Rebecca Patterson

This Is How Our Economy Comes Crashing Down

Some of the pieces seem fine, but the base is increasingly fragile.

David Herzberg

I Am a Drug Historian. Trump Is Wrong About Fentanyl in Almost Every Way.

Everything the Trump administration is doing to stop the flow of drugs is just making the problem worse.

Lauren Kunze

The Sad and Dangerous Reality Behind ‘Her’

At least a quarter of the more than 100 billion messages sent to our chatbots are attempts to initiate romantic or sexual exchanges.

Neale Mahoney and Bharat Ramamurti

Economists Hate This Idea. It Could Be a Way Out of the Affordability Crisis.

Voters are demanding short-term price relief, and temporary price controls may be the only viable way to provide it

Nathaniel Comfort

James Watson Saw the True Form of DNA. Then It Blinded Him.

James Watson’s legacy is a cautionary tale against letting a profound discovery shape your entire worldview.

Larry Summers, ‘Ashamed’ Over Epstein Ties, Steps Back From Public Commitments

New emails showed that Mr. Summers, a former Harvard president, had stayed in touch with Jeffrey Epstein for years after Mr. Epstein faced sex trafficking charges.

Federal Court Blocks Texas’ Republican-Friendly Congressional Map

The move by a three-judge panel dealt a blow to efforts by Texas Republicans and President Trump to flip Democratic seats in the state.

Recycling Lead for U.S. Car Batteries Is Poisoning People

We documented the toxic fallout of a green technology.

A Touchdown, Then Tragedy, for a Man Who ‘Gave All He Could Give’

Marshawn Kneeland spent nearly all of his 24 years working to get to the N.F.L. He died two days after scoring his first touchdown.

A City Is Broke. Can Billionaires’ Urbanist Dream Offer It a Last Chance?

Suisun City has tried to revive its fortunes for years. The latest idea: Annex land owned by California Forever, a tech-billionaire-funded plan for a new city north of San Francisco.

Her Father Wrote ‘On the Road.’ She Lived Her Own Version.

Jan Kerouac’s 1981 novel “Baby Driver” chronicles a fearless and windblown life entirely distinct from her famous parent’s.

Is Full-Fat Dairy Healthier?

Americans have been told to prioritize low-fat dairy for decades, but Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has called that recommendation into question.

As Trump Looks for Distraction on Epstein, Justice Dept. Rushes to His Aid

The department was deployed, in effect, as an arm of the president’s rapid-response operation to help him muscle through a damaging news cycle over Jeffrey Epstein, former and current officials said.