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Iran Protests Continue Despite Heavy Crackdowns
The protests that have shaken Iran for nearly two weeks have continued in at many cities, including the capital, Tehran, even as the government expands its crackdown to detain not just protesters on the ...
These 12 College Students Don’t Like the System They’re In
Twelve college students spoke with Times Opinion about affirmative action, free speech, ideological diversity on campus and more.
Blast at Education Center in Kabul Kills at Least 19
KABUL, Afghanistan — A suicide attack on Friday at an educational center in Afghanistan’s capital killed at least 19 people, mostly young female students, adding to fears among many Afghans, particularly ...
Why China’s Crimes in Xinjiang Cannot Go Unpunished
For years, China denied committing human rights violations in Xinjiang, denounced its accusers and tried to block a United Nations investigation. Now we know why.
These 12 College Students Don’t Like The System They’re In
Twelve college students spoke with Times Opinion about affirmative action, free speech, ideological diversity on campus and more.
Are You of Middle Eastern or North African Descent?
If so, we want to hear about how you think about your racial and ethnic identity, at a time when the U.S. Census counts Middle Eastern and North African people as white.
In a Reversal, New York City Tightens Admissions to Some Top Schools
New York City’s selective middle schools can once again use grades and test scores to choose which students to admit, the school chancellor, David C. Banks, announced on Thursday, rolling back a pandemic ...
Guess Who’s Coming to Mordor
Emilia Clarke does not have purple eyes. Her character in HBO’s “Game of Thrones,” Daenerys Targaryen, is described in the source novel by George R.R. Martin as having “violet” eyes, a distinctive feature ...
5 Tastes of Asia
Five photographers with deep connections to India, Japan, Korea, Singapore and Thailand share one of their region’s signature dishes.
Dating Is Broken. Going Retro Could Fix It.
Among the traditional rites of an All-American high school experience is the taking — and judging — of yearbook photos, and in this my all-girls Orthodox Jewish school was no exception. Our dialogue as ...
Tastes of Asia
Five photographers with deep connections to India, Japan, Korea, Singapore and Thailand share one of their region’s signature dishes.
Is Liberal Democracy Dying?
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What’s the Key to Understanding Donald J. Trump? Start With Queens.
Donald Trump is too much with us. We are stalled, rubbernecking the endless carnage of his road rage. There have been far too many books about him, with far too many “revelations.” After a while, the revelations ...
Tensions in Iran Spill Across the Border Into Iraq
As security forces in Iran move to curb protests that have embroiled cities across the country for more than a week, the repercussions are being felt in neighboring Iraq, where Tehran has been attacking ...
An Iranian Uprising Led by Women
Mahsa Amini, 22, traveled from her hometown in the province of Kurdistan to the Iranian capital, Tehran, this month. Emerging from the subway, she was arrested for failing to cover her hair modestly enough ...
Whoopi Goldberg Will Not Shut Up, Thank You Very Much
On a recent summer afternoon, Whoopi Goldberg led me to her backyard so I could see her plants. Goldberg, a native New Yorker, lives in New Jersey, in a gated community previously inhabited by Thomas Edison ...
An Iranian Uprising Led By Women
Mahsa Amini, 22, traveled from her hometown in the province of Kurdistan to the Iranian capital, Tehran, this month. Emerging from the subway, she was arrested for failing to cover her hair modestly enough ...
An Uprising Led by Women Shakes Iran
Mahsa Amini, 22, traveled from her hometown in the province of Kurdistan to the Iranian capital, Tehran, this month. Emerging from the subway, she was arrested for failing to cover her hair modestly enough ...
Whoopi Goldberg Will Not Shut Up Thank You Very Much
On a recent summer afternoon, Whoopi Goldberg led me to her backyard so I could see her plants. Goldberg, a native New Yorker, lives in New Jersey, in a gated community previously inhabited by Thomas Edison ...
As Russians Flee, Some Find Draft Notices Waiting at the Border
KYIV, Ukraine — The Kremlin has dispatched still more forces to shore up its faltering war effort, but the units are headed not to Ukraine but to Russia’s borders with other countries, where on Tuesday ...
Bring On the Women’s Revolutions
Wouldn’t it be fitting if the regimes in Moscow and Tehran — the first defined by a cult of its leader’s machismo, the second by its systemic misogyny — were brought down by protests inspired and led by ...
Iran Strikes Kurdish Opposition Groups in Northern Iraq
Iranian forces unleashed drone and artillery attacks on the Kurdistan region of northern Iraq on Monday, targeting what Tehran said were bases of militant Iranian Kurdish separatist groups there, according ...
Kenyan Lawyer on Trial at International Criminal Court Is Found Dead
NAIROBI, Kenya — A Kenyan lawyer on trial at the International Criminal Court on charges of witness tampering in a case linked to President William Ruto was found dead at his home in a suburb of the capital ...
Russia’s draft is targeting Crimean Tatars and other marginalized groups, according to activists.
KYIV, Ukraine — In the Soviet Union, they were stigmatized as disloyal and driven into a decades-long exile far from their native land.
Therapy for People Who Can’t Go to Therapy
The way Americans receive mental health care has never changed as quickly as it has since the spring of 2020. When the Covid pandemic forced so many of us into our homes and onto Zoom, psychiatrists, psychotherapists ...