Kategori: ABD News

20 Eylül 2018

Anita Hill’s Testimony and Other Key Moments From the Clarence Thomas Hearings

In three days of televised hearings that riveted the nation, Anita F. Hill detailed allegations of workplace sexual harassment by Judge Clarence Thomas.

Making Tariffs Corrupt Again

Trump has perverted the process and undermined U.S. credibility.

We Need to Hear From Christine Blasey Ford

Republicans are being unfair. I hope she testifies anyway.

Michael Cohen Has Spoken Repeatedly With Mueller’s Prosecutors

The interviews with the special counsel are a new sign of the special counsel’s progress in getting firsthand accounts from key players.

Sloan Kettering’s Cozy Deal With Start-Up Ignites a New Uproar

A for-profit venture with exclusive rights to use the center’s vast archive of tissue slides has generated concerns at the nonprofit cancer center.

Your Thursday Evening News Briefing: Brett Kavanaugh, Maryland, Puerto Rico

Here’s what you need to know at the end of the day.

Sunrise Melodies and Tearful Reflections: Puerto Rico a Year After Maria

Puerto Ricans came together to count their losses and reflect on life after Hurricane Maria.

Asia and Australia Edition: Your Friday News Briefing: Russia, India, Pandas

Here’s what you need to know to start your day.

Kavanaugh Accuser Opens Negotiations on Testimony Next Week

Christine Blasey Ford, who accused Judge Brett M. Kavanaugh of sexually assaulting her as a teenager, has reopened discussions that could lead to testifying next week.

China’s Sea Control Is a Done Deal, ‘Short of War With the U.S.’

A U.S. military flight over the South China Sea brings harsh Chinese challenges in officially international space. Officers say a new era of risk is here.

The Liberalism of the Religious Right

Conservatives who attend church have more moderate views than secular conservatives on issues like race, immigration and identity.

How Democrats Should Talk to People in Farm Country

Like Barack Obama, Deidre DeJear, an African-American small-business owner and candidate for Iowa secretary of state, stresses opportunity, voting rights and unity.

Evangelical Leaders Are Frustrated at G.O.P. Caution on Kavanaugh Allegation

They say religious conservatives may feel little motivation to vote in the November elections unless Senate Republicans defend and confirm Judge Kavanaugh.

Creativity From the Chaos of Hurricane Maria

One year later, artists in Puerto Rico and those attached to the island talk about how the devastation and its aftermath influenced their work.

Can the Democrats Rise Above?

There is a lot of pressure on their coalition coming from within.

Everyone Deserves Better Than This Senate Spectacle

Forget the political finger pointing. Christine Blasey Ford’s accusation against Brett Kavanaugh needs to be seriously investigated.

The Week in Good News: Berlin Marathon, Doctor Who, Pizza for the Troops

Sometimes it seems as if we’re living under a constant barrage of heavy news. But it isn’t all bad out there.

Round Table: The Nobel Prize in Literature Takes This Year Off. Our Critics Don’t.

With the 2018 prize postponed by scandal, The Times’s staff book critics discuss the award’s history and influence — and whom they would give it to this year if they could.

Books News: Man Booker Prize Shortlist Reflects Dark Times

The six books in the running for one of the world’s major literary awards includes a novel written in verse. Two American authors made the cut.

California Today: California Today: Legalizing Street Food, a Fixture of L.A.’s Landscape

Thursday: Street vending is decriminalized, Facebook builds its anti-disinformation “war room,” and a data artist plans to transform the Walt Disney Concert Hall.

Your Thursday News Briefing: Donald Trump, China, Mark Cuban

Here’s what you need to know to start your day.

New York Today: New York Today: The Autumnal Equinox, en Route

Thursday: Fall on the horizon, and an exhibition by children who are homeless in the city.

Europe Edition: Your Thursday News Briefing: Brexit, Brent Kavanaugh, Kosovo

Here’s what you need to know to start your day.