More from our inbox: To the Editor: Re “Lingering Covid Disrupts Lives of Youngsters” (front page, Aug. 9): We are told by our government leaders that many more of us must be vaccinated if we are to beat this terrible scourge of Covid. Yet, there are more than 48 million of us, our children and […]

Produced by ‘The Argument’ It’s time to rethink what’s working in the modern workplace and what’s failing. Amid a pandemic that overturned how so many work, increased calls for racial and social justice put a new pressure on companies to ensure — or at least to seem as if they ensure — equality among their […]

Cuomo resigns amid sexual abuse scandal Andrew Cuomo is stepping down as governor of New York, ending a decade-long run in disgrace amid a harassment scandal and the threat of impeachment. His resignation will take effect in 14 days, he said. Lt. Gov. Kathy Hochul will take his place, becoming the first woman to lead […]

Earlier this year, I received a flurry of text messages from my mother, who was at the going-out-of-business sale at our local Macy’s. I was floored — not by the deals, but because my childhood mall, the Crystal Mall in Waterford, Conn., was losing another big-box store. Sears exited a couple of years ago, and […]

China had planned a grand torch relay for the 2008 Summer Olympics, a coming-out party where it could flex its diplomatic and economic muscles on a global stage. But the relay, which spanned continents and even featured a climb up Mount Everest, was repeatedly disrupted in San Francisco, London and Paris by activists protesting against […]

By Maureen Dowd Opinion Columnist WASHINGTON — “Pamela; or Virtue Rewarded” by Samuel Richardson is an 18th-century British novel about a powerful man who makes life a horror for a pretty young maidservant by constantly harassing and assaulting her. Source: Read Full Article

August is a month of celebration, when Singaporeans pause to take stock of where we are as a nation and reflect on where we want to go. For me, Singapore’s 56th National Day, SG56, is notable for two things: for taking place in a pandemic that sees coronavirus infections rise across the world even after […]

On a July day in downtown Lowell, Mass., the first sunny Saturday of the month, people began to line up for a block party. Food trucks offered everyone a free empanada or egg roll. A D.J. played music. There were kid-friendly activities, too, like a touch-a-truck station with a fire truck and an ambulance. The […]

How much dishonesty do you expect when interacting with people online? Probably a lot. The anonymity that the web can provide is notorious for facilitating deception in chat rooms and other virtual venues. Even when people present their real identities online, as they often do on social media or online dating websites, we doubt the […]

How much dishonesty do you expect when interacting with people online? Probably a lot. The anonymity that the web can provide is notorious for facilitating deception in chat rooms and other virtual venues. Even when people present their real identities online, as they often do on social media or online dating websites, we doubt the […]