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...
Republicans’ Redistricting Push Is at Risk of Backfiring
When President Trump launched his summer campaign to redraw congressional districts to the G.O.P.’s favor, it seemed almost inevitable that...
‘The System Is Meant to Break You’: What ICE Is Doing to People Here Legally
In August, Jemmy Jimenez Rosa and her husband, Marcel, took their three young daughters on a vacation to Cancún, Mexico....
Trump Promised Lower Prices. His Policies Are Raising Them.
“From the day I take the oath of office, we’ll rapidly drive prices down and make America affordable again,” Donald...
The Basketball Star Who Accidentally Became a Country Music Heartthrob
Midway through a recent concert at the Gramercy Theater in Manhattan, a country pop star based in Nashville paused between...
A Tap-to-Pay Society Is Leaving These New Yorkers Behind
For those who have smartphones, credit cards and bank accounts, a cashless world makes life faster and easier — less...
To the Castle
Use your imagination to write the opening of a short story or poem inspired by this illustration, or describe a...
‘I’ll Go When You Go,’ Jimmy Kimmel Tells Trump
Welcome to Late Night Roundup, a rundown of the previous night’s highlights that lets you sleep — and lets us...
Word of the Day: arid
arid ˈɛrəd adjective 1. lacking sufficient water or rainfall 2. lacking vitality or spirit; lifeless The word arid has appeared...
I’m in Venezuela. This Is the True Cost of Trump’s Gunboat Diplomacy.
Caracas, Venezuela’s neglected but beautiful capital, sits behind a forested, over 9,000-foot tall mountain that obscures the city’s proximity to...
Why Are Young Men Embracing the Quarter-Zip Lifestyle?
Two weeks ago, Jason Gyamfi pulled on a sweater, held out his arm and declared a major life change. In...
She Adopted on Her Own. Then Love Found Both of Them.
When Amy Rae Krasner adopted a baby on her own at 47, she assumed she had shut the door on...
I Was Deemed Unfit to Be a Mother
I don’t remember the court date. I don’t remember the notices in the mail, the missed phone calls, the messages...
A Painful Family Discovery, and the Love Story That Followed
Dancing wasn’t just a part of the festivities for Elizabeth Katherine Thomas and Anthony Lee Gregg’s wedding day, as the...
