Ban a Pro-Palestinian Group? The U.K. Government Thought Few Would Care.
The British government underestimated the public response to its ban of a pro-Palestinian protest group using terrorism legislation, according to...
In West Virginia’s Maternity Deserts, a Midwife Fills a Void
Staysha Quentrill is often called to work in the middle of the night. Occasionally, she needs to get a ride...
Mariners Wanted: Six-Figure Salaries and Months at Sea
The United States could soon need a lot more people like Nicole Caputo, who works as an officer on American...
To Help SNAP Recipients, Bookstores Set Up as Food Banks
With federal funding for food stamps threatened, employees at a bookstore in Lincoln, Neb., went to their boss with an...
Where the Taste of Home Comes With a Tariff Charge
For more than two decades, Bonoful Grocery has served the Bangladeshi community that revolves around a one-block stretch of 36th...
‘It Feels Like I’m in a Nightmare’: Inside the First Deportation Flight to Iran
In the hours before dawn one day in early October, Mehrdad Dalir found himself stranded at a bus station in...
The Demographic Trends That Shaped Mamdani’s Win
Zohran Mamdani’s landmark victory in the New York City mayor’s race was powered by an unconventional coalition of traditional Democratic...
Trump Cuts and Orders Have Broad Impact on American Museums, Report Finds
In the years since the pandemic, American museums have been working hard to restore their attendance and financial health. But...
The Volunteer Buglers Giving 24-Note Salutes
At the end of a parking lot in rural Mississippi, Matthew Burford blew long warm-up tones from his trumpet into...
This Is No Way to Rule a Country
Albania is the first country to take a real step toward “algocracy”: government by algorithm. In September its prime minister...
Why Screaming Is All the Rage
The last person to speak at the protest was a young woman. She said she was a health care worker...
Trump Is Said to Propose a Plan That Would Open California Waters to Drilling
The Trump administration plans to propose new oil and gas drilling off the California coast for the first time in...
If Only More Americans Could See This Place
Eighty-one years ago this week, men from the advancing U.S. Army stood in a rain-soaked farm field in Margraten, the...
Accused of Desecration, a Doctor Faces the End of His Life’s Work
One day in March 2015, surveillance cameras at a thousand-year-old Buddhist temple on the outskirts of Tokyo captured a man...
For Trump, Nothing Was Off Limits During the Shutdown
The government shutdown is already the longest in American history. But it’s also perhaps the most punishing, in part because...
