Immigration policies aimed at controlling the country’s southern border are also making it harder to cross up north.

Empty Businesses and Tough Times at the Other Border

Two plays based on the autobiographical novels of Édouard Louis put the problem of violence against gay men in a larger social context.

Fleeing Home, but Not Homophobia

Margrethe Vestager won praise for her oversight of the tech industry. Now, with more authority from the European Union, she envisions a more aggressive agenda.

Big Tech’s Toughest Opponent Says She’s Just Getting Started

Moody’s data shows that higher taxes would be paid disproportionately in Democratic-leaning states.

How Democrats Would Tax High-Income Professionals (Not Just the Mega-Rich)

What the changing demographics of this country look like up close.

The Divide in Yakima Is the Divide in America

A fight in Virginia Beach demonstrates the hard choices cities face when the pressure for new homes collides with the rising toll of natural disasters.

As Climate Risk Grows, Cities Test a Tough Strategy: Saying ‘No’ to Developers

The planned stops on the 52 Places Traveler’s trip around the world included a mainland China ski area, and the vibrant former British colony. Neither was quite as expected.

We Put Hong Kong on the 52 Places to Go List. Things Got Complicated.

The two jail staff members were charged with falsifying records and conspiring to defraud the United States.

Guards Accused of Napping and Shopping Online the Night Epstein Died

The parents of young people under siege at a university emerged as a call for compromise.

Parents of Besieged Hong Kong Protesters Come to the Front Lines

We asked families about life with “Let It Go.” Whether playing it 91 times or blocking their ears, they all agree it has taken over their worlds.

The Kids Who Love ‘Frozen’ and the Parents Who Love Them

The musician and poet released “You Want It Darker” 19 days before his death in 2016. His son, Adam, finished more songs from those sessions for a posthumous album.

A Last Dance for Leonard Cohen

After years of on-and-off debate over nearly snoop-proof security, the industry is girding for new pressure from law enforcement around the world.

What Is End-to-End Encryption? Another Bull’s-Eye on Big Tech

Over the weekend, Bravo hosted its first conference, bringing together “Bravolebrities” and the people who really, really love them.

14 Hours Inside the Church of BravoCon

California’s largest utility needs to reach a settlement with victims of wildfires and other creditors while fending off calls for a state takeover.

PG&E Struggles to Find a Way Out of Bankruptcy

Gov. Andrew Cuomo called for an outside monitor after a series of racist incidents that has left Syracuse University besieged.

Racist Manifesto Lands on Syracuse Students’ Phones, Deepening Crisis

In the second week of impeachment hearings, White House national security aides recalled their concerns after the president’s conversation with his Ukrainian counterpart.

Officials Testify Trump Call Was Inappropriate; One ‘Couldn’t Believe’ It

Thant Myint-U’s new book offers a deeper understanding of the country’s history and of the trajectory of its de facto political leader, Aung San Suu Kyi.

‘The Hidden History of Burma’ Traces the Vanishing of Hope

Many indigenous crafts worldwide are in danger of becoming extinct, but in some places, efforts to rescue them are underway.

Endangered Crafts and the Destinations Keeping Them Alive

Alexandria Wailes deftly weaves choreography and American Sign Language in Ntozake Shange’s “For Colored Girls.”

My ‘Face Is My Voice’: A Deaf Dancer Lands Her Dream Role

A study’s findings add to the case that lichens, which dominate about 7 percent of the planet’s surface, most likely made their way to land some 100 million years after ferns and other vascular plants.

In the Race to Live on Land, Lichens Didn’t Beat Plants

Following Darnell and Sandivel, we were yawning by lunchtime. But they’re in elementary school, and they do it every day.

From Sunrise to Sunset: The Long School Days of Homeless Students

Quotation of the Day for Tuesday, November 19, 2019.

Quotation of the Day: He Wrote, ‘Kill All Women.’ He Kept His Guns

Three women with extensive experience in A.I. spoke on the topic and how to confront it.

Dealing With Bias in Artificial Intelligence

The chef Mina Stone opened a casual Greek restaurant at MoMA PS1 in Queens last week and celebrated the occasion at an artist’s studio in Brooklyn.

How to Throw a Romantic Greek Dinner Party

According to a Directors Guild of America report, 50 percent of episodes were directed by women or people of color, a huge increase from five years ago. Still, there were gaps.

November 19, 2019

Headlines from November 19, 2019

Empty Businesses and Tough Times at the Other Border

Fleeing Home, but Not Homophobia

Big Tech’s Toughest Opponent Says She’s Just Getting Started

How Democrats Would Tax High-Income Professionals (Not Just the Mega-Rich)

The Divide in Yakima Is the Divide in America

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Hollywood's Bleeding

Jesus Is King (Soundtrack)

AI YoungBoy 2

Wildcard

Over It

Historical Context for November 19, 2019