Can Abortion Still Save the Democrats?
With an unpopular president and soaring inflation, Democrats knew they had an uphill battle in the midterms.But the fall of Roe v. Wade seemed to offer the party a way of energizing voters and holding...
4 Nov 202238min
Why the Supreme Court Might End Affirmative Action
For decades, many universities have used race as a factor when deciding which students to admit. In the past, the Supreme Court has backed that practice, called affirmative action, in the interest of ...
3 Nov 202225min
The Man Who Tried to Kidnap Nancy Pelosi
Early on Friday, an intruder broke into the San Francisco home of Nancy Pelosi and bludgeoned Ms. Pelosi’s husband, Paul, with a hammer.The shocking attack underlined fears about the growing number of...
2 Nov 202228min
Twitter in the Time of Elon Musk
It was long awaited, and some doubted that it would ever come to pass, but last week, the tech billionaire Elon Musk officially took over Twitter.The platform was once the place of underdogs, a public...
1 Nov 202225min
Xi Jinping Opens a New Chapter for China
Four years ago, Xi Jinping set himself up to become China’s leader indefinitely.At last week’s Communist Party congress in Beijing, he stepped into that role, making a notable sweep of the country’s o...
31 Okt 202225min
The Sunday Read: ‘Why We Take Animal Voyages’
For Sam Anderson, a staff writer, traveling with animals can lead to enlightening experience. In this essay for The New York Times Magazine, Mr. Anderson explores what he has learned from a lifetime o...
30 Okt 202226min
'The Run-Up': The Grass Roots, Part 1
This moment in politics will be defined by shifts at the grass-roots level. Today, we talk to conservative voters about the forces animating the midterm elections for them — and what Washington can le...
29 Okt 202252min
Two Futures Face Off in Brazil
Voters in Brazil on Sunday will choose between two larger-than-life, populist candidates in a presidential race that is widely seen as the nation’s — and Latin America’s — most important election in d...
28 Okt 202228min
