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Democracy was on the ballot this past Election Day — and it won

Neal E. Boudette, who covers the auto industry for The Times, discusses the historic deal and why it was such a big win for workers.

The global Covid-19 pandemic receded to endemic, but left a deadly legacy. We revisit hotspots in Italy and Brazil.

Voter initiatives to put abortion on state ballots looks like a winning formula for 2024

The Wisconsin Supreme Court is expected to weigh in not only on abortion, but on gerrymandering and voting access, with the huge potential to national impact

The investigation includes genealogical documentation, historical research and personal accounts, and examines the harms of “pretendians” — those faking Indigenous heritage.

From delaying dementia to enhancing problem solving, turns out bilingualism is good for you

Two adolescent Navajo cousins from different worlds bond during a summer herding sheep on their grandmother's ranch 

Your tips are subsidizing the payrolls of multi-billion dollar chains. How tipping culture got so broken, and the fight to fix it.

How Israel took control of the region's water supply and created a deadly scarcity crisis for Palestinians.