Iranian president’s apology showcases rifts among the country’s leaders.
Masoud Pezeshkian, the Iranian president, had just apologized on state television on Saturday morning for waves of Iranian missile strikes...
Immigration Agents Detain a Reporter in Nashville
On Tuesday, Estefany Maria Rodriguez Florez, a journalist for a Spanish-language news outlet in Nashville, reported on four immigration-related arrests...
A Maestro’s Fall From Grace Is a Cautionary Tale Worth Heeding
In the end it was fitting that the Boston Symphony Orchestra announced that its music director, Andris Nelsons, would leave...
George W. Trump Goes to War
The best essay for understanding right-wing support for Donald Trump’s war against Iran was published in National Review in 2023,...
A Schools Chief So Charming That Los Angeles Overlooked His Red Flags
The Los Angeles school district thought it had found the ideal leader. During Alberto M. Carvalho’s 14-year tenure as superintendent...
Hillary Clinton and the Collective Rage of American Women
At the beginning of the year, 2016 was trending on multiple social media platforms. Every couple of months, there’s a...
Not Your Grandparents’ Farm Wedding
Estelle Palandjian, a founder of a shopping app, who lives in New York, decided to get married at her parents’...
A Washington Museum Zeros In on Presidential Scandal. From 50 Years Ago.
Each new week or month seems to bring a new “gate.” The recent Olympic Games opened with “crotchgate,” a pseudoscandal...
The Companionable Brilliance of Helen Garner
STORIES: The Collected Short Fiction, by Helen Garner I usually hesitate to mine an author’s personal life for literary insight,...
Rebecca Solnit Says the Left’s Next Hero Is Already Here
As the old saw goes, the only constant is change. But change doesn’t always feel as overwhelming as it does...
What Does School Choice Really Mean?
To the Editor: Re “Democrats, This Is Why You Haven’t Fixed Schools Yet,” by Jorge Elorza (Opinion guest essay, nytimes.com,...
Trump’s Iran War and the Shadow of Iraq
The best essay for understanding right-wing support for Donald Trump’s war against Iran was published in National Review in 2023,...
‘Wuthering Heights,’ MAGA Style
Eat your heart out, Emerald Fennell. You may have the alluring stars Margot Robbie and Jacob Elordi cavorting on the...
It’s Not Enough for Some Iranians to Be Happy About the War
After I wrote a column criticizing “the folly of attacking Iran,” I had pushback from some Iranians, who understand the...
My Sister’s Crime Shattered Our Family. Do I Have to Help Her?
My sister has bipolar disorder and late-onset schizophrenia. About five years ago, she beat our mother so badly that she...
