Opinion | The Woke Burnout Is Real — and Politics Is Catching Up
Listen to and follow ‘Matter of Opinion’Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Amazon Music Classrooms have been a key battleground in the so-called woke wars for years now. But could the…
Opinion | Do ‘Elites’ Really Know What’s Best for Us?
A more sophisticated and productive critique of elites comes from Fredrik deBoer, known to those who read his popular newsletter as Freddie. DeBoer, a Marxist, activist and the author of…
The Plight of the N.F.L. Running Back
N.F.L. running backs, once the face of many teams, have fallen so far in relative value over the last few decades that it has amounted to a public demotion. They…
How Covid Affects the Heart
During the first two years of the pandemic, from March 2020 to March 2022, there were approximately 90,000 more deaths in the United States attributed to cardiovascular disease than were…
This Artist’s Next Project Has Her ‘Terrified.’ That’s the Point.
Jade Kuriki-Olivo’s guided tour through her apartment on the Lower East Side ended in the bedroom, where the performance artist spends most of her time. Tropical vines crawled along the…
Covid Continues to Rise, but Experts Remain Optimistic
Jill Biden, the first lady, tested positive for Covid-19 on Monday. Governor Kathy Hochul of New York has announced that the state will send high-quality masks and rapid tests to…
Is Intellectual Property Turning into a Knowledge Monopoly? | naked capitalism
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Back to School or Back to Summer? A Heat Wave Arrives Late to New York.
Typically, September in New York City starts to show hints of fall, with average temperatures in the 70s, as children return to school. But this week, the back-to-school season has…
N.Y.C. Schools Reimagine Reading This Fall to Fix Dismal Literacy Rates
From Brooklyn to the Bronx, posters encouraging students to “skip the tricky word” or “look at the picture” as they read have been pulled from bulletin boards. Many elementary school…
How the N.F.L. Used Supercomputers to Set Its TV (and Streaming) Schedule
The announcement of the N.F.L.’s opening matchup is meant to be a curtain raiser for the regular season. But when this year’s season opener was announced in May, the participants…