The N.B.A.’s coaching ranks have long been dominated by white men, but a demand from Black players for more diversity may be changing things.

New Black N.B.A. Coaches Wonder Why It Took So Long to Get a Shot

Digital payments technology is forcing the financial system to evolve. Banks feel their power waning and want to regain control.

Banks Tried to Kill Crypto and Failed. Now They’re Embracing It (Slowly).

A series of Election Day contests may serve as a barometer of how far left Democratic voters in New York State want their party to go.

What Does It Mean to Be a New York Democrat These Days?

For those pushing for changes in society on race and other issues, words matter. They can also muddle.

BIPOC or POC? Equity or Equality? The Debate Over Language on the Left.

British regulators investigated how the bank executives characterized his ties with the disgraced financier.

James Staley, Barclays’s C.E.O., steps down after a Jeffrey Epstein inquiry.

In two arguments on Monday, the justices considered challenges from abortion providers and the Biden administration to a law that bans abortions after about six weeks.

Supreme Court Hints That It May Allow Challenge to Texas Abortion Law

There was a lot of advance hype for the FX series “Impeachment: American Crime Story.” But it won’t be available on any major streaming platform for another 10 months, and that’s a problem in 2021.

The TV Hit That Wasn’t

Following the devastation wrought by Hurricane Ida in Millburn, N.J., small business owners are facing an uncertain future, even as the community rallies to help.

After the Flood, It’s Not Just ‘About the Coming Back’

Memories of the Yellow Vest movement are prompting officials to ensure that spiking energy prices don’t fuel inequality or populist discontent.

Europe Fears That Rising Cost of Climate Action Is Stirring Anger

As some try to lure audiences back with short programs, the Metropolitan Opera is staging its longest work: Wagner’s “Die Meistersinger.”

A 6-Hour Opera in a Pandemic? The Met Goes for It.

While big companies wield considerable power, Covid’s economic disruption has given workers new leverage, contributing to a recent upturn in strikes.

How the Pandemic Has Added to Labor Unrest

“Solid Ivory” is a scrapbook of memories about Ivory’s childhood, his mentors and his filmmaking and romantic partner Ismail Merchant.

James Ivory, Famous for Buttoned-Up Films, Is Frank About Sex and Much Else in His Memoir

A Treasury Department report says stablecoin issuers should operate like banks to avoid destabilizing runs that could erode financial stability.

Regulators Ask Congress to Create New Rules for Cryptocurrencies

With new albums by Ed Sheeran, Taylor Swift and Adele looming, the rapper’s “Certified Lover Boy” remains atop the Billboard chart.

Drake Earns a Fifth Week at No. 1 Ahead of Music’s Major Fall Releases

Competing with SpaceX, OneWeb and others, the e-commerce titan will rely on small rockets to get prototypes of its satellite constellation into space.

Amazon to Launch First Two Internet Satellites in 2022

Jenny Bardwell explains how to salt-rise bread in a virtual talk for the Culinary Historians of New York.

An Uncommon Rise for Bread

Bonne Maman now carries five herbal tea blends, perfect with a scone slathered in preserves.

A Preserves Maker Turns to Tea

The Metropolitan Opera’s revival boasts strong performances but raises difficult questions about race and American music.

Review: ‘Porgy and Bess’ Returns to a New Opera Landscape

La Fête du Champagne returns with an immersive experience that takes wine lovers on a journey through how Champagne is made.

Tiny Bubbles on the Walls

Keep a spread always at the ready with these well-designed Butter Hubs.

Stick or Block, This Butter Saver Holds It All

“The Dogfish Head Book” by the brewery founders Sam and Mariah Calagione, and written with Andrew C. Greeley, recounts 26 years of beer adventures.

The Story of a Craft Beer Pioneer

The production brings the world of the playwright Adrienne Kennedy, 90, to Broadway for the first time.

Audra McDonald to Star in ‘Ohio State Murders’ on Broadway

A filmed version of Fehinti Balogun’s play about his awakening to climate issues is being shown at the COP26 summit. He is among the theater artists trying to make a difference through their work.

Amid Climate Talks, an Actor’s Call to Action Unfolds Onstage

This once-tranquil Midtown shrine of formal French dining has a new feel, as Philippe Masson prowls the floor (and tabletops) in a vigorous jazz act.

Live at La Grenouille: Caviar, Crystal and the Owner’s Flashy Crooning

Many men and women with “failing kidneys” may not have anything more than a normal age-related decline in kidney function.

November 1, 2021

Headlines from November 1, 2021

New Black N.B.A. Coaches Wonder Why It Took So Long to Get a Shot

Banks Tried to Kill Crypto and Failed. Now They’re Embracing It (Slowly).

What Does It Mean to Be a New York Democrat These Days?

BIPOC or POC? Equity or Equality? The Debate Over Language on the Left.

James Staley, Barclays’s C.E.O., steps down after a Jeffrey Epstein inquiry.

Billboard 200

Punk

Certified Lover Boy

Faces

Music Of The Spheres

Let It Be (Soundtrack)

Historical Context for November 1, 2021