New York Times
Op-Ed Contributor: Where Can Women Make Movies? The Middle East
“In Between,” the new film by Maysaloun Hamoud, is the latest in a long line of feminist films by female Arab directors.
I.R.S. Paid $20 Million to Collect $6.7 Million in Tax Debts
An agency watchdog says a congressionally mandated program using private debt collectors has been poorly administered and failed to respect taxpayers’ rights.
Finding the Oldest Fossils of Butterflies Using a Human Nose Hair
While studying ancient pollen in the black goop of sediment collected in Germany, researchers discovered 200 million-year-old butterfly scales.
What if CHIP Funds Run Out? Here’s What 6 Families Would Do
With Congress yet to agree on a long-term plan to pay for the popular children’s health insurance program, parents start thinking about contingency plans.
Outing Death
Once a social taboo, the topic is trending.
Op-Ed Contributor: How to Fight the Opioid Crisis
A new cabinet officer could pull together the vast but uncoordinated resources of the federal government to address the problem head on.
ScienceTake: Dolphins Show Self-Recognition Earlier Than Children
Dolphins develop the ability to recognize themselves in a mirror at an earlier age than children, which fits with how fast they develop generally.
Op-Ed Contributor: Inside Steve Bannon’s ‘Fight Club’
He didn’t regard Breitbart as platform to inform the public, but as his weapon in a war against the establishment.
Browsing: 9 to 5 Dressing, Updated for 2018
In honor of the film “The Post,” an ode to 1970s office wear.
Supreme Court Weighs Purge of Ohio Voting Rolls
The justices considered whether states may cull their voting lists based on the failure to vote.
Album Review: On ‘Encore,’ Anderson East Revisits the Rough Soul of Yesteryear
The singer and songwriter takes his homages to the South’s heritage sounds to the next level on his second major-label album.
The New Vanguard: Nicole Mitchell, an Innovative Flutist With an Afrofuturist Vision
One of Chicago’s most influential jazz musicians, Ms. Mitchell released two standout albums last year, and is the artist-in-residence at Winter Jazzfest.
The U.K. Has Banned Microbeads. Why?
They’re tiny, colorful and harmless-looking, but these little pellets are being blamed for causing big problems.
Books of The Times: Will Democracy Survive President Trump? Two New Books Aren’t So Sure
David Frum’s “Trumpocracy” takes aim at the president and those who empower him, and “How Democracies Die,” by Steven Levitsky and Daniel Ziblatt, reads at times like a sly subtweet of the Republican Party.
Review: Dancing to Destruction in Enda Walsh’s Fierce ‘Disco Pigs’
This harrowing and exhilarating revival, featuring an inexhaustible cast of two, summons the agonies and ecstasies of being 17 in a blighted Irish town.
Review: In ‘The Insult,’ the Dispute Is Personal. And Political.
Lebanon’s energetic Oscar entry is the story of a quarrel that escalates into greater conflict.
More Female Sea Turtles Born as Temperatures Rise
Male hatchlings are disappearing on Australia’s Great Barrier Reef, a new study shows, because the growing warmth of nests produces more females.
Adrienne Kennedy, Playwright: Still Quiet, Still Bold, Still Furious
Her new Jim Crow-era play, “He Brought Her Heart Back in Box,” shows that even late in an influential career, she’s not mellowing.
Unbuttoned: Fake News Jeans: Travesty or Sign of Our Era?
Topshop, the British retailer, has made the issue into a slogan on a pair of pants. Cue controversy.
Op-Ed Contributor: President Trump Is Breaking Up My Family
My siblings and I will have to care for ourselves if my parents are sent back to El Salvador.