Security
Packing a gun in your carry-on is illegal, but that doesn’t stop thousands of people from trying it every year.

Letters: Aid in Dying: A Good or a Harm?
Advocates on both sides of the issue respond.

Letter: An Outlier at Harvard: ‘I’m a Hillary Supporter’
A Clinton supporter says, “On my college campus, I might as well be Pat Buchanan.”

Letter: Stopping Terrorist Recruits
The Muslim Public Affairs Council writes, “Communities should be leading on intervention and rehabilitation.”

Letter: Restoring Coal Lands
Peabody Energy writes that it “sees our land restoration as an essential part of the mining process.”

Letter: No Trust in the Electoral Process
A reader writes that after Bush v. Gore, many assumed that the government would move to fix the system, but it hasn’t.

Taking Note: The Cruz Campaign and Execution
Ted Cruz has a fascination with death. And his California campaign manager previously worked for someone who promised televised executions.

Op-Ed Contributor: What It’s Like to Write Jokes for President Obama
He’s a natural comedian, and his administration knows how to use that.

Opinion: The Upside to Overt Racism
Trump brought prejudice into the open, and I’m glad.

Op-Ed Columnist: Chappatte on Donald Trump and the G.O.P.
Mr. Trump looks set to be the Republican nominee.

Letters: Virginia’s Move to Uphold Voting Rights for Felons
A former city probation commissioner praises Virginia’s move to give convicted felons the vote; another reader says voter turnout relies on inclusivity.

Opinion: Better Aging Through Practice, Practice, Practice
I can’t promise this will prolong your life. But it will improve it.

Op-Ed Contributor: The First Global Terrorists Were Anarchists in the 1890s
And then as now, migrants and civil liberties paid the price.

Editorial: The Racist Roots of a Way to Sell Homes
An unfair and predatory practice has made a comeback.

Editorial: A Summer Vacation That Lasts a Lifetime
The Fresh Air Fund offers New York City children a chance to get away. Here’s how you can help.

Editorial: Don’t Abandon America’s Afghan Helpers
Thousands of Afghan interpreters who have applied for resettlement in the United States could be left in the lurch if a defense bill is not amended.

Op-Ed Columnist: Wrath of the Conned
The divergent outcomes of the presidential nominating processes is a tale of two very different parties.

Op-Ed Columnist: If Not Trump, What?
It’s time to step back, take the long view and begin healing the pain that the campaign has illuminated.

Contributing Op-Ed Writer: Working-Class Fraud
Trump is a traitor to the people he professes to speak for. We know this because he‘s already betrayed them.

Op-Ed Contributor: There’s No Such Thing as a Free Rolex
The Supreme Court weighs whether pay-to-play politics is a constitutional right.

Op-Ed Contributor: How to Prepare for the Next Recession
A downturn is inevitable, and America isn’t ready — yet.

Paul Krugman Blog: Impurity in the Pursuit of Salvation Is No Vice
More about carbon taxes.

Editorial: Dark Money and an I.R.S. Blindfold
A bill under consideration could open the doors for secret foreign contributions to American political campaigns.

Editorial Observer: Returning to Their Cuban Roots
Young Cuban-Americans try to bridge generational and geographical gaps.

Taking Note: The Most Creative Descriptions of Ted Cruz (So Far)
People who know Mr. Cruz have found some very inventive ways of expressing their hatred for him.

Letter: Muslims in Brussels
The American Jewish Committee’s Transatlantic Institute discusses the “several critical roots of radicalization among those of Moroccan origin.”

Letter: Expand Pipeline Capacity
The American Petroleum Institute writes, “New York and its neighboring states must prioritize energy infrastructure.”

Taking Note: Congress Opens the Door to Drafting Women
Requiring women to register for the draft would be the next step in bringing gender equality to the military.

Letter: Nigeria’s Rights Abuses
Amnesty International USA writes that Nigeria’s complicity in human rights abuses makes it unaccountable for addressing Boko Haram threats.

Letter: Saturated Fat Is Bad
The American Heart Association writes that “clear scientific evidence has shown that saturated fat can raise LDL (bad) cholesterol.”

Letter: Marijuana and Opioids
The National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws notes the differences between the drugs.

Letters: Latest Turns on the Campaign Trail
Readers discuss Bernie Sanders’s scaling back his campaign, Ted Cruz’s pick for V.P. and Donald Trump’s foreign policy speech.

Ross Douthat: The Idea of Trump’s Electability
Why many Republicans believe that Trump can win in November.

Opinion: How Majority Rule Might Have Stopped Donald Trump
An 18th-century vote-counting formula might have sunk the Trump candidacy long ago.

Contributing Op-Ed Writer: Afghan Women: What the West Gets Wrong
Defeating cruelty requires a homegrown agenda.

Room for Debate: Is Google a Harmful Monopoly?
European regulators say the company’s Android phone blocks rival services.

Contributing Op-Ed Writer: East vs. West in the Arctic Circle
Is the North Pole the latest Russia-NATO battleground?