Unemployment weakens governments. Inflation kills them. That’s what a government official from Brazil once told me. But in rich countries, including the United States, the politically destructive power of inflation had been forgotten. Standard polic
Because of all that has happened since President-elect Trump’s first term in office, it is easy to forget that the Supreme Court repeatedly stood up to him during those chaotic four years. The court impeded Mr. Trump’s initial efforts to ban people
With the November elections over, the political analysis and finger-pointing have begun on cable news and within the national Democratic Party. While I’m deeply disappointed with the national result, I refuse to play the blame game. Campaigns are ha
Donald Trump’s first term signaled a historic shift in U.S. policy toward China. His strategic blend of economic pressure, unpredictability, sanctions and tariffs knocked Beijing off balance. It was a turning point: Washington moved from passive acc
There are reasons to be cautious in interpreting the results of the 2024 election. The absolute numbers are not huge. Roughly six in 10 Hispanics voted for Joe Biden in 2020 and five in 10 for Kamala Harris. Nine in 10 Black voters chose Biden and e
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2024-11-17The End of the Obama CoalitionMichael Lind on why the Democrats are losing the core of their base. This is an edited transcript of an episode of “The Ezra Klein Show.” You can listen to the conversation by following or subscribing on the NYT Audio Ap
On July 2, one week after Esmy Valdez and Daniel Jean’s Brooklyn wedding, Mr. Jean told his wife to change into another white dress before heading to the Canarsie-Rockaway Parkway L train stop. With the help of his friends, Mr. Jean, 40, a comedian,
Jocelyn Rose DeGroot-Lutzner was thinking about her father when she wandered into the West Philadelphia restaurant Dahlak in 2013 to apply for a bartending job. The restaurant, a favorite local hangout, was a seven-minute walk from her parents’ hous
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2024-11-17Image Marcella Hazan’s Bolognese sauce. Adapted by The New York Times.Credit...Christopher Testani for The New York Times. Food Stylist: Simon Andrews. Good morning. When Marcella Hazan, the self-taught Italian cook who showed Americans a new way to