Thirty years from now, what will historians consider the most consequential event of January 2021 — the storming of the U.S. Capitol by an insurrectionist mob, or Aleksei Navalny’s heroic return to Moscow, followed by his immediate arrest? In a broad sense, the two events are about the same thing: the future of freedom. In […]

Republicans won’t support the Democrats’ proposal, but they should. By Paul Krugman Opinion Columnist Some things about American politics are completely predictable, even in a time of insurrection and QAnon craziness. Anyone who has been paying attention over the past decade knew that as soon as a Democrat took the White House, Republicans would instantly […]

MOSCOW — It’s hard to pin down the exact moment when it became clear the protests in Russia on Saturday — where tens of thousands of people, stretching across the country, called for the release of the jailed opposition leader Aleksei Navalny — were something special. It definitely wasn’t the violence doled out to protesters […]

To the Editor: Re “As Impeachment Trial Looms, G.O.P. Rift Is on Display” (news article, Jan. 25): Once again it appears that Republicans are willing to shoot themselves in the foot as they slink away from their duty to convict Donald Trump when the trial begins in two weeks. Keep in mind, this was no […]

Since the Jan. 6 siege of the Capitol in Washington, right-wing extremists on social media continue to glorify violence, draw new adherents and forge fresh plans for mayhem. This ominous activity presents an urgent threat to the security and social cohesion of the United States. But there is another, less obvious takeaway: Experts know — […]

Since the Jan. 6 siege of the Capitol in Washington, right-wing extremists on social media continue to glorify violence, draw new adherents and forge fresh plans for mayhem. This ominous activity presents an urgent threat to the security and social cohesion of the United States. But there is another, less obvious takeaway: Experts know — […]

By Kara Swisher Listen and subscribe to “Sway”: Apple Podcasts, Pocket Casts, Spotify, Google Podcasts, Stitcher (How to Listen) Facebook and Twitter have kicked Donald Trump off their platforms and Amazon Web Services removed Parler from its cloud. But there’s another popular platform that markets itself as the destination for free speech: Substack. With more […]

NASHVILLE — In this family, we are not new-car people. My husband and I buy used vehicles, and we keep them until the cost of patching them up far exceeds their value, a time-honored practice known as driving a car into the ground. We don’t drive a lot, either: My husband works a mile and […]

NASHVILLE — In this family, we are not new-car people. My husband and I buy used vehicles, and we keep them until the cost of patching them up far exceeds their value, a time-honored practice known as driving a car into the ground. We don’t drive a lot, either: My husband works a mile and […]

Readers differ about what President Biden should do. Also: Donald Trump’s appeal to some Christians. More from our inbox: To the Editor: Re “Biden Plan Gives 11 Million a Path to U.S. Citizenship” (front page, Jan. 20): Immigrants, asylum seekers and Dreamers like me have endured four years of attacks from the Trump administration. Even […]