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He has the lowest level of corporate support in the history of the Republican Party.

Can liberal justices reclaim judicial restraint?

The Biden administration seems to be in denial about China’s staggering advantage.

Some of Biden’s new tariffs targeting China make sense. But others seem motivated by a desire to outflank Trump in Rust Belt swing states.

The liberal arts are fading just when we need them most.

We need to be prepared to fight the next war, not the last one.

Electric vehicles shouldn’t be a luxury item, but Biden’s tariffs mean they may remain so.

Gotham’s 400th birthday calls for a celebration worthy of the great metropolis it is.

China’s economy has reached a dead end. Getting out will mean more trade friction with the United States.

We must be able to create a more civic-minded internet, with tools that would empower users to better control what they see.

With its TikTok bill, Congress sent a message to the world: You cannot disregard basic internet norms and expect to be treated like any other country.

Don’t bet the house on a rosy future.

The return of Trump to the White House would be disastrous for the planet.

The nuclear industry has a long history of failing to deliver on its promises.

An economist explains why his lens makes him so much more optimistic about the state of our economy than the average American.

He insisted on the value of working with those we disagree with.

Biden’s opposition to Nippon Steel’s purchase of U.S. Steel is pernicious political posturing.

Most Latinos are not rootless, illegal transients as some citizens may think, but a force for American progress.

While Trump’s economic policy had serious flaws in his first term, the prospect of what he could do in a second term is frightening.

If the Supreme Court sides with social media platforms in NetChoice v. Paxton, that will jeopardize our ability to control our own future.

Carve the names of climate change deniers deep and large, so that those who come after us need not search the archives.

The divide between classes can’t be healed with economic remedies alone.

The city is rewriting its antiquated zoning code. We should seize the chance to create a metropolis of opportunity that evolves with the times.

The gig economy is expanding and exploiting more workers.

What will it take for the airline company to recover?

Information about climate risks is becoming increasingly valuable to companies that want to sell it.

The justices should leave it to federal agencies to resolve ambiguities Congress creates when it writes laws those agencies enforce.

The surprising friendship that has made Donald Trump’s trade policies so durable.

Condescending to Trump voters will not win many of them over; we should not shrink from honestly assessing economic performance under Trump as well as under Biden.

The jobs require advanced skills but not necessarily advanced degrees, especially in emerging high-tech fields like A.I., electric vehicles and robotics.

Expanding herds of cashmere goats are causing severe damage to grasslands on the Mongolian plateau in Central Asia.

The idea that free markets can solve societal problems and that climate change can be fixed without regulation is a ruse.

The act of working needs to become more affordable and accessible.

Community hospitals have been caught doing some surprising things, given how they are supposed to serve the public good.

Default settings on devices allow the tech industry to keep collecting and using data as it wants.

Silicon Valley has immersed us in an expensive, pervasive and perennially annoying type of automated capitalism.

In a break from the past, the Western world’s wealthiest people no longer try to support the societies they live in.

The Justice Department has been losing ground in the fight against financial fraud for years.

America needs to invest in mining and build resilient supply chains for the building blocks of electric batteries.

The justices should remember that the First Amendment’s highest purpose is to protect the speech that’s necessary to democracy.

By doubling down on fossil fuels, Exxon Mobil is choosing to profit through the most harmful way to the rest of us.

Political repression can’t save the Chinese economy.

As China stumbles, Ohio rebounds.

What Sohrab Ahmari’s doubts say about his former cause — and about the economy and culture.

Local news organizations are in crisis, and courts need to protect their constitutional freedom to report the news.

It seems increasingly evident that the oil industry is unable or unwilling to help chart a path toward a cleaner energy future.

How the modern meritocracy made Trump inevitable.

We need a nimble, adaptable new agency with the expertise, resources and authority to rein in the tech giants that control our digital lives.

Prices that go up don’t necessarily have to come down.

The court’s rulings are not the final chapter. The people often retain powerful ways to protect themselves through common-sense lawmaking.

Government is not an obstacle to new ideas.

These programs have historically benefited women more than anyone else. Now they must help others in underrepresented communities.

There’s no way out of the congestion without making drivers pay for taking up limited street space.

The cost, financial and otherwise, of these debt-ceiling games is enormous.

The investment wave has the potential to drive a more rapid and efficient decarbonization of the economy while increasing the supply of clean energy.

We might not need a recession, but we may get one anyway.

The president does not have the authority to exceed the limit, regardless of what his advisers are telling him.

Legislators are moving to erect barriers to clean energy development while providing incentives for fossil fuels.

Private equity firms make loads of money when their schemes succeed and lose very little when they fail.

The former secretary of state on why the Republicans’ game with the debt ceiling is landing at a perilous time for the economy and global security.

The public has complicated feelings about our decision to end this trial before it ever began, and that’s OK. It’s bittersweet for us, too.

Why Biden is succeeding where Trump failed.

Despite its detractors, it just keeps rolling on.

The State Legislature appears ready to block plans to significantly expand housing in the city and suburbs.

Rollbacks on child labor protections are happening amid a surge of child labor violations.

Companies shouldn’t need to build worker housing. Workers shouldn’t have to live in company towns.

American users of the social media platform are indisputably exercising their constitutional rights when they post and consume content on the site.

Both sides are spending lots of money on technological elites.

Banking is a critical form of public infrastructure that we pretend is a private act of risk management.

State laws prohibiting the “unauthorized practice of law” hurt those who cannot afford a lawyer.

There were good reasons to act, despite uncertainty.

A scramble to mine the deep sea could soon commence. And once it begins, there will be little hope of reining it in.

When you book a free hotel room using credit card rewards, poor consumers are ultimately footing the bill.

The cancer-causing chemical vinyl chloride was vented and burned after the Ohio train crash to avoid an explosion. The United States should phase it out.

The Ohio train derailment and chemical fire are emblematic of a rail industry that does not take safety seriously enough.

The recent meltdown was avoidable, but it would have cost the company.

The millions gambling would generate for the city should be used to fight poverty and crime.

Fame should not be a “get out of jail free” card when it comes to crypto fraud.

Antiquated power lines can’t carry the added electricity from new solar and wind projects.

The Peterboro Basket Company is the latest victim of an invasive forest insect that is devastating ash trees in North America.

The complaints not only are misguided but also risk aiding Vladimir Putin in his attempted conquest of Ukraine.

FTX’s $32 billion valuation was a fantasy, but nobody bothered to look at it closely.

Even the collapse of FTX probably won’t kill the archetype.

Meta is spending billions on virtual reality, and it has very little to show for it.

For ordinary workers living paycheck to paycheck, the G.O.P. is AWOL.

We pay a lot of attention to government failures. But if we want better outcomes, we must celebrate and learn from the wins, too.

America abandons its sunny view of globalization.

Decades of cost cutting takes a toll.

Inflation-corrected prices may end up substantially lower as factors driving high home prices weaken with time.

We need strong regulations that force organizations to maintain good security practices.

Beware the latest fad from Human Resources.

Yvon Chouinard has given away his company in his fight to save the planet.

Conversations about debt are never purely about economics. They are always also conversations about power and morality.

There are better ways to use batteries than putting them in premium E.V.s.

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is damaging international scientific cooperation.

Subsidies in the climate bill will lock in carbon capture and storage, which will sustain fossil fuels.

There may be better ways to slow global warming, but this legislation is a big step forward.

How we look matters as much as what we see.

The Inflation Reduction Act may be the single most important piece of climate legislation in American history.

The news on prices is surprisingly good.