A glacier is disappearing. An artist is trying to preserve its sound.

If men had supported Kamala Harris at the same level as women, Harris would have won the popular vote, and possibly the Electoral College.

The economics writer Kyla Scanlon on how attention has come to shape politics, our economy, Gen Z and more.

The economics writer Kyla Scanlon on how attention has come to shape politics, our economy, Gen Z and more.

A focus on economics misses the human brutality that is the most problematic aspect of this legislation

As Dan Osborn launches a new Senate campaign, he thinks some Republicans have buyer’s remorse.

The unlikely rise and tragic fall of a bipartisan solution on gun violence.

We cannot return to the innocence of the Obama era even if that is what we want.

A glacier is disappearing. An artist is trying to preserve its sound.

What does a melting glacier sound like? Artist Ludwig Berger attempts to record a disappearing environment.

China’s national champion carmaker BYD embodies a state-led industrial model that America may no longer be able to compete with.

Readers react to the unfolding flooding disaster in Texas. Also: Empathy for immigrants; anticipating the 250th anniversary of the United States.

With each passing day, the federal government is becoming less prepared to face the next big disaster.

The Missouri senator’s evasions expose a disgraced Senate.

In this season of life and loss, the strangest moments arrive without answers.

After a friend’s death, a medieval literature professor learns to love the gym — and finds unexpected connections to his studies.

The most powerful man in the West Wing is getting what he wants. Is Trump?

The moral argument for global health is the strongest we have.

It seems inevitable that this environment will deter other women from speaking up.

Artificial intelligence solutions are being pushed on customers that make them lonelier. That’s all part of the plan.

After a year in power, Keir Starmer appears to be losing not just political weight but material substance, too.

Readers react to an award for a law student’s essay claiming that the rights recognized in the Constitution apply only to white people. Also: Climate change.

Porn platforms just got what they deserved at the Supreme Court.

What Senator Thom Tillis’s retirement says about today’s Republican Party.

Trump’s cuts to the N.E.A. and the N.E.H. will leave America depleted.

What we can learn from the New York Democratic mayoral primary.

Public lands are the inheritance of all Americans and should never be sold by Congress.

Making decisions that align long-term goals and short-term rewards is challenging, but it can lead to better choices and richer lives.

A Q&A with Zaakir Tameez about Charles Sumner and the antislavery movement.