Politics

The C.E.O.s Who Just Won’t Quit

In September 2013, in a darkened auditorium, Microsoft’s chief executive, Steve Ballmer, faced a roaring crowd of his employees. “You…

Your Neighbors Are Retiring in Their 30s. Why Can’t You?

Even before he really knew what it meant, Allen Wong wanted to be rich. As a kid, he didn’t yet…

These Couples Survived a Lot. Then Came Retirement.

This spring, Barbara and Joe, a retired couple in their 60s, sat down with me at a bistro in suburban…

Grief Broke Marlon Wayans. Comedy Put Him Back Together.

It’s not easy to build a long and lucrative career by making comedy that some people might be tempted to…

When a Bunch of Bloody Yanks Came for English Soccer

In the first half of a January game at Stamford Bridge, the London stadium where the Chelsea Football Club has…

Should I Lie So That My Cousin Can Have a Catholic Wedding?

The magazine’s Ethicist columnist on whether to fib for a relative, especially when you don’t think the ends justify the…

5 Takeaways From the Times Interview of Brittney Griner

Less than two years ago, the W.N.B.A. star Brittney Griner was starting her nine-year sentence in a penal colony in…

‘I Will Never Forget Any of It’: Brittney Griner Is Ready to Talk

On the March afternoon when I met Brittney Griner in Phoenix, the wildflowers were in peak efflorescence, California poppies and…

‘Where Is the Palestinian Gandhi?’

On Oct. 7, as the Israeli military deployed across the country to combat Hamas, a group of soldiers waited on…

Why Are Movies so Bad at Making Civil War Look Scary?

The filmmaker has made it clear that “Civil War” is a warning. Instead, the ugliness of war comes across as…

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