China may have an ugly record on criminal justice, but it rarely incarcerates foreigners, and certainly wouldn't want U.C.L.A. basketball stars in Chinese prison. Hard to imagine a less taxing gift to a U.S. president.
“The poet of this really beautiful piece is actually not a Palestinian,” the Palestinian professor said. And so begins an intriguing tale of today’s Jerusalem.
@PatrickKingsley
Two years ago Allyson Felix had to learn to run again. Now she is contending to win more Olympic medals than any other American in history. Nice profile by
@tminsberg
Davos crowd theoretically so wary of Trump gathers to catch of glimpse of him. If he boasts that Davos has never seen anything like it, it would not be untrue.
New York City’s population is not only not declining, it’s growing. Chinese- and Korean-Americans calling New York and especially Long Island City home are a big reason why.
@nicole_hong
takes us on a tour.
Vigilantism or self-defense? Two major trials are testing the boundaries for gun-toting citizen police who end up killing people. No one explains the legal nuances better than
@shailadewan
Terrific news that
@ronenbergman
has joined the NYT magazine as a writer at large. No one penetrates the veil of intel secrecy in Israel and the region as well as Ronen does, and his book "Rise and Kill First" is a gripping read.
Elegant reflections on the harried end of America’s longest war by
@Tmgneff
, who fought in it as a Marine and then covered it as a foreign correspondent.
“Punching bags for the public.” A deeply reported look at the frustrations — and dangers — of working as a flight attendant during Covid.
@taceyrychter
This is a significant piece by Chris Wallace But I disagree about the
@nytimes
article he cites . It is, if you read it, a well rounded story about an upset victory by an outsider vowing to upend the political system.