Black Sea Grain Deal Hangs On 11th-Hour Talks, Again
Talks over the renewal of a deal that allows Ukraine to export its grain across the Black Sea in wartime were set to go down to the wire again, as…
Opinion | America Must Rebuild Itself. The Question Is How.
When Dayen turns directly to topics like housing, his arguments go awry. He argues, for instance, that part of the housing crisis is insufficient construction in the aftermath of the…
Opinion | ‘The Bear’ and the Need for a Place to Belong
Every now and then, a fictional character can have a profound real-world impact. I’m thinking, for example, of Jason Sudeikis’s Ted Lasso in 2020. There was a moment in the…
Opinion | More Mothers Are Dying. It Doesn’t Have to Be This Way.
To address this shortage, we must incorporate midwives into obstetric care. Midwives are trained health care providers equipped to give prenatal care and deliver infants, allowing obstetricians to focus their…
As Climate Shocks Multiply, Designers Seek Holy Grail: Disaster-Proof Homes
John duSaint, a retired software engineer, recently bought property near Bishop, Calif., in a rugged valley east of the Sierra Nevada. The area is at risk for wildfires, severe daytime…
We Are All Background Actors
In Hollywood, the cool kids have joined the picket line. I mean no offense, as a writer, to the screenwriters who have been on strike against film and TV studios…
Alabama Scrambles to Redraw Its Voting Map After a Supreme Court Surprise
Under orders from the Supreme Court to produce a voting map that no longer illegally dilutes the power of Black voters in Alabama, the state’s lawmakers are now facing a…
Fossils Where They Don’t Belong? Maybe We Just Didn’t Look Hard Enough.
In 1996, paleontologists made a startling discovery in northwestern Madagascar. Among dinosaur bones and sandy sediment there emerged a 167-million-year-old tiny jaw fragment with three teeth. It belonged to Ambondro…
How the Hollywood Strikes Could Affect Fall Festivals and Oscar Season
With summer movie season at its midpoint, Hollywood typically begins to turn its gaze toward the fall, when a trio of major film festivals acts as the unofficial kickoff to…
Biden, With Sluggish Small Donations, Waits for Liberal Energy to Rise
When President Biden traveled to San Francisco last month, he raised more than $10 million in 36 hours from wealthy Democrats. Trips to Chicago and New York netted millions more,…