Foreign Interventions in Haiti: A Brief History
Kenyan police officers are soon heading to Haiti with a daunting mission: help restore order to a country where killings and kidnappings are so rampant that hundreds of thousands of…
What to Expect From the Latest Hearing on Campus Protests
The three college leaders testifying in front of a congressional committee on Thursday will arrive well aware of the high-profile crises that can be born from a misstep or a…
Their Diplomas Came With Envelopes of Cash, and a Catch
Until the final minutes of their commencement ceremony last Thursday, the 1,200 graduates of the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth thought they knew what they would remember most about it: the…
Opinion | A Nuclear Iran Has Never Felt More Possible
The uncertainty ushered in by the death of Iran’s president, Ebrahim Raisi, in a helicopter crash, just weeks after an unprecedented exchange of military attacks with Israel, has brought a…
Opinion | The ‘Trump-Oprah’ Voter
There is one question about Donald Trump that I’m asked above all others, as someone whose professional life is devoted to studying voter behavior and, in particular, what drives Republicans.…
Yellen Warns Israel Against Cutting off Palestinian Banks
Treasury Secretary Janet L. Yellen warned Israel on Thursday against cutting off ties between Palestinian and Israeli banks, arguing that such a move would further destabilize the economy of the…
Opinion | A Giant Crater in Siberia Is Belching Up Russia’s Past
As the world warms, permafrost is thawing across two-thirds of Russia, threatening cities and towns that were constructed to house miners sent to dig up a subterranean trove of oil,…
Opinion | What Does Hollywood Owe Its Jewish Founders?
The Jews who founded Hollywood — and make no mistake, the big studio heads were overwhelmingly Jewish — shared several things: ambition, creative vision and killer business instincts. But more…
A.I. Promised to Upend the 2024 Campaign. It Hasn’t Yet.
Artificial intelligence helped make turnout predictions in the Mississippi elections last year, when one group used the technology to transcribe, summarize and synthesize audio recordings of its door knockers’ interactions…
What Trump 2.0 Could Mean for the Federal Reserve
Former President Donald J. Trump relentlessly criticized the Federal Reserve and Jerome H. Powell, its chair, during his time in office. As he competes with President Biden for a second…