There is a particular kind of political audacity that announces itself not by retreating after a fight but by promising to take the fight everywhere. Dave Regan, the president of SEIU United Healthcare Workers West, embodies that audacity right now,…
A Slice of Pizza, Then Handcuffs He was sitting at a table in Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport, eating a slice of pizza with his teammates, when the agents moved in. Matías Pourrain, a 26-year-old Argentinian midfielder for Miami United Football…
Coffin Homes, Shipping Containers, and $5,000 Rents: The Global Housing Affordability Crisis in 35 Images There is a particular cruelty to a housing crisis: it is slow, structural, and almost entirely preventable. From Hong Kong to Los Angeles, from Seoul’s…
Inside the cardiology wards of major hospitals, physicians managing patients with both type 2 diabetes and heart disease have long faced an uncomfortable arithmetic: treat the blood sugar, and you may do little to address the cardiovascular catastrophe quietly building…
A Once-Principled Critic Reverses Course Mike Rogers used to say the quiet part out loud. In the turbulent weeks after the 2020 election, as Donald Trump flooded the public sphere with fabricated claims of voter fraud, Rogers — then a…
Benjamin Netanyahu publicly and emphatically rejected the Trump-backed 15-point Gaza peace roadmap on Sunday, declaring that Israel “rejects the document” and that its military will not withdraw from Gaza until Hamas is “genuinely disarmed” — meaning every weapon, heavy or…
A memo landed quietly in the inboxes of WNBA team executives last Friday. By the time it circulated publicly, it had already become a flashpoint in one of the most charged debates in American sports. WNBA Commissioner Cathy Engelbert sent…
When the Supreme Court opens its new term on October 5th, the first case it will hear is one with potentially sweeping consequences for the future of climate accountability in America. Suncor Energy v. County Commissioners of Boulder County sits…
A Diplomatic Protest Rooted in a Broader Offensive Against Critical Reporting Israel’s Consul General in New York, Ofir Akunis, announced Friday that he had ordered the cancellation of all New York Times subscriptions held by staff at the Israeli Consulate…
The Trump administration has renewed its legally dubious effort to remove Lisa Cook from the Federal Reserve Board of Governors, sending her a letter threatening dismissal over unproven allegations of mortgage fraud — allegations that legal experts and available evidence…