Top State Judges Make a Rare Plea in a Momentous Supreme Court Election Case
WASHINGTON — “It’s the biggest federalism issue in a long time,” Chief Justice Nathan L. Hecht of the Texas Supreme Court said on the phone the other day. “Maybe ever.”…
Opinion | Does It Matter That Investigators Are Closing in on Trump?
Gail Collins: Bret, which do you think is more of a threat to Trump’s political future, the classified document drama at Mar-a-Lago or the legal challenge to his businesses in…
Opinion | Biden’s Cautious Foreign Policy Imperils Us
President Biden gave an admirable speech to the United Nations General Assembly on Wednesday, condemning Russia’s war and making clear that the United States will continue its support of Ukraine.…
Opinion | Many Are Suffering After Covid, but Only Some Are Getting Help
At the University of California, Los Angeles, Dr. Nisha Viswanathan finds that she disproportionately sees long Covid patients in her post-Covid clinic who are well off and adept at navigating…
Opinion | The Joy of Finding People Who Love the Same Books You Do
But what of the other readers? I enjoy hearing writers talk about their books, even onscreen, but I have missed the other readers. I have so much missed sitting in…
Factory Jobs Are Booming Like It’s the 1970s
Ed Gresser, the vice president of trade and global markets at the Progressive Policy Institute, a left-leaning think tank, said that the United States had seen a noticeable uptick in…
To Defend Democracy, Is Brazil’s Top Court Going Too Far?
RIO DE JANEIRO — The group chat on WhatsApp was a sort of digital locker room for dozens of Brazil’s biggest businessmen. There was a shopping mall tycoon, a surf…
More Trans Teens Are Choosing ‘Top Surgery’
In the past decade, the number of people who identify as transgender has grown significantly, especially among young Americans. Around 700,000 people under 25 identified as transgender in 2020, according…
‘Let’s Do It Legit’: Drug Arrestees Vie for First New York Pot Licenses
Anytime the police approached the street in the Bronx where Hector Bonilla used to hang out, his friends would toss away their marijuana on the ground, he said. The police…
U.S. Warns Russia of ‘Catastrophic Consequences’ if It Uses Nuclear Weapons
WASHINGTON — President Biden’s national security adviser said on Sunday that the United States had warned Russia that there would be “catastrophic consequences” for the country if Moscow used nuclear…