I’m no good at sartorial stuff, so I can’t describe how Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren were actually dressed. But I can tell you what they were effectively wearing: targets. They came into the debate in Detroit on Tuesday night not just as the highest-polling candidates among the 10 on the stage, but also as […]

I spent last weekend – along with 400 or so other journalists – at the new Center Parcs in Longford. While it was heartening to see there are actually that many working journalists still in the country, it wouldn’t be somewhere I’d normally book given I have no small children and a dislike of homogenous […]

(Because of technical difficulties, our Evening Briefing email has not yet been sent. We are working to resolve the issue as soon as possible. Want to get this briefing by email? Here’s the sign-up.) Good evening. Here’s the latest. _____ 1. Sanders vs. Warren, Buttigieg vs. O’Rourke, and the Mod Squad vs. the liberals: The […]

When did so many of our elected leaders become so uncompromising on health care? Was it the moment when many in the Democratic field raised their hands in support of providing subsidized health insurance to all undocumented immigrants? That’s a position that even our peer countries with better coverage rates have yet to embrace. Maybe […]

To the Editor: In “It’s Not Just a Chemical Imbalance” (Sunday Review, July 28), Kelli María Korducki describes her personal experience over many years seeking professional treatment for her mental health challenges. She laments that psychiatry has become “an industry of medication management.” This opinion is widely shared — alas, justifiably so. But it’s not […]

Children on both sides of the U.S.-Mexico border have found a common language that any kid can grasp: playtime. Dozens of kids — and adults — lined up to play on three pink seesaws set up along the border outside El Paso on Monday, where two architecture professors hope to break down some barriers with […]

Model Carissa Pinkston has come under fire after she says she lied about being transgender following the unearthing of transphobic remarks she made on Facebook in May. Pinkston — who has modelled for Rihanna‘s lingerie line Savage x Fenty, Marc Jacobs and Prabal Gurung — was fired from her agency, Elite Models, after the posts […]

President Trump’s tweet attacks on members of Congress of color, from “The Squad” to Representative Elijah Cummings, have made it clear that fanning the flames of white racial resentment is central to his politics and re-election strategy. For decades, some left-leaning strategists stifled their candidates’ response to dog whistles for fear of alienating whites who […]

Ten years ago, I left my job as a tenured university professor to work as an intelligence analyst for the federal government, primarily in the State Department but with an intervening tour at the National Intelligence Council. My focus was on the impact of environmental and climate change on national security, a growing concern of […]

(Want to get this briefing by email? Here’s the sign-up.) Good morning. We’re covering tonight’s Democratic debate, a major data breach at Capital One, and a new honor for the song “Old Town Road.” Top Democratic progressives to face off Senators Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren will share the stage for the first time tonight, […]