Warren's plan to cancel student debt
Americans are asking themselves and candidates: how much student debt should we cancel, and how shall we cancel it?
"BoJack" & what it means to be canceled
For six seasons we connected with a damaged character who did awful things. In the end, he answers for one of them
"Definition of a rigged system"
"DNC changing the rules to benefit a billionaire."
The Twitter wrath of male reactionaries
To journalists, I knew writing an obituary meant considering the full person, warts and all. Then came the threats
Will impeachment vote come before SOTU?
“We sure would like Tuesday, but the Senate can only go as fast as it can"
Are your medications worth its price?
The quality-adjusted life year seeks to determine the value of health care treatments. Some patients are wary.
Iowa: The unknowns for campaign workers
What will happen to campaign workers after the Feb. 3 caucuses? It's a question that's in the cold Iowa air.
Trump's true base: the billionaire class
Red-hat hordes captivate the media, but Trump's most important supporters are better dressed, and more dangerous
Joe: Republicans have shamed themselves
"This information’s going to come out, anyway . . . It’ll just make the Republicans look worse"
What's new on Netflix in February
It's a leap year, so this month you get an extra day to binge on rom-coms, graphic novel adaptations & crime series
Machines have learned creativity
A.I. is imbuing computers with the most human of traits, creativity. Not everyone is happy about it
50 women in US House pen letter to trump
"[I]nstead of being the biggest bully on the playground, why don’t you set a moral example for our children?”
Lessons we learned from measles
Public health workers are building on lessons learned during the outbreak of measles in 2019
The Putin model: How far will Trump go?
It’s a short distance from Trump saying “I can do anything I want” to “I can be president as long as I want"
The Super Bowl presidency
Five criteria for selecting the worst old white man to lead us
NYT top editor: We love both-sides-ism
In a new podcast interview, NYT top editor Dean Baquet defends Trump coverage, tone of "sophisticated objectivity"
Bernie isn't too "fragile" to face Trump
The only thing fragile about the Sanders campaign are arguments against him that favor Establishment Democrats
U.S. recycles a lie to target Iran
The campaign against Iran has violated the most critical lessons that US and UN officials claimed to have learned
Giuliani: John Bolton is a "backstabber"
Giuliani publicly bemoans the fact that he and Bolton used to be friends before he was allegedly betrayed
One last Super Bowl, as a treat
For a peek at what the Hard Rock Stadium could look like in a few decades, look no further than Florida's coastline
Money laundering thrives in Vancouver
Vancouver has become a money-laundering haven. Can a public inquiry find solutions?
Face masks signal cultural disconnect
The use of face masks is common in China, to protect against both germs and pollution
The brain cells that link mind and body
In “The Angel and the Assassin,” Nakazawa shows how tiny cells called microglia shape our neural circuits
How Kobe's rape case showed our misogyny
The Bryant case kicked off the decade that changed how we talk about sexual abuse, and that matters