In Nigeria, a Catholic Bishop Navigates a Nation of Extremes
The day after Christmas, Bishop Matthew Hassan Kukah rushed to a special children’s Mass early in the morning, unaware that...
Loose Rules Let State Police Hand Out Lax Penalties for Serious Misconduct
An investigator with the New York State Police helped get a friend’s traffic tickets reduced “in exchange” for her sexually...
How the Online SAT May Be Vulnerable to Cheating
Three years ago, after nearly a century of testing on paper, the College Board rolled out a new digital SAT....
A Municipal Debt Boom Is Driving Public Projects and Tax Breaks for Investors
Across America, state and local governments have been selling bonds at a record clip to finance projects like airports, roads...
After Naval Drills With Iran, South Africa Faces New U.S. Scrutiny
Naval exercises held off the coast of South Africa have led to a new round of hostility between the country...
As Minneapolis Rages, Legislators Move to Restrict ICE in Their States
After the deaths of two American citizens in Minneapolis at the hands of federal agents, Democratic legislators across the country,...
Fed Meeting Comes at Pivotal Moment for Central Bank’s Independence
For Jerome H. Powell, the chair of the Federal Reserve, the past month has probably felt like a political eternity....
A City Where Every Step Outside Risks Death by Drone
It was pickup time at the day care. As other children and parents milled about, Tanya Leshchenko sat on a...
Iran Killed Thousands of Protesters. Here Are Five of Their Stories.
One was a 23-year-old budding fashion designer, another a prospective engineering student bound for Tehran. There was also a mother,...
Amazon to Cut 16,000 Jobs in Latest Round of Layoffs
Though business has been booming, Amazon said on Wednesday that it was laying off 16,000 more corporate employees as it...
D.H.S. Review Does Not Say Pretti Brandished Gun, As Noem Claimed
A preliminary review by U.S. Customs and Border Protection’s internal watchdog office found that Alex Pretti was shot by two...
These Democrats Want Clinton to Answer for Epstein. Good.
In another sign that American politics is trapped in the Upside Down, last week a rogue band of House Democrats...
Safety Board Blames F.A.A. For Multiple Failures in D.C. Crash
The National Transportation Safety Board determined that the Federal Aviation Administration had approved dangerous flight routes that allowed an Army...
Esther Perel on Why A.I. Intimacy Feels Safe but Isn’t Real
To love is to be human. Or is it? As human-chatbot relationships become more common, the Times Opinion culture editor...
What Americans Really Mean by ‘Affordability’
What is the affordability crisis all about? Is it just a new buzzword for longstanding economic discontent? Is it a...
