News & Politics
Trump, the Fear-Based President, Asks Children to “Build the Wall”
His Presidency is, in its way, like Halloween, but the R-rated, slasher-movie version: a festival of violence, cruelty, and fear.
- Our Columnists
The Hostage Drama in Iran Drags On—Forty Years Later
Four decades after the takeover of the U.S. Embassy in Tehran, the lingering tragedy is that Iran has institutionalized hostage-taking.
- Letter from Silicon Valley
What a Tour of an Amazon Fulfillment Center Reveals
Is the whole world becoming one big Amazon warehouse?
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Elizabeth Warren Doubles Down on Medicare for All
Warren is betting that American voters are so fed up with the current health-care system, even after the Obamacare reforms, that they are ready to rip it up and start again.
The Disastrous Arrival of Video Replay in English Soccer
The video-assistant referee system is soccer’s first serious attempt to incorporate technology into the umpiring of the game, like Hawk-Eye, in tennis, or the replay method, in the N.F.L., but it’s a complicated affair.
A Yale Student’s Urgent Fight to Save His Mother from Deportation
Cristian Padilla Romero has been fielding calls, running campaigns, and managing petitions on behalf of his mother, who is recovering from Stage IV cancer and is at an ICE detention center in Atlanta.
Will Hurd and the Crisis of the Moderate Republicans
The lone African-American in the House Republican caucus will not be running for reëlection, but he seems likely to play a role in the coming inquiry and in the political path of the G.O.P.
In His Dealings with Ukraine, Did Donald Trump Commit a Crime?
The leading candidate for a relevant criminal statute, the Hobbs Act, is a familiar one in the federal courts.
Features
When America Tried to Deport Its Radicals
A hundred years ago, the Palmer Raids imperilled thousands of immigrants. Then a wily official got in the way.
My Year of Concussions
The thud was thicker than I’d expected. It felt as if my head had been slammed in a car door.
Blood Gold in the Brazilian Rain Forest
Indigenous people and illegal miners are engaged in a fight that may help decide the future of the planet.
Todd Haynes Rewrites the Hollywood Playbook
In film after film, including his latest, “Dark Waters,” the director asks viewers to contend with ambiguity.
Our Columnists
Trump Makes the Raid That Killed Baghdadi All About Himself
Trump presented himself as the mastermind behind the killing of the ISIS leader, but that wasn’t even the most glaring falsehood he uttered during his briefing on the operation.
Boris Johnson’s Bad Saturday and the Contradictions of Brexit
One of the inescapable facts of Brexit politics is a lack of faith in Johnson, but another is the lack of a cohesive opposition.
Trump’s Baffling Plan to Pillage Syria’s Oil
American troops are being kept in the country to commit what legal experts identify as a potential crime.
On “Human Scum” and Trump in the Danger Zone
After Ambassador William Taylor’s testimony, the President is freaking out about impeachment.
Why Trump’s Fourth Secretary of Homeland Security Just Resigned
Kevin McAleenan passed as a moderate steward of D.H.S. in the context of Trump’s Washington, but his aggressive measures have wreaked havoc on the lives of migrants.
How Trump’s Allies Distort Alexander Vindman’s Very American Origin Story
For some, the fact that Vindman, an Army lieutenant colonel, is an immigrant is enough for him to be painted as a double agent, a traitor, or a spy.
Video
The Woman Who Caught Jeffrey Epstein
The investigative journalist Julie K. Brown discusses reporting on the long-dormant case against Jeffrey Epstein—and how it ultimately led to his conviction.
Podcasts
How the Irish Border Keeps Derailing Brexit
Can the U.K. leave the E.U. without starting a war in Ireland? Patrick Radden Keefe explains how the memory of the Troubles throws a wrench into Brexit.