Philip and William Taubman offer a fair-minded account of the former US secretary of defence, emotionally ruined by a conflict of his own design

Strikes on ISIS targets in Nigeria are welcome but insufficient.

Race and gender aren’t the only categories that determine who gets special treatment.

Rents got cheaper in several major cities this past year, thanks to an influx of luxury apartment buildings opening their doors and luring tenants to vacate their old homes.

New Rochelle Mayor Yadira Ramos-Herbert talked with Business Insider about how her NYC suburb is building lots of new housing and keeping costs down.

Outdated rules and laws kill affordability and encourage luxury buildings.

The optimum policy is credible enforcement of entry rules and integration of those already here.

Nobel-winning economist Daron Acemoglu on Zohran Mamdani’s rise, the problem with cultural politics — and the case for pro-worker AI

A conservative woman detects a lack of empathy — and a broken promise — in President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown.

Our next mayor should fund free buses for every rider, free subway rides for very low-income New Yorkers, and half-fares for more workers.

As many of the world’s leaders convene in South Africa for the G20, we face a sobering truth: Progress for women, children and adolescents — the foundation of human development — is faltering. Decades...

Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani has caused such panic among some people that they think he could make the city a socialist state.

The top contract was for a penthouse condo at 15 Hudson Yards, asking almost $30 million.

In an interview, the candidate argued that the policy is essential to get voters on board with pro-housing reforms.

Is the city that defines modern capitalism really about to elect a self-described democratic socialist as mayor? If the answer turns out to be yes, as seems likely, then the explanation may lie in New...

Don’t bet on a millionaire exodus if Mamdani wins the mayorship.

Al-Qaeda-linked Islamists tighten blockade around Bamako as military regime reels

If the jihadists succeed in taking Mali, it would become the first country run by the group. The U.S. has warned its citizens to leave the West African nation immediately.

Everyone else, on the other hand, will have no choice but to bear the brunt of his untested ideas.

An analysis of the possible promise and fundamental tension in one of Zohran Mamdani’s big plans for New York.

The online anger over the logo change and calls to oust the CEO were actually turbocharged by bots. Even the green beans are making people mad.

When institutions feel biased, many people start to prefer ferocious partisans to neutral arbiters.

Harvard, MIT, Stanford and others earned robust returns last year, though battles with the Trump administration are keeping universities on edge.

The city’s 1% realize their influence is waning: “It’s hard to be chill and relaxed.”

Firefights and public executions have spread fear and raised concerns about a spiral of internecine violence. “I could hear gunfire all around.”

From our upcoming Autumn issue Zohran Mamdani, the 33-year-old Democratic Socialist running for New York City mayor, is coasting toward city hall. He has won over younger voters with promises to freez...

Projects to turn Pfizer’s old company headquarters into apartments are being spurred by tax incentives and zoning changes that are reshaping the middle of Manhattan.

Compared to Dylan and Springsteen, the country-music legend can seem deeply uncool. It took years for me to appreciate his profound, plainspoken strength.