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The extraordinary are the ones who need to make things better for everyone.

A decentralized movement can be effective, even without a Martin Luther King Jr.

Party members who reject Bannonism must stand up and be counted.

I knew my beard would turn out badly. But I had to grow it.

A 1992 law that sought to quell conspiracy theories about the killing mandated the release of the secret documents by Oct. 26 of this year.

The elite military group drove the Iranian economy at the peak of the sanctions era. Now, seen as a drag on growth, it is under attack by President Hassan Rouhani.

The region has made huge progress in viewing the condition as a medical problem, not a manhood problem.

Scary facts only special people know.

Puritanical Democratic former president seeks job with louche Republican current president — but just to save the world.

A party that will do anything to beat Trump except try to woo his voters.

This year, I felt compelled to travel to Mogadishu, the city of my father’s youth. Along the way, I saw order, puritanism, fear and villages without men.

Gunmen fired bullets and rockets on Egyptian police officers and security officials as they drove toward what was believed to be an Islamist hide-out.

Here are the winners from the thousands of submissions in my Trump poetry contest.

Andrej Babis, the billionaire leader of an anti-establishment party, is expected to become prime minister of the Czech Republic after mainstream parties fall short.

A brewing Republican vs. Republican fight could test whether the anti-incumbent insurgency backed by Stephen K. Bannon becomes a credible national movement.

Robert Zimmer, head of the University of Chicago, makes the educator’s case for free speech.

Gabrielle Deydier’s plaintive account and sociological study exposes the many ways the obese face censure and insensitivity.

The Astros have a rough history of closing out playoff series, even with late leads, while the Yankees’ last Game 7 was part of their 2004 A.L.C.S. collapse.

After Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy held a cabinet meeting Saturday, he announced a decision to oust the Catalan leader and to call new elections in the independence-minded region.

Senator John McCain, the irrepressible Arizona Republican, has long felt free to speak his mind. But since his cancer diagnosis, he has been a vocal defender of national ideals.