You’re reading the Jamelle Bouie newsletter, for Times subscribers only. Historical context for present-day events. Get it with a Times subscription.I wrote a long essay for my column this week — comparing Donald Trump’s first 100 days to Franklin …
When Roman Mejia found out he would be dancing “Apollo,” the oldest work in New York City Ballet’s repertory, he knew where to turn for god guidance. A dancer who does his homework — he is, he says, “such a bunhead” — Mejia had a plan, or a man, in …
On the SoHo corner where Prince and Elizabeth Streets meet, dog walkers, errand runners and lunch breakers squinted through the April sun at the part man, part beat-emanating automaton approaching them. Ari Miller, 25, known by his artist name …
Although a will is crucial to making sure your assets go where you want them when you die, you are likely to need something else, too: designated beneficiaries.
While the food choice isn’t a Churchill Downs staple, burgoo is a reflection of Kentucky and a well-known tradition during the Derby.
Like every psychiatrist, I have patients for whom antidepressants are transformative, even lifesaving. But I also see a messier, less advertised side of these medications. There are patients with sexual side effects that they hadn’t known could be …
We took out a candle, lit it and finished our dinner. In darkness. In complete silence. On April 28, the so-called Great Blackout, one of the strangest days of our lives, left all of the Iberian Peninsula in the dark. For over 10 hours we were …
Written in the 1780s, it both enlightens and confounds. Its brilliance is undiminished, but the intervening years make it feel distant, at times impossibly so, challenging modern interpreters to understand what an 18th-century text means today. Sadly …
In 2050, thanks to an advantageous deal he made with Warner Bros., Ryan Coogler will own the rights to “Sinners,” the Black Southern Gothic blockbuster he wrote and directed. The contract gave him final cut and a piece of the box office revenue right …
Alan Garber became a hero to liberals after Harvard resisted the federal government. At the same time, he is trying to remake campus culture in ways the Trump administration might appreciate.
