Why We Can’t Stop Rushing
Racing to catch a subway train recently, I tripped on the stairs leading to the platform, steadying myself only barely by grabbing the arm of an unsuspecting and rightfully alarmed…
The Big Change Between the 2020 and 2024 Races: Biden Is Unpopular
Let’s just say it: Joe Biden should be expected to win this election. He’s an incumbent president running for re-election with a reasonably healthy economy against an unpopular opponent accused…
Voters Doubt Biden’s Leadership and Favor Trump, Times/Siena Poll Finds
President Biden is struggling to overcome doubts about his leadership inside his own party and broad dissatisfaction over the nation’s direction, leaving him trailing behind Donald J. Trump just as…
Scenes From the Smokehouse Creek Fire in Texas
The Smokehouse Creek fire is the largest on record in Texas. Since it started on Monday, the blaze has burned over a million acres of land in the state’s Panhandle,…
Why Mainers Are Falling Hard for Heat Pumps
It may have been a warmer than usual winter in Maine, but that doesn’t mean it hasn’t gotten mighty cold. In mid-January in Farmingdale, a town outside Augusta where Kaylie…
It Was a Historically Wet February in L.A., and Winter’s Not Over Yet
February was the wettest month in downtown Los Angeles since 1998. With over 12 inches of rain drenching the city, it was the fourth-wettest February — and the seventh-wettest month…
Racial Turnout Gap Has Widened With a Weakened Voting Rights Act, Study Finds
When the Supreme Court knocked down a core part of the Voting Rights Act in 2013, Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. argued that some of the law’s protections against…
‘I’m Matt.’ For Some Politicians, Addiction Battles Drive Policymaking.
Around a long wooden table at San Francisco City Hall, nine people battling drug addiction swapped news on a recent Friday. One woman got a new job for a tax…
The Core of the Tax Code Will Change, but We Don’t Know How
Navigating the byzantine U.S. tax rules and completing your return may be enough of a headache. But you can count on fresh tax stress coming from Washington not far down…
As Trump’s Criminal Trial Approaches, He May Be His Own Worst Enemy
Donald J. Trump was minutes away from being grilled under oath by the New York attorney general and he was itching to talk. To fend off the state’s fraud investigation,…