Finalists Announced for This Year’s National Book Awards
A food memoir that examines a mother’s schizophrenia. A novel about an author’s book tour, and about growing up as a Black boy in the rural South …
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Three Married Couples and a Cryptic Headmistress Fuel the Suburban Satire of ‘The Pessimists’
We all have our personal favorite lengths. When it comes to movies, I like 90 minutes. Pop songs: three minutes. Popsicles: four inches. Books …
Live Updates: A Russian Film Crew Has Arrived at the Space Station.
The first dog in space. The first man and woman. Now Russia is about to clinch another spaceflight first before the United States: Beating …
How to Do the Most Good
Produced by ‘The Ezra Klein Show’ Do we actually know how much good our charitable donations do? This is the question that jump-started Holden …
Texas Is the Future of America
AUSTIN, Texas — California is “America on fast-forward,” it is often said. Liberals quote the maxim with pride, pointing to the state’s diversity …
The U.S. Needs a Sanctions Policy That Works
Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken recently announced sanctions against seven public officials in El Salvador and Guatemala, including five …
Nobel Prize in Physics Awarded for Study of Humanity’s Role in Changing Climate
The Nobel Prize in Physics was awarded on Tuesday to three scientists whose work “laid the foundation of our knowledge of the Earth’s climate and …
Nobel Prize in Physics Awarded to Scientists Whose Work Helps Predict Global Warming
The Nobel Prize in Physics was awarded on Tuesday to Syukuro Manabe, Klaus Hasselmann and Giorgio Parisi “for groundbreaking contributions to our …
Can You Renovate a Rental? Sure, if You’re Careful.
It’s easy to get lost in the pages of shelter magazines, fantasizing over spare-no-expense interiors built from scratch. But when you’re renting …
After Pastor Evicts Nearly 200 Migrants, His Brother Welcomes Them All
MATAMOROS, Mexico — Over the summer, as migrants rushed into the Mexican border city of Matamoros, a local pastor lost his patience. The pastor …