June 22, 2021

New Yorkers are using a new voting system citywide for the first time, but in interviews, many seemed characteristically unfazed: “It’s real easy if people just learn how to read.”

With U.S. troops leaving, the Taliban advancing, and a steady collapse of security force bases and outposts, the Hazara and other ethnic groups in Afghanistan are raising militias.

Aggressive overdraft fees are worth tens of billions of dollars a year to the banking industry. Account holders are finally getting some better options.

Voters on Tuesday took part in the city’s first mayoral election using ranked-choice voting, allowing voters to rank up to five candidates in order of preference.

Many who have struggled to keep up with mortgage payments are at the whims of a few financing firms that dominate lending in this market.