As New York City grapples with the formidable challenge of housing nearly 65,000 asylum seekers from the southern border, a related problem has emerged: A noticeable and growing number of…
The press has questions for Vice President Kamala Harris. She isn’t giving a whole lot of answers. In the nearly three weeks since President Biden withdrew his candidacy, catapulting Ms.…
To hear former President Donald J. Trump tell it, he has just been heartsick over all that has happened to poor old President Biden these past few weeks. “The presidency…
By Lambert Strether of Corrente. Thanks to Federalism, what I intended to be a single post became a bit sprawling, because mask ban legislation is being passed in multiple local…
By Dan Falk, a science journalist based in Toronto and a senior contributor to Undark. His books include “The Science of Shakespeare” and “In Search of Time.” Originally published at…
Before Vice President Kamala Harris confronted pro-Palestinian and anti-Gaza-war protesters on Wednesday at a campaign rally in Detroit, she faced demands from the leaders of a group that has mobilized…
On Tuesday, during Tim Walz’s debut speech as Kamala Harris’s running mate, he thanked Harris for “bringing back the joy.” It wasn’t until then that I fully realized just how…
The threat from Tropical Storm Debby, which has ambled across the Southeast since first making landfall as a hurricane early Monday, has not entirely ended across the Carolinas, where significant…
Around much of the planet, an aquatic mystery leaves scientists in the dark. “For most of the ocean, we don’t know what the bottom looks like,” said Nathan Angelakis, a…
Profile in Style explores the influences, references and fascinations that have shaped creative people. According to Nadège Vanhée, the artistic director of women’s wear at Hermès, rock stars were her…