Much of the drama in the charming new Netflix teen comedy “You Are So Not Invited to My Bat Mitzvah” revolves around the pitfalls of…

The Opinion columnist explains why the Chinese government needs to boost consumer spending to prevent an even worse economic situation. By Paul Krugman Produced by…

Ukraine confronts a second Russian defense line Ukrainian forces are battling to break through a Russian defense line in the south near the village of…

Rich St. Pierre was 7 years old when his mother died suddenly. Well-meaning adults would tell him that “she had gone to a better place.”…

Free speech is once again a flashpoint on college campuses. This year has seen at least 20 instances in which students or faculty members attempted…

A couple of weeks ago, before the start of another school year, I found myself standing in the middle of the stacks in our high…

The news that thousands of Burning Man festival goers were told to conserve food and water after torrential rains left them trapped by impassable mud…

If you’re a child — or a former child — you know how hard it can be to summon the energy to leave the house…

By Ross Douthat Opinion Columnist Over the last few weeks Sohrab Ahmari, well known as a leading intellectual exponent of a combative Trumpian conservatism, has…

By Jamelle Bouie Opinion Columnist One of the ironies of the American slave system was that it depended for its survival on a federal structure…

When I visited Guatemala in May 2022, the feeling of hopelessness was palpable. The government of President Alejandro Giammattei had unleashed a ferocious persecution of…

To the Editor: Re “It’s Not ‘Sex Work.’ It’s Prostitution,” by Pamela Paul (column, Aug. 18), about how the term “sex work” legitimizes the exploitative…

One of the most important developments driving political polarization over the past two decades is the growth in small-dollar contributions. Increasing the share of campaign…

When the United States freed Afghanistan from the first Taliban government in 2001, everything in my homeland seemed to change overnight. My father, a businessman,…