Hungary’s Leader Fights Criticism in U.S. via Vast Influence Campaign
WASHINGTON — Former Vice President Mike Pence turned up in Hungary last month to speak to a conference on conservative social values hosted by …
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Want to Change the World? First, Be Still.
When I was in college, I met a chain-smoking Franciscan priest who changed my life. He was a chaplain at my university and, like all Franciscans …
Whistle-Blower Says Facebook ‘Chooses Profits Over Safety’
John Tye, the founder of Whistleblower Aid, a legal nonprofit that represents people seeking to expose potential lawbreaking, was contacted this …
If Men Needed the Abortions …
On Thursday, three women of color — sitting members of Congress — testified before the House Committee on Oversight and Reform about abortions …
Don’t Let Amazon Eat the Film Industry
In the 1930s and ’40s, five major Hollywood studios dominated the film industry and tried to lock up distribution and exhibition channels as well …
I Used to Look Up to Elizabeth Holmes
When I was a student at Harvard in the early aughts, Mark Zuckerberg and some other classmates dropped out to become the young kings of tech …
Protests Are Taking Over the World. What’s Driving Them?
September was turbulent: More than 200 Australians arrested during citywide protests and a temporary no-fly zone declared over Melbourne. Rubber …
What Happens When the Last Jew Leaves Afghanistan
The Last Jew of Afghanistan is gone, and everyone is glad to be rid of him. Zebulon Simentov, Afghanistan’s only remaining Jew, escaped three …
How Our Discussion of Race Becomes Distorted
The other day, one of my daughters, who’s 9, asked me what diversity was. She’d picked it out as a common word in the stream of talk coming from …
Blinken Faces an Awkward Visit to Paris, His ‘Second Home’
WASHINGTON — The reception could hardly have been warmer when Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken appeared in France’s ornate foreign ministry …