The man behind “Willie Horton” and Citizens United built a potent online disinformation mill with his son. Then Big Tech changed the rules.

In the Trump Era, a Family’s Fight With Google and Facebook Over Disinformation

A hit TV show that unapologetically portrays female sexuality has thrilled many Senegalese. Except those who want it taken off the air.

Bold Women. Scandalized Viewers. It’s ‘Sex and the City,’ Senegal Style.

Restaurants, farms and other businesses say they need more foreign workers. And economic growth may depend on it, given lower birthrates.

Is Immigration at Its Limit? Not for Employers

The new press secretary and communications director is more behind-the-scenes facilitator than public face of the administration.

Stephanie Grisham’s Turbulent Ascent to a Top White House Role

As hackers lock up networks that power police forces and utilities, municipalities must operate with hobbled computer systems, and decide whether to pay ransoms.

Ransomware Attacks Are Testing Resolve of Cities Across America

Polling suggests that worries about the health of the economic expansion cross party lines.

Trump Acclaims Economy, but Voters Are Anxious Amid Recession Talk

A million electric rickshaws sprang up out of nowhere and are now being used by 60 million people a day. The government and vehicle makers are struggling to catch up.

Inside India’s Messy Electric Vehicle Revolution

There are signs of a disconnect between support for Mr. Biden in polls and excitement for his campaign on the ground in Iowa.

Joe Biden’s Poll Numbers Mask an Enthusiasm Challenge

Fear of what awaits them has kept the Rohingya from returning to Myanmar, where they were targets of ethnic cleansing. But life in Bangladesh refugee camps is intolerable. There’s no good place to go.

Massacred at Home, in Misery Abroad, 730,000 Rohingya Are Mired in Hopelessness

Top economists will meet in Jackson, Wyo., this week for a meeting sponsored by the Kansas City Fed. But politicians gathering in France hold the real keys to the economic future.

How Politics Constrain the Federal Reserve and Other Economists

Mr. Byrne’s resignation came roughly a week after he publicly disclosed that he had a relationship with Maria Butina.

Patrick Byrne, Overstock C.E.O., Resigns After Disclosing Romance With Russian Agent

Previously undisclosed documents reveal a sweeping effort by top officials and lawyers to oust the longtime head of the N.R.A. Not only has he remained, but he continues to influence the president.

How Wayne LaPierre Survived a Revolt at the N.R.A.

Turbulence is a natural occurrence and should be expected — not dreaded. The trick is to learn to go with the flow.

Overcoming Fear of Flying in the Bumpy Skies

A team of editors wanted to highlight images from across America for the 60th anniversary of the day Hawaii became a state.

How We Created Our 50 States Quiz

The singer and songwriter could gain control by creating new master recordings of material that has been sold. It’s a drastic but not unheard-of move.

Taylor Swift Says She Will Rerecord Her Old Music. Here’s How.

Multiple bids are becoming a rarity, even in the nation’s most competitive real estate markets.

The End of Bidding Wars?

A frenzy of strained joke-making and audience participation overwhelms a promising exploration of romance in the internet age.

‘#DateMe’ Review: Not Feeling a Love Connection

Quotation of the Day for Thursday, August 22, 2019.

Quotation of the Day: A Business Built on Right-Wing Disinformation

The surrealist production filled with clowns and, yes, snow, joins the ranks of this season’s limited-run holiday shows.

‘Slava’s Snowshow’ to Storm Back to Broadway

‘If you don’t attend to it,’ the stand-up comic explains, ‘you will regret it.’

Aparna Nancherla’s Comedy Diary: ‘Inspiration Is Like the Urge to Pee’

A physical and psychological trial, cancer also poses the ongoing challenge of finding apparel for bodies altered by treatment.

The Emperor of All Maladies’ New Clothes

China’s top officials still come to Mao’s favorite beach to make fateful decisions, but now, the general public also tries to squeeze into a spot on the sand, even if many avoid sunbathing.

At Mao’s Beach, China’s Leaders Still Make History as Lifeguards Hide From the Sun

A lively reggae soundtrack and a Jamaican setting: It’s not “The Harder They Come” but Perry Henzell’s long-lost follow-up to it.

‘No Place Like Home’ Review: Self-Discovery in Jamaica

Verizon, AT&T, Comcast and nine other phone service providers reached a deal with 51 attorneys general across the country to install call-blocking technology. But the deal doesn’t have a deadline.

Major Phone Service Providers Agree to Plan to Slow Robocallers

Kicked off the platform, some users are trying — really, really hard — to find a human employee to let them back on.

August 22, 2019

Headlines from August 22, 2019

In the Trump Era, a Family’s Fight With Google and Facebook Over Disinformation

Bold Women. Scandalized Viewers. It’s ‘Sex and the City,’ Senegal Style.

Is Immigration at Its Limit? Not for Employers

Stephanie Grisham’s Turbulent Ascent to a Top White House Role

Ransomware Attacks Are Testing Resolve of Cities Across America

Billboard 200

We Are Not Your Kind

Port of Miami 2

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When We All Fall Asleep; Where Do We Go?

No.6 Collaborations Project

Historical Context for August 22, 2019