On the Arizona Border, Even a Slow Day Is Busy
Helen Ramajo, 11 years old, reached the U.S.-Mexico border before the American presidents did. As President Biden and former President Donald J. Trump prepared for the political stagecraft of dueling…
Biden Calls Chinese Electric Vehicles a Security Threat
President Biden took steps on Thursday toward blocking Chinese electric vehicles from entry to the American auto market, saying internet-connected cars and trucks from China posed risks to national security…
For Suspect in U. of Georgia Killing, an Obscure Trail Across States
Jose Antonio Ibarra, the man charged with the killing of a nursing student on the University of Georgia campus, migrated from Venezuela, was arrested when he crossed the border illegally…
Opinion | Let’s Thank the Alabama Supreme Court
I never thought I’d be grateful to the Alabama Supreme Court for anything, but now I am. With its decision deeming frozen embryos to be children under state law, that…
Opinion | Trump’s Allies Don’t Want to Destroy the ‘Deep State.’ They Want to Seize It.
Every new administration that wins power away from the opposing party contends that whatever its predecessors did was terrible and that victory constitutes a popular mandate to fix or get…
Opinion | Black Families Can Now Recover More of Their Lost Histories
In many ways, the overgrown cemetery on a South Carolina rice plantation where my paternal ancestors are buried is emblematic of Black history itself. On my first visit in 2013,…
Auto Insurance Spike Hampers the Inflation Fight
Job growth, wage growth and business growth are all lively, and inflation has steeply fallen from its 2022 highs. But consumer sentiment, while improving, is still sour. One reason may…
Sure, It Won an Oscar. But Is It Criterion?
In October 2022, amid a flurry of media appearances promoting their film “Tàr,” the director Todd Field and the star Cate Blanchett made time to visit a cramped closet in…
Opinion | Starvation Is Stalking Gaza’s Children
Standing over a tiny bundle wrapped in a sheet on a hospital bed, a young father drapes his hand across his face in despair. Mousa Salem, a Gaza photographer who…
The ‘Luxury Route’ to the U.S. for African Migrants
As record numbers of people cross into the United States, the southern border is not the only place where the migration crisis is playing out. Nearly three thousand miles to…