He Was a Supreme Court Lawyer. Then His Double Life Caught Up With Him.
The high point of Thomas Goldstein’s career as a Supreme Court advocate took place a few minutes after 10 on...
From Sex Appeal to the Far Right, Brigitte Bardot Symbolized a Changing France
The actress, singer and activist Brigitte Bardot, who has died at 91,personified France in a literal way: In 1969, she...
What America Might Look Like With Zero Immigration
Across the United States, someone is missing. One year into President Trump’s immigration crackdown, construction firms in Louisiana are scrambling...
Twins’ Peaks: The Gilbertson Brothers Want to Rewrite Your Country’s Map
In 2020, Eric Gilbertson, a mechanical engineering professor at Seattle University, climbed the 100 highest mountains in Colorado. Or so...
Brigitte Bardot, Movie Icon Who Renounced Stardom, Dies at 91
Brigitte Bardot, the pouty, tousle-haired French actress who redefined mid-20th-century movie sex symbolism in films beginning with “And God Created...
From A.I. to Chips, Big Tech Is Getting What It Wants From Trump
Before President Trump returned to the White House in January, the titans of the tech industry went all out to...
Zelensky to Meet With Trump at Mar-a-Lago About Plan to End War With Russia
President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine will visit Mar-a-Lago on Sunday for a much-anticipated meeting with President Trump, bearing a revised...
Zero Hour for the Middle East
Zero Hour for the Middle East Dec. 28, 2025 From the rubble and the ruin, the torture and the terror,...
The Best of Metropolitan Diary 2025: The Readers Speak
Over the past year, Metropolitan Diary shared more than 250 tales of life in New York City. Now, readers have...
To See Mamdani Sworn In, Some Out-of-Towners Confront N.Y.C. Prices
Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani is expecting a crowd of tens of thousands at his inauguration on Jan. 1, including some die-hard...
In Guinea Elections, Ruling Junta Seeks Legitimacy While Barring Rivals
Voters in Guinea go to the polls on Sunday to elect a new president as the leader of the ruling...
The Lure of a Rising Asian Metropolis? No Traffic.
In a remote corner of the island of Borneo on a recent Monday, a runner breezed down the middle of...
As Some Boycott Myanmar’s Flawed Election, Others Hope for Change
As voters started going to the polls on Sunday for the first round of a heavily stage-managed election in Myanmar,...
Families Demand Answers a Year After Deadliest Plane Crash in South Korea
A year after the worst plane crash on South Korean soil killed 179 people, the families of some of the...
The Year in Lists
With 2025 drawing to a close, we reached out to Times Opinion contributors for their personal lists. Our algorithmic feeds...
