Chocolate Grows Up in the Land of Its Birth: the Amazon
The Amazon rainforest, origin of the cacao bean, is giving life to a nascent craft chocolate movement in Brazil. Global...
Trump’s All-but-Forgotten Border Wall Reaches an Angry Laredo, Texas
Roque Haynes aimed his appeal directly at the mayor of Laredo last Friday as the border city in South Texas...
A Gay Woman Becomes New York’s Lutheran Bishop
Good morning. It’s Friday. We’ll meet the new Lutheran bishop of New York, the first woman and the first openly...
6 New Movies Our Critics Are Talking About This Week
Who can say if it’s been changed for the better? ‘Wicked: For Good’ Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande return as...
Why ‘Surveillance Pricing’ Strikes a Nerve
If you’re not paying for the product, you are the product, as the refrain goes. In other words, many social...
Who Is ‘More MAGA Than JD Vance’? 2 Conservatives on Marjorie Taylor Greene, Trump and the G.O.P.
Is there a civil war in the Republican Party? In a written online conversation, the Times Opinion editor John Guida...
Why the Rings of Saturn Seem as if They’re About to Disappear
If you head into your backyard this weekend and set up your telescope, the giant planet Saturn will be there...
How 2 New Songs Made Their Way Into ‘Wicked: For Good’
As the composer Stephen Schwartz was working on the 2003 stage musical “Wicked,” one of the stars, Kristin Chenoweth, repeatedly...
What Problem in Your Community Would You Want to Address?
Do you ever get angry or frustrated by a problem in your hometown that no one seems to do anything...
After a Major Red Carpet Moment, What’s Next?
A week ago, Gabriele Semeraro was a designer working largely behind the scenes. Now, after making a dress for a...
The Epstein Story? Count Me Out.
Never before have I been so uncertain about the future. Think of all the giant issues that confront us: artificial...
‘Wicked’ and the Never-Ending Press Tour
With the release of “Wicked: For Good,” the saga of the singing witches comes to a close. It also represents...
Watch a ‘Wonderful’ Moment From ‘Wicked: For Good’
In “Anatomy of a Scene,” we ask directors to reveal the secrets that go into making key scenes in their...
This Holiday Season, Make a ‘To-Don’t’ List
My two sisters and I just had our annual Thanksgiving menu-planning call. I don’t know why we do this. We...
Japan’s Leader Gets Off to Rocky Start With China
Inside a crowded convention center in South Korea last month, Japan’s new prime minister, Sanae Takaichi, beamed as she met...
