Silence and Sand Dunes on Namibia’s Skeleton Coast
For me, it was the silence that was the most overwhelming as I stood in a carved out sandy valley...
Morton Feldman’s Music: A Singular Expression of Wonder and Memory
During a recent performance of “Triadic Memories,” a solo piano piece by Morton Feldman, the composer and pianist Amy Williams...
From ‘Secret’ Gardens to Royal Parks, London is Blooming
The phrase “English garden” conjures up visions of romantic, almost-wild swaths of color-saturated rose bushes, aromatic sprays of lavender and...
Cesar Chavez Was a Voice for Mexican Americans Like Me. Now, We Grieve.
Before I learned anything else about American history in elementary school, I knew about the grape boycotts that Cesar Chavez...
Latino Republicans in South Texas Break With Trump Over Birthright Citizenship
Outside a cafe in South Texas, Samuel Garza, an actor on break with his Mexican cinema troupe, was bracing for...
Sketches Found in a Closet Reveal Reality of the Holocaust
Good morning. It’s Tuesday. Today we’ll find out about sketches from a concentration camp that turned up in a closet...
These Two Countries With Social Media Bans Aren’t Happy With Google and Meta
The Indonesian authorities have summoned officials from Google and Meta over what they said was a failure to comply with...
On What Was Once Chavez Day, Some Try to Highlight a Movement, Not a Man
In life, Cesar Chavez was the face of the labor rights movement, revered for his work organizing farmworkers in the...
I Wrote a Cesar Chavez Biography. This Is How His Secrets Stayed Buried.
There was a time more than a decade ago when I thought about Cesar Chavez, the United Farm Workers founder,...
Michael Pollan’s Journey to the Borderlands of Consciousness
This is an edited transcript of “The Ezra Klein Show.” You can listen to the episode wherever you get your...
U.S. Senators Press Taiwan to Raise Military Spending as China Protests
For the last few months, a plan by President Lai Ching-te of Taiwan to increase military spending by $40 billion...
It’s Not Going to Get Any Easier for Democrats After Trump
The Democratic Party’s short-term prospects look great. The party’s long-term prospects look dismal. First, the party’s auspicious present: Democrats are...
Oil and Gas Prices Continue to Rise in Choppy Trade
Global oil prices hovered around $114 a barrel, U.S. gasoline prices continued to climb and stocks fluctuated on Tuesday as...
Europe Has a ‘Guns vs. Butter’ Problem. War in Iran Makes It Worse.
If there is one thing American and European leaders agree on at a fractured time in trans-Atlantic relations, it’s that...
This Man Insists Trump Is an ‘Environmental Hero’
About a month after the government weakened limits on toxic pollution from coal plants, Edward Russo, the chairman of the...
