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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.
Las Vegas Sands Drops Bid to Open a Casino on Long Island
The company cited the threat that online gambling posed to its profits in its decision to bow out of the competition for one of three casino licenses around New York City.
Cornell Cancels Kehlani Performance Over Her Stance on the War in Gaza
The R&B singer’s outspoken support for Palestinians had drawn criticism on the campus and beyond. Some students expressed disappointment at the cancellation.
U.S. Texts Barnard Employees and Asks if They Are Jewish
A questionnaire from a federal commission also inquired about whether professors and other college staff members had been harassed.
Mike Patrick, Voice of Sunday Night N.F.L. Games on ESPN, Dies at 80
He did the cable network’s play-by-play for college basketball, football and baseball games, but his most important assignment was “Sunday Night Football.”
The World Seems to Be Surrendering to Climate Change
The scope of President Trump’s assault on the country’s climate ambitions, over just three months, is not just enraging but also perversely awe inspiring. In the run-up to the November election, conventional analysis suggested that a Trump victory …
How I Describe Myself Politically These Days
I struggle these days whenever someone asks me for my political affiliation. But if you really force me, I’d describe myself as a “Waymo Democrat.” Waymos are the self-driving electric taxis started by Google. My party’s bumper sticker would read, “A …
A Republican Senator Says It: ‘We Are All Afraid’
More from our inbox: Private Prisons for ImmigrantsToo Much NoiseSenator Lisa Murkowski, Republican of Alaska, in the Capitol earlier this year.Credit…Haiyun Jiang for The New York TimesTo the Editor: Re “A Startling Admission From a G.O.P …