A Young Soldier’s Reckoning With the Afghanistan War
To the Editor: Re “Seeking Out Taliban Commander I Once Fought,” by Thomas Gibbons-Neff (essay, front page, July 27): Mr....
Europe Braces for Another Heat Wave. Here’s What to Know.
Another round of intense heat is expected to sweep across large swaths of Europe this week. Forecasters warned that rapidly...
Netanyahu Rejects Trump’s Plan to Disarm Hamas
The Israeli government has rejected a 15-point plan backed by the Trump administration aimed at disarming the Palestinian militant group...
Now Coming to a Black Media Outlet Near You: Mayor Mamdani
As he sat in a plush, dark leather arm chair, Mayor Zohran Mamdani seemed in his element. He shouted out...
One Bus’s Long, Strange Trip, and Why It’s Returning to San Francisco
Among the rolling hills outside Eugene, Ore., down a winding gravel path and inside a big barn sits a school...
A Democratic Socialist Spreads the Word, Even in Hostile Territory
The democratic socialist and his Fox News interrogator circled each other for almost 15 minutes, disagreeing on everything from homeless...
2 Die After Boat Overturns in New York Harbor, Police Say
A 27-year-old woman and a 5-month-old girl died after a boat overturned in New York Harbor on Saturday evening, the...
Blue and Red America Have Become the Bitter Couple That Can’t Quite Face Divorce
“I actually think,” Rush Limbaugh told his many millions of listeners during the weeks between Donald Trump losing the 2020...
Please Judge What I’m Reading
I was well into adulthood before I learned that prestigious cultural awards are distributed not by some array of gods...
She Makes the Impossible Happen for Her Ultrarich Clients
Over-the-top was the mandate. The client, a wealthy med-tech entrepreneur, was on his way to Las Vegas to close a...
Therapy Needs Therapy
1. The Therapy Crisis I love being a therapist. I love being present for people over time, listening for mystery...
These Doctors Perform Daily Miracles, No Hospital in Sight
Last July, I visited Pittsburgh Mercy’s Operation Safety Net, the street medicine program founded by Dr. Jim Withers. In the...
Pop Music Is the Problem
The Korean supergroup BTS has pulled its blockbuster album “Arirang” from Grammy Awards consideration, in protest of the new Asian...
Forget the East Wing. The Real Demolition Has Only Just Begun.
The proposed “Arc de Trump” in Washington is less a monument than a gaudy construction the height of a skyscraper...
A Maine Town, Once Dependent on a Paper Mill, Tries to Move On
The State of Maine is about 89 percent forest and has an $8.3 billion forestry industry. Besides logging, papermaking has...
