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Spheres of conflict have multiplied and are merging. Meanwhile, the West is a mess.
Mr. Trump is breaking the law. Congress and the judiciary need to respond.
It is too hard for women suffering from postpartum mental illness to prove the insanity defense.
The Marquis de Lafayette returned to the United States in 1824. His tour carries key lessons for a country still fighting over how to remember its...
Annie Lowrey, the author of “The Time Tax,” explains how the government steals Americans’ time — on purpose.
A.I. could turn one of our country’s worst habits into a national security crisis.
The federal government was supposed to release a definition of ultraprocessed foods. What happened?
The Iran war was supposed to expose China’s weakness on oil, but it didn’t quite work out that way.
The future’s a riddle. Shakespeare isn’t.
The model collapse scenario threatens to wipe out whatever gains chatbots like Claude enjoyed from being trained on books in the first place.
Given their past, what does a future in England hold for them?
The class-based violence of the past was part of a broader struggle. Today, the violence is the end in itself.
Are we willing to regulate and enforce cannabis safety, especially to protect the most vulnerable among us?
Mark Carney has chosen suffering, but he did what Canadians elected him to do.
President Trump needs to face reality on the Strait of Hormuz.
The president likes to boast about the “greatest economy we’ve ever had.” His record falls far short.
Musicians have a special tendency to elevate their teachers to divine status. It’s the worst thing a serious artist can do.
World War II proves the government can intervene directly to fix the housing crisis.
Democrats paid a price for forming their politics on Twitter; the right will pay a price for forming theirs on X.
Four years at Harvard won’t corrupt your children.
As New Yorkers, we’re used to negotiating over tiny patches of space. But I didn’t expect that to continue on the beach.
‘The Odyssey’ and ‘Barbie’ show a zeitgeist shift that goes beyond Hollywood: The hero’s narrative is corroding our political and public life.
President Trump exists in a degraded, chaotic environment.
Or, how a river taught me how to go with the flow (sorry, had to).
Surveillance pricing hurts consumers. It’s time to combat it with stronger laws on fair pricing.
U.S. debt has topped $40 trillion. In the ancient world, debt forgiveness was a regular tool to control the economy. Why have we forgotten it?
As primary results trickle in, both parties are wrestling with what they stand for — and where they’re headed.
A Democratic governor popular in a state that glows red offers lessons for winning working-class voters. For one, speak plain English.
This human printer runs — but not out of ink.
Is it OK to raise this issue? I don’t want to be a bother.
People want to be protected. The party’s candidates can promise to do that better.
On the search for an elusive new national consensus.
We can do better than this. We have to.
China is winning the industries of the future. What should the U.S. do about it?
Electricians like data centers. Here’s why you should, too.
Art doesn’t predict the future, but it can be an early warning system.
What if starting a family was thought of not as a privilege, but as a fundamental right?
With Iran exerting influence on the Strait of Hormuz, Houthi attacks on a nearby Red Sea passageway assume even greater importance for the world...
Democrats often don’t sound as if they believe themselves. To fix that, they should listen more to acting teachers and less to pollsters.
According to the vice president, we are wasting our freedom.
The president is prioritizing his own interests over the national interest.
In an increasingly morbid world, we can learn from graveyards.
More Republicans and Democrats are seeing reality for what it is. Does it matter?
The impact from the bond market sell-off could prove more enduring, wide-ranging and globally consequential than prior episodes of market volatility.
The country’s coming election will not be decided by the American president.
Trump’s deportation machine has only ramped up.
American democracy and American higher education are inextricable.
The surrogacy industry is long overdue for a reckoning.
The lust for vengeance shapes the president’s priorities, drives his actions and structures the decisions of his government.
The four-year degree isn’t just an economic signal; it’s become a lifestyle determinant.