With Payments to College Athletes, Another Fight Looms for Women
After decades of striving, the growing popularity of women’s basketball — including a lucrative new television deal — and recent gains in other sports have put women on closer to…
A Border Runs Through Their Families. Now It’s a Front Line.
When Valentina’s small town in Russia came under heavy bombardment in March by Ukrainian forces, her daughter Alla, who lives a short distance across the border near Kharkiv, would text…
The Battle Over College Speech Will Outlive the Encampments
Early on the afternoon of Nov. 10, Jameel Jaffer, the director of the Knight First Amendment Institute at Columbia University, was on his way into a meeting in Low Library,…
What to Know About the Open Versus Closed Software Debate
Few debates have raged longer and more contentiously in the computing industry than one: Is “open source” better than “closed” when it comes to software development? That debate has been…
Opinion | In Florida, Democrats Hope Abortion Will Revive Their Fortunes
On the Miami River recently, a parade of gleaming white pleasure boats cruised through the city. Half-naked revelers basked on their decks, swaying to Taylor Swift anthems and waving bottles…
Opinion | There’s a Reason Most People Aren’t Following the Trump Trial
Christopher Hitchens once described participation in the absurd debate over who actually wrote Shakespeare’s plays as “an unfailing sign of advanced intellectual and mental prostration.” It would be unsporting to…
‘Did You Tase Him in the Face!?’ Inside ‘Goon Squad’ Deputies’ Group Chat
Between vacation photos and cookout invitations posted on their private text thread, a group of Mississippi sheriff’s deputies who called themselves the Goon Squad traded pictures of rotting corpses and…
How A.I. Made Mark Zuckerberg Popular Again in Silicon Valley
When Mark Zuckerberg, the chief executive of Meta, announced last year that his company would release an artificial intelligence system, Jeffrey Emanuel had reservations. Mr. Emanuel, a part-time hacker and…
For Some Families of Color, a Painful Fight for a Cystic Fibrosis Diagnosis
By the time Rena Barrow-Wells gave birth to her fourth baby in 2020, she was well-versed in caring for a child with cystic fibrosis. She was also experienced in fighting…
Jury Will Consider Felony Charges Against Trump on Wednesday
Jurors in Donald J. Trump’s criminal trial will begin deliberations on Wednesday after hearing hours of closing arguments that portrayed the case in stark and irreconcilable terms. It could take…