In Lynn Nottage’s bright new comedy, cooks at a greasy spoon dream of remaking the menu — and their lives.

‘Clyde’s’ Review: Sometimes a Hero Is More Than Just a Sandwich

The Double Asteroid Redirection Test spacecraft, launched on Wednesday, could be the first to alter an asteroid’s path, a technique that may be used to defend the planet in the future.

NASA Launches New Mission: Crash Into Asteroid, Defend Planet Earth

Finance employees who couldn’t imagine working from home before the pandemic are now reluctant to return to the office. Their bosses can’t figure out how to bring them back.

Wall Street Grudgingly Allows Remote Work as Bankers Dig In

Administration officials blame the Delta variant for a prolonged stretch of consumer spending on goods, rather than services, pushing up prices and creating a conundrum for the Fed.

The Inflation Miscalculation Complicating Biden’s Agenda

Herbert Diess, the chief executive, seeks to cast VW as a dynamic, modern company, but his style risks the ire of its powerful works council.

He’s Steering Volkswagen, With His Eyes on Beating Tesla

Ifeoma Ozoma, who accused Pinterest of discrimination, has become a key figure in helping tech employees disclose, and fight, mistreatment at work.

A Tech Whistle-Blower Helps Others Speak Out

Supply-chain disruptions may make it tough to buy devices, but the most thoughtful presents were never tangible to begin with.

The Best Tech Gifts That Aren’t Gadgets

The return of New York City Ballet’s holiday classic will look a little different this season, with children 12 and above and new costumes for the party scene.

This Year’s ‘Nutcracker’ Kids: Taller, Older and Savoring It All

The composer Matthew Aucoin and Sarah Ruhl’s teeming, wearying adaptation of her play is a contemporary vision of the Orpheus myth.

Review: The Met Opera’s ‘Eurydice’ Tries to Raise the Dead

Germany’s next chancellor is something of an enigma. He comes to power with a dizzying array of challenges, raising questions about whether he can fill the very big shoes of his predecessor.

He Convinced Voters He Would Be Like Merkel. But Who Is Olaf Scholz?

Their office-tower studios could not be less bohemian, but the artists in residence at a law firm’s offices in California say the spaces spur creativity nonetheless.

Cultivating Art, Not Argument, at a Los Angeles Law Office

In resettling thousands of displaced Afghans, the Biden administration must weigh their need for support against the needs of the U.S. labor market.

For Afghan Refugees, a Choice Between Community and Opportunity

Three white men were found guilty of murder and other charges on Wednesday for the pursuit and fatal shooting of Ahmaud Arbery, a 25-year-old Black man.

Three men are found guilty of murder in Arbery shooting.

Organizers of the “Unite the Right” demonstration suffered a damaging legal defeat this week. But four years after the rally, their message has seeped closer to the conservative mainstream.

Charlottesville Extremists Lose in Court, but Replacement Theory Lives On

Whether it’s the emotion coursing through Enda Walsh’s plays or the energy pulsing through the streets of New York, the star of “Medicine” is picking it up.

Domhnall Gleeson Feels That Crackle in the Air

The anthropologist Nastassja Martin has written a slender but expansive book in which she grapples with the physical and philosophical fallout of a near-death experience.

‘In the Eye of the Wild,’ a Haunting Memoir About Life After a Bear Attack

My children do not understand my world and I do not understand theirs.

I Grew Up Poor. How Am I Supposed to Raise My Middle-Class Kids?

If you love to talk to people, this is the coat for you.

Feeling Rich in the Yeezy Gap Jacket

Following a severe recession in 2015 and 2016, Brazil’s housing market began a period of slow recovery, which accelerated during the pandemic.

House Hunting in Brazil: A 19th-Century House on the Coast

The internet allows us to discover, select and combine the spiritual traditions that suit us best. In a new exhibition, artists are exploring the connections between ancient beliefs and futuristic systems.

Space Pagans and Smartphone Witches: Where Tech Meets Mysticism

A new Twitter account has amassed a following by sharing highly filtered versions of well-known images.

What Does It Mean to ‘Yassify’ Anything?

Quotation of the Day for Wednesday, November 24, 2021.

Quotation of the Day: Black Triathlete Endured to Be Her Sport’s First

A helium-filled Grogu designed by the toy company Funko will fly above the streets of New York in the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade.

Get Ready for the Baby Yoda Balloon

Teenagers are making boats using the wood from her grove installation at Madison Square Park, and the artist is happy that the work is seeing a new life.

Maya Lin’s Dismantled ‘Ghost Forest’ to Be Reborn as Boats

Last Grammys, the singer became the first Black woman to be nominated for a solo country performance award. This time, she’s back with three more chances to win.

November 24, 2021

Headlines from November 24, 2021

‘Clyde’s’ Review: Sometimes a Hero Is More Than Just a Sandwich

NASA Launches New Mission: Crash Into Asteroid, Defend Planet Earth

Wall Street Grudgingly Allows Remote Work as Bankers Dig In

The Inflation Miscalculation Complicating Biden’s Agenda

He’s Steering Volkswagen, With His Eyes on Beating Tesla

Billboard 200

Red (Taylor's Version)

An Evening With Silk Sonic

Formula Of Love: O+T=<3

Still Over It

Certified Lover Boy

Historical Context for November 24, 2021