Domestic violence is a horrible reality for many of our fellow citizens. The physical and psychological damage that it inflicts on victims and their families cannot be underestimated. Holiday times can be especially difficult for victims of domestic violence and their children. While many of us have been celebrating this holiday season with loved ones, […]

There’s nothing like starting the new year with a bang. Out with the festive cheer, in with the moaning bank balance and sore head. But however hard it seems this week, we still have Brexit to come, less than 90 short days away. For those already perched nervously on the edge of their seats wondering […]

This article is part of the Opinion Today newsletter. You can sign up here to receive the newsletter each weekday. It’s been a while since the United States has faced a year like the one that I expect 2019 to be. This year appears as if it will be dominated by presidential scandals — and […]

Throughout 2019, The New York Times Opinion section will publish an occasional series of essays on the ways in which the events of 1919 shaped the following century. In his essay “The Crack-Up,” F. Scott Fitzgerald wrote, “The test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in the mind at […]

More than three-quarters of all Americans own a smartphone. In 2018 those 253 million Americans spent $1,380 and 1,460 hours on their smartphone and other mobile devices. That’s 91 waking days; cumulatively, that adds up to 370 billion waking American hours and $349 billion. In 2019, here’s what we could do instead. Plant In most […]

With an ongoing trade war between the United States and China, Russian military posturing in Eastern Europe at its greatest since the Cold War and the most unpredictable U.S. administration in living memory, 2019 may offer no shortage of strategic surprises. Here are some of the key areas to watch in the coming 12 months. […]

To the Editor: Re “How Facebook Controls What World Can Say” (front page, Dec. 28): Although Facebook likes to portray itself as a neutral platform that passively mirrors the world, your article shows that Facebook exerts control over the words the world speaks. Facebook’s decisions about what people should be allowed to post are not […]

TEL AVIV (Reuters) – Israel’s banking regulator said on Monday Warburg Pincus had been found to be “fit and proper” to buy Bank Leumi’s (LUMI.TA) credit card unit, paving the way for the deal to be completed. Leumi, which owns 80 percent of Leumi Card, and property developer Azrieli Group (AZRG.TA), which holds 20 percent, […]

(Reuters) – Chinese electric vehicle developer Faraday Future said on Monday it signed a new restructuring agreement with a unit of its main investor, Evergrande Health Industry Group Ltd (0708.HK), ending a bitter legal fight and clearing the path for raising funds. Season Smart, which agreed to be bought by China’s Evergrande Health, will now […]

BOULDER, Colo. — Recently I moved into a furnished apartment in a 100-year-old house at the edge of downtown. Lively location. Jazzy artwork. Laid-back landlord. After several days, I noticed a putrid smell in the kitchen. Reluctantly, I poked my head under the sink, and there on the concrete slab was a poignant tableau: a […]