‘The Baker’s Wife’ Review: Ariana DeBose Returns to New York Stage
Much has happened in the four years since Ariana DeBose starred as Anita in Steven Spielberg’s “West Side Story,” then...
The Stars of ‘Chess’ Know the Score
“Let me take my jacket off,” Nicholas Christopher said. “I’ve got to redeem myself.” This was on a grim October...
Who Pays When A.I. Is Wrong?
Sales representatives for Wolf River Electric, a solar contractor in Minnesota, noticed an unusual uptick in canceled contracts late last...
Missing at U.N.’s Climate Meeting: American Executives
Top U.S. government officials are skipping the annual United Nations climate summit for the first time in 30 years. And...
All the Canals and Charm of Amsterdam. None of the Crowds.
The story of how the Dutch city of Leiden became a global center of science and philosophy begins with an...
Africa Is Rising. The World Shouldn’t Turn Its Back.
Africa is expected to see a massive population boom in the next several decades. At the same time, the United...
In ‘The Seduction,’ a ‘Dangerous Liaisons’ for This Moment
Midway through HBO Max’s first French-language series, “The Seduction,” its heroine, Isabelle de Merteuil, rallies after a vicious attack on...
Do Technology Bans Work for Teenagers?
Does your school ban cellphones? If so, do you think the policy is working to keep students off screens and...
Democrats Are Teaching Trump the Wrong Lesson
At roughly the same time that Senate Democrats were readying themselves to cave to their Republican colleagues on Sunday —...
The Business Elite Needs Mamdani. They Just Don’t Know It Yet.
The election of Zohran Mamdani as mayor of New York City has set off the usual round of panic among...
Japan’s Leader Started a Meeting at 3 A.M. Then Came the Backlash.
Japan’s new prime minister, Sanae Takaichi, is known as an inveterate workhorse. She often skips social gatherings and has openly...
Most Women Can Still Get Abortion Pills. That May Soon Change.
After the Supreme Court reversed Roe v. Wade and ended the constitutional right to abortion three years ago, both supporters...
I Worked All Over Silicon Valley. This Is How It Lost Its Spine.
While working at YouTube, in an era when a wedding dance and a 7-year-old hallucinating on dental anesthesia were top...
The Upshot
American classrooms have been transformed by screens in the last five years, with most students, of all ages, now learning...
The ‘Lost Sisters’ of the Pleiades Fill the Entire Night Sky
Look to the east after sunset on a clear winter night and you’ll spot a bright, tightly packed collection of...
