In Portugal, There Is Virtually No One Left to Vaccinate
Portugal’s health care system was on the verge of collapse. Hospitals in the capital, Lisbon, were overflowing and the authorities were asking …
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Britain Is Heading Into a Nightmarish Winter
LONDON — Long lines outside gas stations. Panicked drivers fighting one another as the pumps run dry. Soldiers deployed to distribute fuel across …
Your Friday Briefing
Good morning. We’re covering a big test for President Biden’s agenda, the E.U.’s newest pandemic challenge and Lithuania’s spitting contest with …
Jeff Bezos’ Rocket Company Accused of Toxic Culture and Safety Issues
Former and current employees at Blue Origin, the rocket company started by Jeff Bezos, the founder of Amazon and one of the richest people in the …
Of Vaccine Mandates and Facing Reality
Three weeks ago President Biden announced plans to require Covid-19 vaccinations — or, in some cases, weekly testing as an alternative — for most …
This Is Why We Need to Spend $4 Trillion
I’ve spent the last few weeks in a controlled fury — and I’m not normally a fury kind of guy. Joe Biden, Nancy Pelosi and others are trying to …
‘The Moratorium Saved Us. It Really Did.’
Lakia Higbee thinks she got Covid-19 at the Amazon warehouse near Cleveland where she worked as a picker, filling orders for bleach and cat food …
We’re Living Through One of the Most Explosive Extinction Episodes Ever
Twin crises afflict the natural world. The first is climate change. Its causes and potentially catastrophic consequences are well known. The …
There’s Nothing to Like in Facebook’s Plans to Hook Our Kids
Facebook was on Capitol Hill on Thursday to receive its semiregular scolding from Congress about how its services are bad for America. “Facebook …
It Shouldn’t Take 50 Meetings to Build Some Apartments
Who should be in charge of housing? Should it be local homeowners who organize themselves into neighborhood organizations to protect their …