In an Unequal Economy, the Poor Face Inflation Now and Job Loss Later
The lease lasts only a year, however, and Ms. Clarke is worried about finding somewhere to live if it isn’t renewed. Even now, she is barely making ends meet:…
Fear of Crime Transcends Data Along One New York Subway Line’s 31 Miles
“People are scared,” she said. “My friends and neighbors don’t come out at night here anymore.” “You definitely see more mental illness on the train,” said Ms. Tarmu, farther…
Chuck Schumer Delivers on Climate Change and Health Care Deal
WASHINGTON — Senator Chuck Schumer was huddled in his Capitol office on Thursday evening awaiting a climactic meeting with Kyrsten Sinema, a critical holdout on his painstakingly negotiated climate…
Why ‘Diana’ Is the Show We Didn’t Deserve
Broadway’s comeback season was a hurricane. Not even the heavily awarded revival of a Sondheim favorite like “Company” could withstand shaky ticket sales brought on by a pandemic-wary theatergoing…
Jags’ Etienne completes comeback by getting leveled in camp
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Travis Etienne hadn’t been tackled so violently since his final college game nearly 20 months ago. He wanted it. He needed it. He enjoyed it.…
Out of Prison, Taiwan Activist Urges Resistance to Beijing’s Threats
TAIPEI, Taiwan — Li Ching-yu was desperate to send her husband a message. It was September 2017. Her husband, Li Ming-che, who like her is from Taiwan, was about…
The Taliban’s Dangerous Collision Course With the West
“It’s one of the biggest and most important hospitals for women in Afghanistan,” she explained. The patients were female, of course, but so were nearly all the members of…
Biden Appeared to Overstate the Role of Al Qaeda’s Leader
GUANTÁNAMO BAY, Cuba — In announcing last week that the leader of Al Qaeda, Ayman al-Zawahri, had been killed in a U.S. drone strike in Kabul, Afghanistan, President Biden…
In Wisconsin Primary, G.O.P. Voters Call for Decertifying 2020 Election
SHEBOYGAN, Wis. — When she started her campaign for governor of Wisconsin, former Lt. Gov. Rebecca Kleefisch, a Republican, acknowledged that President Biden had been legitimately elected. She soon…
Maps in Four States Were Ruled Illegal Gerrymanders. They’re Being Used Anyway.
WASHINGTON — Since January, judges in Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana and Ohio have found that Republican legislators illegally drew those states’ congressional maps along racial or partisan lines, or that…