It would be unfair and unhelpful to blame and shame those who have received a positive COVID-19 diagnosis. We certainly don’t want to discourage people from coming forward and getting tested and it’s important to have open and honest co-operation
Opinion | Considering a Coronavirus Divorce? You’re in Good Company
One of the few good things about a deadly pandemic is that if you are a person who enjoys talking on the phone, as I am, you will now have lots of time to do this, far more time than
Opinion | Gearing Up for a Battle Over Amy Coney Barrett
To the Editor: Re “Trump Pick for Court Opens Dash to Vote” (front page, Sept. 27): I hate to sound like an apostate, but I think the Democrats are about to make a big mistake with a take-no-prisoners approach to
Opinion | Is Amy Coney Barrett Joining a Supreme Court Built for the Wealthy?
Much of the public anxiety about Amy Coney Barrett — judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, Notre Dame law professor and Donald Trump’s nominee for the Supreme Court — has focused on the question of
Opinion | Life in ‘Anarchist’ New York City
Right after I learned that the Department of Justice this week designated New York City an “anarchist jurisdiction,” alongside Portland, Ore., and Seattle, I took a walk around my Brooklyn neighborhood with freshly fearful eyes. There was an older man
Allianz-led consortium in advanced talks to take on Aviva's French arm: sources
FILE PHOTO: The Aviva logo sits outside the company head office in the city of London, Britain March 7, 2019. REUTERS/Simon Dawson LONDON/MUNICH/FRANKFURT (Reuters) – A consortium of German insurer Allianz ALVG.DE and private equity-backed life insurer Athora Holding is
Opinion | China Has a New Plan to Tame Tibet
Before Xinjiang, there was Tibet. Repressive policies tested there between 2012 and 2016 were then applied to the Uighurs and other ethnic minorities in northwestern China: entire cities covered in surveillance cameras, ubiquitous neighborhood police stations, residents made to report
Your Wednesday Briefing
U.S.-China tensions, the United Nations, whales in Tasmania: Here’s what you need to know. By Melina Delkic Good morning. We’re covering the latest measures to fight the virus in the Philippines, global worries about spiraling U.S.-China relations and the prisoners
Your Monday Briefing
Ruth Bader Ginsburg, WeChat, Thai protests: Here’s what you need to know. By Carole Landry Good morning. We’re covering a new elections battle in the U.S. after the death of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, online harassment from virus tracking in
Opinion | Will the Election Turn on R.B.G.?
WASHINGTON — I used to feel pretty optimistic that the country would get through the Trump years intact. In 2016, America got mad — and went mad. This administration has unleashed so many fresh hells that a portrait of the