The notion that Macklemore’s speech at MetLife amounted to antisemitism or hate speech is on its face absurd.

Treating incarcerated people with dignity works.

Treating incarcerated people with dignity works.

Israel is threatening to sue The New York Times for an article exposing the sexual abuse and torture of Palestinians. But the new allegations fit a long, disturbing pattern.

Israel is threatening to sue The New York Times for an article exposing the sexual abuse and torture of Palestinians. But the new allegations fit a long, disturbing pattern.

Viktor Orbán’s defeat was a win for democracy. But it’s also a cautionary tale.

State legislators should step in with a better version.

We asked our three writers to say a bit about how they use — or avoid — AI, and what future it might have for our profession.

White-collar prosecutions have steadily declined over the past three decades. It's not because fewer crimes are taking place.

Middle-class households don’t need tax cuts. They need a government that makes paying taxes worthwhile.

The United States and Israel are twisting international law.

The mainstream media failed the public during the genocide in Gaza. The Key's editor-in-chief shares her vision for what comes next.

The US-Israeli strikes on Iran will undermine peace talks across the globe for years to come.

The US-Israeli strikes on Iran will undermine peace talks across the globe for years to come.

Failing to break with the official US stance on Israel and Gaza hurt Kamala Harris.

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Robert Sampson's new book argues that your likelihood of being arrested may depend less on who you are than when you are.

The president says he wants to make America safe again, but his administration is undermining programs that aim to do just that.

The Trump administration’s immigration crackdown is state-sanctioned chaos. The antidote is nonviolent chaos from the bottom up.

Seeing the end of his reign on the horizon could make the president more erratic than ever.

Plucking people out of the line for their citizenship oaths sends a message: The federal government can’t be trusted.

Plucking people out of the line for their citizenship oaths sends a message: The federal government can’t be trusted.

After a year of the first American program of its kind, there’s enough data to recommend the idea.

After a year of the first American program of its kind, there’s enough data to recommend the idea.

Urban planning and good city management can change your state of mind.

Voters are tired of hearing politicians talk about what they can’t do. The newly elected mayor of New York has offered something different.

Voters are tired of hearing politicians talk about what they can’t do. The newly elected mayor of New York has offered something different.

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Harvard professor Brandon M. Terry offers a new way of thinking about what the leaders of that period achieved, what they lost, and why we should still have hope.

Americans say they despise corruption. So why is Trump still president?

A UN commission joined a chorus of experts in calling Israel’s actions a genocide. Will the world listen?

Why is Trump sending the National Guard to cities when crime is already falling?Earlier this month, President Trump posted this: “I love the smell of deportations in the morning. Chicago about to find...

Jackie Kennedy, eat your heart out.

The president’s tacky aesthetic is a window into his quest to become the single most enduring symbol of America.

The president’s tacky aesthetic is a window into his quest to become the single most enduring symbol of America.

The president’s tacky aesthetic is a window into his quest to become the single most enduring symbol of America.

The racist history that explains Trump’s federal takeover of DC police.

People say having their possessions — from birth certificates to loved ones’ ashes — taken in “sweeps” traumatizes them, exacerbates health issues and undermines efforts to find housing and get or kee...

There’s a long history of using starvation as a weapon of war. But this is different.

There’s a long history of using starvation as a weapon of war. But this is different.

There’s a long history of using starvation as a weapon of war. But this is different.

Democratic voters sympathize much more with Palestinians than Israelis, but you wouldn’t know that from looking at the party establishment.

Democratic voters sympathize much more with Palestinians than Israelis, but you wouldn’t know that from looking at the party establishment.

Trump’s DOJ is going soft on corporate crime

Despite the Democratic nominee for NYC mayor being labeled a communist, his agenda actually promises something much more ideologically modest.

And 3 reasons that explain it.