‘Disaster Mode’: Emergency Rooms Across Canada Close Amid Crisis
One night in March, an understaffed hospital in Red Lake, a tiny town in northwestern Ontario, took the drastic step of shutting down its emergency department. Road signs bearing the…
Opinion | A 10-Year-Old Refugee Has Met a Million People. How Will New York Welcome Her?
Little Amal, a 10-year-old Syrian girl, left the Syrian-Turkish border in July 2021. She journeyed throughout Europe and met a million people on her quest to find safety and a…
Opinion | The Conflict Between Elites and Populists May Not Be What It Seems
These trends manifest, the authors continue, “in two ways: first, in any given survey year, rich people report being less materialist than the poor. Second, as average incomes increased over…
Opinion | After Dobbs: Does ‘Big Tent’ Feminism Exist? Should It?
For decades, the story of the American feminist movement seemed like a progression of hard-won gains: Title IX, Roe v. Wade, the Violence Against Women Act, #MeToo. But in a…
Opinion | China’s Covert Offensive Is Here. Are Democracies Ready?
In my three-decade career with Britain’s Secret Intelligence Service, China was never seen as a major threat. If we lost sleep at night, it was over more immediate challenges such…
China’s Leader Emerges From Covid Bubble for First Foreign Trip Since 2020
After spending all of the pandemic hunkered down in China, Xi Jinping, the country’s leader, finally stepped outside its borders on Wednesday for the first time in more than two…
How Fierce Primaries, Abortion and Inflation Transformed the 2022 Map
Republicans can also brag of the most racially diverse slate of House candidates they have ever fielded, including 29 Hispanic contenders, 26 Black candidates, six Asian Americans or Pacific Islanders,…
An Oily Challenge: Evict Stinky Old Furnaces in Favor of Heat Pumps
For years, Tami Nelson struggled with what she called the “temperamental old man” in the basement. He was inefficient. He was smelly. Plus, he took way too much of her…
Who Won and Lost in New Hampshire, Rhode Island and Delaware
The primary season ended on Tuesday with elections in New Hampshire, Rhode Island and Delaware. While results are still being tallied in the night’s marquee matchup, the Republican Senate primary…
In Reclaimed Towns, Ukrainians Recount a Frantic Russian Retreat
BALAKLIYA, Ukraine — The signs of desperation were everywhere. Abandoned military vehicles. Cans of food and dishes left on tables. Mail scattered on office floors. Clothes left hanging on lines.…