After an Antisemitic Atrocity, Can Australia Keep It Together?
Australia’s prime minister blamed “Islamic State ideology” on Tuesday for motivating a father and son accused of killing at least...
The Most Magical, Moving Four Minutes in Music
There are four minutes of Ravel that I hope I never get over. “Le Jardin Féerique,” usually translated as the...
On Venezuela, Trump Is Forgetting the Lessons of the Middle East
President Donald Trump’s threats to topple Venezuela’s Nicolás Maduro prove the U.S. has learned nothing from nearly 25 years of...
Immigration Agents and Protesters Face Off in Frigid Minnesota
Urgent messages began circulating Saturday morning in group chats tracking immigration enforcement operations in Minnesota. Federal agents had cordoned off...
Nike cofounder Phil Knight’s $2 billion pledge for cancer research was the largest donation of 2025
Nike cofounder Phil Knight made the biggest publicly recorded charitable donation of 2025.Knight and his wife, Penny, pledged $2 billion...
What Can Iowa City Teach New York About Free Buses?
Good morning. It’s Wednesday. Today we’ll look at a city that made the buses free. We’ll also get details on...
Republicans don’t have a healthcare plan, just a plan to kill Obamacare
For millions of Americans, Jan. 1 won’t be an occasion to celebrate the coming of the new year. It will...
D.C. needs a new police chief who cares about more than numbers
Fans of “The Wire” will be familiar with the term “juking the stats.” That’s when police departments systematically underreport crime...
‘The BFG’ Enchants With Puppets and Pantomime Spirit
Roald Dahl probably didn’t have stage adaptation in mind when he published his much-loved children’s story “The BFG” in 1982....
How Workers Will Adapt in the AI Era
The anxiety that workers feel about advances in artificial intelligence is completely understandable—but often misplaced. Based on task-level analysis of...
