Opinion | Easter Rebukes the Christian Will to Power
On Easter Sunday, billions of Christians gather together to celebrate the event that’s indispensable to the Christian faith — the resurrection of Jesus Christ. As the Apostle Paul wrote to…
Dangerously Scarce 50 Years Ago, India’s Tigers Bounce Back
In the early 1970s, things looked grim for India’s tigers. A wild population estimated in the tens of thousands at the time of independence in 1947 had shrunk to around…
$388 in Sushi. Just a $20 Tip: The Brutal Math of UberEats and DoorDash
Brantley Bush couldn’t shake the fear that he was about to be ripped off. It was a chilly Saturday evening, and Mr. Bush, a delivery driver for Uber Eats, was…
The World Bank Is Getting a New Chief. Will He Pivot Toward Climate Action?
As World Bank shareholders gather in Washington for their annual spring meeting on Monday, the global institution appears to be on the brink of significant change. World leaders, led by…
Opinion | The Abortion Pill Ruling Is Bad Law, and the Biden Administration Should Fight It
The Friday-night ruling by Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk purporting to stay the Food and Drug Administration’s approval of mifepristone for use in early abortions is a travesty — for women’s health…
At Stanford Law School, the Dean Takes a Stand for Free Speech. Will It Work?
Stanford Law School was under extraordinary pressure. For nearly two weeks, there had been mounting anger over the treatment of a conservative federal judge, whose talk had been disrupted by…
Ireland Readies a Warm Welcome for Biden, ‘the Most Irish’ President Since J.F.K.
When John F. Kennedy became the first serving U.S. president to visit Ireland, in 1963, he was hailed as a returning hero in New Ross, County Wexford, his family’s ancestral…
Nashville, Battered and Mourning, Pauses for Easter
Less than two weeks after the shooting of six people at a small Christian school in Nashville, the city’s raw mourning was swept into sprawling, emotional protests and political strife,…
Climate change could push more hurricanes toward US coasts, new study suggests
Climate change will likely make hurricanes stronger and cause them to hit the U.S. East and Gulf Coast more often in upcoming decades, according to a new study published Friday.…
Want an abortion? Here are options for pregnant people if mifepristone is suspended
A Friday ruling by a federal judge threw into uncertainty the decadeslong government approval of a key abortion drug. This means the drug, mifepristone, could soon no longer be available to people…