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How the Other Half Lives in Iran

Demonstrators after Iranian police fired tear gas to disperse protests over Iran’s weak economy, in Tehran last month.

A Kavanaugh Signal on Abortion?

Activists demonstrated in support of access to abortion for a pregnant 17-year-old being held in a Texas facility for unaccompanied immigrant children.

Cars Are Ruining Our Cities

Traffic on Interstate 405 in Los Angeles in 2015, after an expansion.

Trump and the Holocaust Remembrance: A Second Chance

President Trump at the Yad Vashem memorial to the Holocaust in Jerusalem in May.

Sorry, NATO. Trump Doesn’t Believe in Allies.

President Trump was greeted by Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg as he arrived at NATO headquarters in Brussels on Wednesday.

‘Sort of a Double Negative’

President Trump at his press conference with Vladimir Putin on Monday. Mr. Trump later backpedaled on some of his remarks.

Washington’s New Power Structure

Tape marked the position for the swearing-in of senators on Capitol Hill last week.

A New Face Won’t Change the British Government’s Racist Heart

Protesters angered by the Windrush scandal outside Parliament this week.

It’s Mueller, Not Trump, Who Is Draining the Swamp

Robert Mueller, the special counsel, is also telling a story about Washington corruption.

What China Can Learn From Greece

Sergei Guriev

Trump Has No Idea What His Tariffs Have Unleashed for Farmers

The G.O.P.’s Doomsday-Machine Politics

A mother took her daughter, who is covered by the Children’s Health Insurance Program, to demonstrate in Washington last month in favor of funding for the program.

America Is Guilty of Neglecting Kids: Our Own

A family in Flint, Mich. Lead in the public water system endangered the health of city residents, particularly children.

Ebola Alarm, Rebellion in Europe and Turkey’s Puzzling Attack

Refugees in Yumurtalik, Turkey, as Islamic State forces shelled the city of Kobani.

Why Trump Should Listen to the Old Guard

From left, former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger, former Secretary of State George Shultz and former Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage.

Why Do I Give on the Subway?

In New York, as in other cities, evidence of the disparity between haves and have-nots is everywhere.