Opinion | Giving People Money Is a Great Way to Reduce Poverty
Among the big changes ushered in by the pandemic was a quiet revolution in American welfare policy. OK, “quiet revolution” is my way of trying to jazz up a government…
Opinion | Every Moment Can’t Be 10 Out of 10
After so many trips to intensive care, dashed plans and other disappointments, the future felt too full of uncertainty to sufficiently map out, and worrying just undermined moments that were…
Opinion | What We Will Miss Most About Roger Federer
Queen Elizabeth II was buried on Monday, and London is now the scene of another poignant farewell: Roger Federer will retire after the Laver Cup, a team competition being held…
Opinion | We Document Human Rights Violations. Israel Wants to Silence Us.
RAMALLAH, West Bank — Just after 3 a.m. on Aug. 18, Israeli soldiers blasted open the locked doors of Al-Haq, the oldest and largest human rights organization in the occupied…
Opinion | There Is a Way to Solve the Problem of Hyperpartisan Judges
The Fifth Circuit disagreed. Writing for the panel, Judge Andrew Oldham, a Trump appointee, upheld the law. For Oldham, “moderation” is little more than censorship. Of course, the First Amendment…
How Much Would You Pay to Hear Great Music?
“I’m a cellist, and I have played in orchestras my entire life,” Blake-Anthony Johnson, the president and chief executive of the Chicago Sinfonietta, said recently. “I used to ask the…
Taller Towers, Fewer Homes
At the Benson, a 210-foot, limestone-clad tower on the Upper East Side completed last year by the developer Naftali Group, there were 15 units, ranging from $12.75 million for a…
Opinion | Why Russia Is Losing the War in Ukraine
When Russia invaded Ukraine in February, the question most analysts were asking was not whether Russia would win. It was how fast. On almost every quantifiable metric from military strength…
In Myanmar, Grief and Fury After an Attack on a School
It was the noon hour, and children were playing outside the school, squeezing in their last few minutes of fun before lessons began. Suddenly, there came the roar of helicopters…
As Trump’s Legal Woes Mount, So Do Financial Pressures on Him
The New York attorney general’s fraud lawsuit that was filed on Wednesday against former President Donald J. Trump seeks to recover $250 million from his company and essentially run him…