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The current front page of the New York Times.
March 30, 2021
From Serial: The Improvement Association
A true story about election fraud.
April 9, 2021
Blake Bailey on Writing His Life of Philip Roth
Bailey talks about his new biography, and Julia Sweig discusses “Lady Bird Johnson: Hiding in Plain Sight.”
April 13, 2021
Is It OK to Use Money Raised for a Child’s Cancer Care on a Car?
The magazine’s Ethicist columnist on the limits of GoFundMe, whether to identify as L.G.B.T.Q. and unequal inheritances.
April 13, 2021
A Softball Pitcher Struck Out Every Batter? She Hadn’t Noticed.
Hope Trautwein of North Texas threw a perfect game that outdid all the others, striking out 21 in seven flawless innings.
April 13, 2021
Zoom Burnout Is Real — but It’s Worse for Women.
In a new study, women reported higher levels of fatigue associated with video calls than men. The solution, though, isn’t as simple as not having video calls.
April 12, 2021
Want a Strong Economy? Stop Ignoring Public Health.
Michelle A. Williams, epidemiologist and dean of Harvard’s school of public health, has a lesson for politicians like Ron DeSantis.
April 13, 2021
Tressie McMillan Cottom on the Moral Panics of Our Moment
A wide-ranging discussion with one of America’s sharpest contemporary cultural critics.
April 13, 2021
An NDA Was Designed to Keep Me Quiet
I chose not to be. We need to end gag orders for victims of workplace abuse.
April 13, 2021
What Bidenism Owes to Trumpism
The Biden agenda tries to seize the populist opportunity that Trump let slip away.
April 13, 2021
We Need an Infrastructure Package for Nature
The long-term needs of ecosystems should come before our knee-jerk demands to get back to life.
April 13, 2021
How Can I Justify Bringing New Life Into This Terrible World?
In a time of Covid-19, climate change and catastrophe, having a baby is an act of radical hope.
April 13, 2021
The Economy That Allows You to Get Your Job Done Is Broken
President Biden understands that caregiving is infrastructure, and that all families need it.
April 13, 2021
What to Do About Killings by the Police
After the death of a second Black man, readers call for federal action and suggest ending most traffic stops.
April 13, 2021
Coney Island Is Just What the Doctor Ordered
New York’s charming old amusement park delivers the springtime joy we all need.
April 13, 2021
We Need a High Wall With a Big Gate on the Southern Border
Immigration is America’s lifeblood, so we can’t risk losing it.
April 13, 2021
Amazon’s Big Win Over the Little Guy
Corporate America keeps squeezing the humanity out of the workplace.
April 14, 2021
Pausing the Johnson & Johnson Vaccine Makes Sense
There might have been better ways to handle the situation, but officials did what they had to do.
April 13, 2021
Biden to announce full withdrawal of U.S. troops in Afghanistan by Sept. 11.
The decision will keep more than 3,000 American troops in Afghanistan beyond the May 1 deadline that was announced under the Trump administration.
April 13, 2021
Biden to announce full withdrawal of U.S. troops in Afghanistan by Sept. 11.
The decision will keep more than 3,000 American troops in Afghanistan beyond the May 1 deadline that was announced under the Trump administration.
April 13, 2021
How the Coronavirus Variants Are Spreading in New York City
New, searchable ZIP code-level data provides a close look at how contagious variants have kept New York’s case levels alarmingly high.
April 13, 2021
Takeaways from Day 12 of the Derek Chauvin trial.
An expert testifying for the defense said Mr. Chauvin was justified in pinning George Floyd under his knee. He contradicted numerous experts called by prosecutors, including the police chief of Minneapolis.
April 13, 2021
Indicted Gaetz Associate Is Said to Be Cooperating With Justice Dept.
Joel Greenberg, a former elected official in Florida, has been talking to federal investigators since last year about the conduct of Representative Matt Gaetz and others.
April 13, 2021
Daunte Wright Spent Final Moments Talking With His Mother
“I just seen and heard the fear in his voice,” she said. Mr. Wright was a young father who loved basketball and, in the tightknit world of Minneapolis, had a connection to George Floyd.
April 13, 2021
Did Spotlighting a Rare Potential Vaccine Side Effect Put More at Risk?
Some public health officials fear that the pause on the Johnson & Johnson vaccine may fuel vaccine hesitancy and expose more Americans to a bigger danger: the coronavirus.
April 13, 2021
With Afghan Decision, Biden Seeks to Focus U.S. on New Challenges
The president’s choice to set a firm date for a full withdrawal reflected a belief that the priorities of 2021 require moving on from policies set in 2001.
April 14, 2021
Police Officer Who Shot and Killed Daunte Wright Was Training Others
Kimberly A. Potter was a 26-year veteran of the force in a Minneapolis suburb and president of a police union.
April 14, 2021
Capitol Police Told to Hold Back on Riot Response on Jan. 6, Report Finds
Despite being tipped that “Congress itself is the target” on Jan. 6, Capitol Police were ordered not to use their most powerful crowd-control weapons, according to a scathing new watchdog report.
April 14, 2021
In Early Testimony for Defense, Witness Says Chauvin’s Force Was ‘Justified’
The defense also presented body camera video from a previous arrest of George Floyd, part of its strategy to shift the jurors’ focus to his use of illicit drugs.
April 14, 2021
Key Findings of the Inspector General’s Report on the Capitol Riot
Intelligence failures, orders to use less aggressive measures and equipment breakdowns contributed to the Capitol Police’s botched response, a watchdog found.