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There was no Twitter to fan the flames when W.E.B. Du Bois sparred with Booker T. Washington and Malcolm X argued with Martin Luther King Jr.

White House officials say their one tax bill regret is not killing the carried interest loophole. A group of lobbyists set out to ensure the tax break survived.

In his last Christmas sermon, Martin Luther King anticipated the links between ecology and social justice that are so pertinent today.

Opposition to the bill is a gift to the G.O.P.

Make Music Winter, an annual explosion of participatory “parades,” included riffs on Bach, West African music and microtonality.

Steelworkers thought they would see a new dawn for their industry. But the president’s pledge to do something has actually done more harm than good.

The verdicts against Juan Ángel Napout and José Maria Marin partially resolved a trial in the United States’ case focused on FIFA.

Here’s what you need to know at the end of the day.

John Skipper, president of ESPN, announced his resignation this week, surprising and confounding many of his colleagues.

The new tax bill delivers a perk to wealthy families who can put a pile of money upfront into the accounts, then withdraw it tax-free for private school.

Whether you like thrillers or Y.A., here are three books to get you through the end of the year.

Billy Crudup explains how he becomes 19 characters in David Cale’s play “Harry Clarke,” which follows a shy Midwesterner as he reinvents himself as a Cockney Englishman.

The New York Public Radio head Laura Walker and her deputy are said to have a blind spot when it comes to gender, race and power, on-air and behind the scenes

President Trump signed the most significant overhaul of the American tax system in three decades, hastily adding the ceremony after media reports questioned whether he would sign it before Christmas.

A Times editor sheds more light on how the newsroom investigation reached its conclusion about the reporter Glenn Thrush.

The Northeast is the most gambling-saturated part of the country, but a new gambling resort says it will be able to break through with plush amenities.

The members of the Lucasfilm story group are fulfilling fans’ expectations — and creating meaningful female characters while they’re at it.

Complaints filed by people whose electronics were searched at the border without warrants highlight a growing debate over privacy, security and technology.

Hear the week's most notable new music, from the return of Sugarland to Laura Marling covering a Bob Dylan classic.

The popularity of streaming holiday-music classics has made record labels more reluctant to release non-Christmas albums in the final quarter.