A Yale Professor Suggested Mass Suicide for Old People in Japan. What Did He Mean?
Yusuke Narita says he is mainly addressing a growing effort to revamp Japan’s age-based hierarchies. Still, he has pushed the country’s hottest button.
Terror Trial Could Yield Manhattan’s First Death Penalty in 60 Years
Sayfullo Saipov was convicted of fatally mowing down eight people in a 2017 bike-path rampage in New York. Will 12 jurors vote to execute him?
Gustavo Dudamel: A Maestro at a Crossroads
“I’m not a young conductor anymore,” Dudamel said as he prepares to leave Los Angeles in 2026 to lead the New York Philharmonic.
When It’s Easy to Be a Landlord, No One Wants to Sell
Locked in at historically low interest rates. Platforms that make managing rentals a breeze. Homeowners have little incentive to put a house on the market.
One Solution to the Housing Crisis: Just Make People Rich
A Brooklyn institution dating to the Civil Rights era has an ambitious, new plan to close the racial wealth gap.
Biden’s 46 Words About Israel at a Critical Moment
The president’s statement could energize opposition to Netanhayu’s plan to weaken judicial independence.
India’s Proud Tradition of a Free Press Is at Risk
Self-censorship has spread, along with a shrill Hindu nationalism in news reports that echoes the government line.
Men Need Purpose More Than ‘Respect’
Few goals are more rewarding than helping the people you love walk through life.
They Are Russians Fighting Against Their Homeland. Here’s Why.
In the Free Russia Legion, soldiers repelled by Vladimir Putin’s invasion have taken arms against their home country, engaged in some of the most heated fighting in the war.
Russia’s Wagner Fighters Claim Village Near Bakhmut
The Wagner paramilitary group said its fighters had seized a village outside Bakhmut, as Moscow’s forces continue a brutal campaign that has nearly encircled the strategic eastern city.