The empire strikes back. So it seemed as United States President Joe Biden announced this week, at a press conference attended virtually by Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison and his British counterpart Boris Johnson, the conclusion of a new military and security agreement between their three nations. The agreement smacks of the old “Anglo” arrangements […]

I first encountered Tom Crawley eight years ago, when I attended a town hall hosted by a Republican state representative, Garth Everett, in the cavernous volunteer firehall of Hughesville, a hamlet nestled in the Appalachian foothills of North Central Pennsylvania. I’m an environmental sociologist, and I had recently moved to the area to conduct a […]

I am from a place where it is impossible not to have the idea of climate disaster circling about my head. My family is from the rural part of eastern North Carolina. Environmental justice, as a term, emerges from the sit-ins that happened in Warren County, N.C., when Ben Chavis interjected environmentalism into the mainstream […]

By Aaron E. Carroll Dr. Carroll, a pediatrician, is the chief health officer for Indiana University and a writer who focuses on public health research and policy. Last year, many Americans (including me) despaired when the Trump administration’s policy around Covid vaccines veered away from science and the advice of public health experts. Now, the […]

(Reuters) – Investment management firm Invesco Ltd is in talks to merge with State Street Corp’s asset-management business, the Wall Street Journal reported here on Thursday, citing people familiar with the matter. A deal is not imminent, and the discussions might not result in an agreement, the WSJ reported. It isn’t clear what the terms […]

More from our inbox: To the Editor: Re “False Diagnoses Conceal Drugging of Frail Seniors” (front page, Sept. 12): The deeper and more disturbing story underlying possible misdiagnosis and mishandling of medications for nursing home populations is the blame our country must take for the worsening situation of nursing home care. Deinstitutionalization put thousands into […]

Democrats are in the thick of it. After coalescing to push through pandemic relief on party-line votes at the beginning of President Biden’s term, they’re now trying to guide two different infrastructure packages through Congress. One smaller bill is the product of bipartisan Senate negotiations and would address mostly so-called hard infrastructure, like bridges and […]

By James Poulos Mr. Poulos is the executive editor of The American Mind and writes frequently about the way technology shapes society. Through its recent legal threat against Coinbase’s new interest-bearing cryptocurrency account program, the Securities and Exchange Commission has created a stir in both finance and tech — two worlds that have always been […]

We’re covering Australia’s new defense deal with the U.S. and Britain and a key Chinese #MeToo case. U.S. and Britain to help Australia deploy submarines The U.S. and Britain will share technology to help Australia deploy nuclear-powered submarines that could have a range extending across the Pacific, challenging China’s territorial claims in the region. The […]

More from our inbox: To the Editor: Re “Evidence Disputes U.S. Claim of ISIS Bomb in Kabul Drone Strike” (front page, Sept. 11): Congratulations to The New York Times for proving the impossibility of conducting victimless airstrikes in the middle of crowded cities. While the motivation for the drone attack by U.S. forces was to […]