Rural America Lags Cities in Helping People Beat the Heat
In Caribou, Maine, a town of 7,400, the splash pad was packed with children at noon on Wednesday as temperatures soared. But next to it, at a cooling center for…
Biden’s Lead With Women Is Smaller Than Trump’s With Men, a Warning for Democrats
Almost every path to victory for President Biden relies on strong support from women. But his current standing among women is the weakest lead a Democrat has had since 2004,…
Opinion | Why Activists Keep Failing the Causes That Fire Them Up
Here’s the ugly truth: The highest priority for members of Congress is not to legislate. It’s to stay in Congress. Every vote — especially every bipartisan vote — risks marring…
Opinion | If Donald Trump Wins, So Will Paul Manafort. ‘You Are a Real Man.’
A few years ago, Paul Manafort was a disgraced political operative living in a windowless cell. If Donald Trump wins in November, Mr. Manafort is likely to re-emerge as one…
Opinion | Putin Has Tainted Russian Greatness
Many years ago, in the 1980s, I went to Brighton Beach, then in its heyday as a district of newly arrived Soviet Jews, to celebrate the first year (there would…
Opinion | Confessions of an Anti-Protester
Don’t take it personally, but I don’t want to go to your protest. This isn’t a commentary about your particular movement or about the anti-Israel rallies this past academic year.…
How Architecture Became One of Ukraine’s Essential Defenses
When the German Army finally broke through in central Ukraine in September 1941, pasting up ordinances around Kyiv to announce a new occupying authority, they had only a few days’…
Dilemma on Wall Street: Short-Term Gain or Climate Benefit?
A team of economists recently analyzed 20 years of peer-reviewed research on the social cost of carbon, an estimate of the damage from climate change. They concluded that the average…
Seafaring Nomads Settle Down Without Quite Embracing Life on Land
Leaving her hut that hovered on stilts above crystal blue water, Zausiyah got into her boat at sunrise and rowed out to sea, looking down into the clear water for…
Musk and Tesla: Compensation or Control? | naked capitalism
Yves here. There is so much personality-driven reporting on Elon Musk, which the billionaire cultivates, that the resulting high level of noise means it takes a lot of work to…