‘This Moment Is Critical.’ Whither Progressive Christians After Pope Francis?
Catholics and Protestants who saw Pope Francis as a guiding moral figure are losing their voice.
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How Four Democrats Who Saved the Party Before Would Do It Again
Patrick Healy, the deputy Opinion editor, hosted an online conversation about the future of the Democratic Party with four veteran strategists and reformers who spearheaded the New Democrat movement that helped elect Bill Clinton to the presidency in …
A Francis Admirer and a Francis Skeptic Debate the Pope’s Legacy
The challenges for Catholicism in the modern world.
The Left Keeps Getting It Wrong on Crime
After sharp spikes in homicides and other offenses, which sparked fears of a return to the bloody New York of the 1990s, major crime in New York City has headed toward historic lows. In New York and throughout the country, that rise in crime since …
The Anti-Woke Right Has a Lot to Answer For
You’re reading the David French newsletter, for Times subscribers only. Reflections on law and culture, war and peace, and the deeper trends that define and divide America. Get it with a Times subscription.What if you created a movement that …
Lydia Polgreen on What’s Missing in Our Conversation About Immigration
And what happens when your country becomes a place people no longer want to come to.
They Stole a Quarter-Billion in Crypto and Got Caught Within a Month
In the balmy late afternoon of Aug. 25, 2024, Sushil and Radhika Chetal were house-hunting in Danbury, Conn., in an upscale neighborhood of manicured yards and heated pools. Sushil, a vice president at Morgan Stanley in New York, was in the driver’s …
Help! I Gave Up My Seat for $800, but Frontier Forgot to Pay Me.
When the low-cost airline asked for 20 volunteers to take a later flight, one of them never received the promised voucher. Was a handwritten list to blame?
Bruce Arena questions if Mauricio Pochettino hire as USMNT head coach was a mistake
The national team coach finds himself under fire again, this time from the most successful manager in USMNT history.
Why Greater Toronto Could Decide Who Wins Canada’s Election
The Conservatives had enjoyed a lead over Liberals in the region largely because of rising housing and food costs. But President Trump’s tariffs have shifted the equation.