Enter the 50-Ton Concert Hall That Hangs Like a Disco Ball
The lights inside the cavernous McCourt space at the Shed had been dimmed, and a mystical soundtrack was playing. “Your journey begins in five minutes,” a recorded voice announced to…
Far-Right Pushes a Through-the-Looking-Glass Narrative on Jan. 6
Six months since the House committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, assault on the Capitol completed its work, a far-right ecosystem of true believers has embraced “J6” as the animating…
Sasha Colby Owned the ‘Drag Race’ Runway. Next Category, the Airport.
From the time Sasha Colby first took the stage in the latest season of “RuPaul’s Drag Race,” her eventual victory appeared almost inevitable. The 38-year-old — whose tagline is “Your…
New Study Bolsters Room-Temperature Superconductor Claim
A magical material that could effortlessly conduct electricity at room temperatures would likely transform civilization, reclaiming energy otherwise lost to electrical resistance and opening possibilities for novel technologies. Yet a…
Opinion | Is There Any Twinge of Regret Among the Anti-Abortion Justices?
And Justice Alito himself was well aware of the pair of flag-salute cases. He invoked West Virginia Board of Education v. Barnette in an effort to show that overruling precedent…
Opinion | Trump Believes the Presidency Belongs to Him
Donald Trump did not — and does not — recognize any distinction between himself and the office of the presidency. He is it and it is him. This view is…
Opinion | ‘He’s a Hint of the Future’: Our Writers on Vivek Ramaswamy
As Republican candidates enter the race for their party’s 2024 presidential nomination, Times columnists, Opinion writers and others will assess their strengths and weaknesses with a scorecard. We rate the…
ER Doctor: “Private Equity in Medicine is Dangerous to Patients” | naked capitalism
Yves here. We’ve been amplifying the considerable work of Eileen Appelbaum and Rosemary Batt on the way that private equity controls big swathes of hospital operations to their profit and…
Is There a Price That Keeps Trump Quiet? E. Jean Carroll May Find Out.
How much money must E. Jean Carroll win to stop Donald J. Trump from talking about her? A Manhattan jury last month ordered the former president to pay $3 million…
After Midnight at the N.B.A. Draft, Dreams Still Come True
Mark Tatum, the deputy commissioner of the N.B.A., had an important job — though not a glamorous one — on Thursday night. He had the late shift. Shortly after 11…