Labour’s Leader Struggles to Emerge From Boris Johnson’s Shadow
LONDON — If Prime Minister Boris Johnson went to one extreme with his pithy 2019 election slogan — “get Brexit done” — the leader of the …
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The World Lost a Great Philosopher This Week
This has been a sad week for those of us who read, study and care about political philosophy. That’s because Charles W. Mills, a U.K.-born and …
Five Years After Peace Deal, Colombia Is Running Out of Time, Experts Say
LA PAZ, Colombia — On a coca farm hidden in the jungle, a half-dozen day laborers slip out of hammocks and head to work, harvesting the shiny …
Known for Feuding With Immigrants, a TV Star Wants to Run a Town Many Call Home
AMADORA, Portugal — She is a former TV commentator whose penchant for provocation has won her fame, or at least notoriety, in Portugal: for …
Can Joe Biden Recover?
This was a good week for anyone enthused about relitigating the 2020 election. First there was new evidence, reported in a new book about the …
Wonking Out: This Might Be China’s ‘Babaru’ Moment
OK, who ordered that? You’d think that between Covid-19, climate change and U.S. democracy under siege, we would already have enough crises on …
New York weighs using the National Guard to replace unvaccinated health care workers.
Gov. Kathy Hochul of New York is considering calling in the National Guard and recruiting medical professionals from other states to cover …
Icelanders Vote in Volatile Election With Climate in Mind
REYKJAVIK, Iceland — Icelanders were voting Saturday in a general election dominated by climate change, with an unprecedented number of political …
Angela Merkel Was Underestimated, and It Became Her Superpower
Almost every article written about Angela Merkel’s tenure as Germany’s chancellor notes that one of her greatest political strengths has been …
My Mission to Ferret Out a Lost Broadway Score
It’s not hard to know that Fats Waller was a jazz pianist and entertainer who wrote great songs like “Ain’t Misbehavin’.” You can see him do what …