Early in the 20th century, it was not uncommon for children to suffer the agonies of infectious diseases or witness family members who did. Children got terribly sick and died at home. Their survivors — including some of our grandparents and great-grandparents — were intimately acquainted with the sights, sounds and smells of dying and […]

More from our inbox: To the Editor: Re “A Tale of Two Home-Care Workers,” by Brigid Schulte and Cassandra Robertson (Opinion guest essay, May 11): This year has shown us the value of home health care workers, while also shining a light on how undercompensated they are. Another part of the employee/employer dynamics of home […]

More from our inbox: To the Editor: “Disrespecting Women’s Labor,” by Reshma Saujani (Opinion guest essay, May 10), skillfully frames the case that “women’s labor isn’t valued.” I strongly agree that it’s time for our society to compensate for those many hours — or years — of unpaid work. Zeros, zeros, zeros. That’s what I […]

The new C.D.C. guidance has excited many Americans and scared many others. Some people feel both emotions, understandably enough: They’re excited to start returning to more normal daily life and still scared by a pandemic that is killing about 600 Americans a day. This morning, I want to think through the real-world implications of the […]

JERUSALEM —  Israelis are adept at the pretense of normalcy. We move with seeming ease between daily life and life-threatening crisis. Our home front has endured assaults from Saddam Hussein’s Scud missiles, Hezbollah’s katyushuas and precision missiles, Hamas’s homemade rockets and the more lethal Iranian models currently falling on our neighborhoods, along with suicide bombing […]

To the Editor: Re “Teen Anguish in the Pandemic,” by Emily Esfahani Smith (Sunday Review, May 9): As clinicians and educators, we have witnessed the escalating rates of anxiety and depression among high-achieving youths. America’s decades-long trends of harsher competition, globalization, social media comparisons, endless striving on behalf of an uncertain future and scarce admissions […]

On May 1, Medina Spirit, a horse trained by Bob Baffert, one of the stars of thoroughbred racing, somewhat unexpectedly won the Kentucky Derby. About a week later, it emerged that the horse had tested positive for an anti-inflammatory pain-masking drug, throwing his victory into question. Mr. Baffert has been suspended by Churchill Downs, and […]

LAKE MEAD, Nev.— Few things force you to confront hubris and genius at the same time as much as the magnificent harness on the Colorado River that created the largest reservoir in the United States. To build Hoover Dam in the 1930s, an army of Depression-era daredevils poured enough concrete to form a two-lane road […]

FILE PHOTO: The logo of insurer Allianz SE is seen on the company building in Puteaux at the financial and business district of La Defense near Paris, outside Paris, France, May 14, 2018. REUTERS/Charles PlatiauMILAN (Reuters) – Allianz Global Investors, the investment management arm of German group Allianz, is evaluating opportunities for consolidation in the […]

By Michelle Goldberg Opinion Columnist Erica Newland serves as counsel for Protect Democracy, a nonprofit organization founded in 2017 to fight democratic breakdown in America. Before Joe Biden’s victory was officially confirmed in January, she researched some of the ways that Donald Trump’s allies in Congress might sabotage the process. She came to a harrowing […]