New York City’s mayoral election is limping to such an ugly finish that it’s almost hard to pick the most distasteful moment.

Some mishmash misreading of Shakespeare’s “Henry V” mixed with the myth of Winston Churchill, that unregenerate racist curmudgeon turned right-wing godhead, has curdled Elon’s brain. He longs for an ...

It’s never been easy to qualify for Social Security disability benefits. Christopher Tincher knows this firsthand. Tincher began his working life in a coal mine in Aflex, Kentucky, as a teenager in ...

As the federal government shutdown continues, Democratic-leaning states are turning state-run websites and online resources ...

The fact that a contingency plan explaining how the department could continue to fund SNAP during the shutdown with emergency funds disappeared overnight from the USDA site, however, definitely is.

TV’s most lavish dinner table reminds us why dressing up for dinner — and making the duck — is worth the trouble ...

Nihilism: There are no enduring principles or values apart from the changeable whims of the leader; this annihilative impulse is contemptuous of human life and will ultimately lead to social and ...

Just before the election last year, the New York Times Opinion section published a stark, all-caps warning, both online and in print: “DONALD TRUMP SAYS HE WILL PROSECUTE HIS ENEMIES, ORDER MASS ...

With millions of Americans uncertain if they’ll receive their November food benefits, Republican leaders appear more focused on theatrics than governance. Roughly 42 million people rely on the ...

John Roberts has said that if Americans don’t like what SCOTUS is doing, it’s “just too bad.” [The] Roberts court is acting ...

Having entered the kindergarten the year Nixon and Kissinger entered the White House, I remember classmates thrilling to their foreign policy adventures: The undeniable fun of ping-pong diplomacy, the ...

In Yorgos Lanthimos' film, Emma Stone is not an alien intent on destroying Earth — if only anyone would listen ...