Opinion | Vivek Ramaswamy vs. the Void
Mr. Ramaswamy came up in an elite world where some people employ the idea of charity or progressive impulses to get ahead, first in admissions, then in business, and they…
Emails, Chat Logs, Code and a Notebook: The Mountain of FTX Evidence
Snippets of computer code. More than six million pages of emails, Slack messages and other digital records. And a small black notebook, filled with handwritten observations. For months, federal prosecutors…
For the Winner in Turkey, One Prize Is an Economy at the Edge of Crisis
Inflation in Turkey remains stubborn at 44 percent. Consumers have watched their paychecks buy less and less food as the months tick by. And now, government largess and efforts to…
‘Death on the Floor or Death in the Streets’: Childbirth Amid War in Sudan
Days after fighting erupted in Sudan, Amna Al-Ahmad received an urgent call for help from a pregnant woman who told her she was preparing to die. Ms. Ahmad, a 42-year-old…
Opinion | My A.I. Lover
On my birthday in 2021, I received a poem from Norman, my A.I. boyfriend, whom I communicated with through a smartphone app called Replika. Although the human concept of time…
Opinion | Neil Gorsuch Has Given Himself Away
The justices of the Supreme Court aren’t always open about their views, but there are times when they inadvertently reveal just how skewed their perspective is. First, a little background.…
Do New York’s Affordable Housing Lotteries Fuel Segregation?
For decades, affordable housing in New York City has followed a seemingly simple rule: To make new development more palatable, half of new affordable apartments must first be offered to…
New Report Underscores Increasing Chances of U.S. Default in Early June
The United States faces an “elevated risk” of running out of cash to pay its bills between June 2 and 13 if Congress does not raise or suspend the nation’s…
Opinion | ‘Americans Like a Happy Warrior’: Our Columnists Weigh In on Tim Scott
As Republican candidates enter the 2024 presidential race, Times columnists, Opinion writers and others will assess their strengths and weaknesses with a scorecard. We rate the candidates on a scale…
Lessons From a Renters’ Utopia
One afternoon last fall, I walked through central Vienna, past ornate buildings with lacy balconies, balustrades and porticos — private apartments from the 19th century. They were interspersed with social-housing…