Besides their military failures, the Russians entered the war believing they could persuade Ukrainians in the east to join their side. Those efforts have failed spectacularly.

Russia’s Grave Miscalculation: Ukrainians Would Collaborate

A growing cohort of young enthusiasts is helping to shape the future of an antique trade.

Meet the New Old Book Collectors

A loose brotherhood of inmates came together to share knowledge on how to prove their innocence. It took decades, but it worked.

How 5 Convicted Murderers Banded Together to Get Out of Prison

To many New Yorkers, he was their brash and blustery mayor. But friends are now describing the private strain endured by a public man laboring to conceal his sexual orientation.

The Secrets Ed Koch Carried

The Supreme Court draft opinion signals a new era for the 50-year effort to end the constitutional right to abortion. Next goals include a national ban and, in some cases, classifying abortion as homicide.

Where Does the Anti-Abortion Movement Go After Roe?

Advances by Ukrainian forces in the northeast appeared to have forced Russians to move back toward the border, blowing up bridges behind them and contradicting the Kremlin narrative.

Russian Pullback Seen Near Kharkiv, Despite Victory Day Push for Gains

An online fracas over a book review is the latest blowup in a field that has been roiled in recent years with acrimonious debate over race.

Medieval Scholars Spar on a Modern Battlefield: Twitter

A standard 120-volt outlet in your garage can do the job, if slowly. Anything more may require an electrician and a steeper price tag.

So You Want to Buy an Electric Car. Where Are You Going to Charge It?

Child poverty is a not a problem without a solution.

We Pay to Keep the Old Out of Poverty. Why Won’t We Do the Same for the Young?

Quotation of the Day for Saturday, May 7, 2022.

Quotation of the Day: Being Cautious Through Your Grief

When Florida revoked Disney’s tax privileges, business leaders were shocked. Now, a Supreme Court leak has made some of them terrified of speaking out. More than a decade after the rise of the employee activist movement, corporate America faces tougher decisions.

Companies Are Stuck Between Their Workers and Politicians

We can’t pretend that making it a criminal act won’t have consequences.

How Will We Punish the Women Who Have Abortions?

Many factors drove women into the work force in greater numbers in the 1970s. Scholars argue that abortion access was an important one.

How Roe Shaped the World of Work for Women

It was the second such declaration in weeks by Gotabaya Rajapaksa, whose government is being blamed for the country’s deepening economic crisis.

Sri Lanka’s President Declares State of Emergency Again Amid Protests

Election results reflected the demoralization of unionist voters, the disarray of their leaders and an electorate with new priorities — much of which can be traced to Brexit.

As Britain Turned Away From E.U., Northern Ireland Turned to Sinn Fein

This Mother’s Day, think about how far we have to go — and remember how far we’ve come.

What It Takes to Get America’s Moms What We Need

We are grieving the loss of the familiar. 

In Grief Is How We Live Now

A new study suggests that a widespread species of the ancient feline predators concealed their deadly teeth when they weren’t on the attack.

We’ve Been Drawing These Saber-Tooth Cats All Wrong

We invited high school students to write letters reacting to a recent article, and here are some of our favorites.

Teenagers’ Views of the News

A new decree requires women to fully cover themselves and suggests that the burqa is the preferred option. Male relatives of those who do not comply will be punished, it said.

Taliban Impose Head-to-Toe Coverings for Women

Marilyn Monroe v. Samuel Alito

Why Roe v. Wade may be overturned by the very forces of polarization it unleashed.

How Roe Warped the Republic

The Biden administration’s push for Taiwan to order missiles and smaller arms for asymmetric warfare has gained urgency since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

U.S. Presses Taiwan to Buy Weapons More Suited to Win Against China

If the Supreme Court overturns Roe v. Wade, all 50 states will be free to set their own rules, leading to one America where access to an abortion is guaranteed and another where it is outlawed.

Battle Over Abortion Threatens to Deepen America’s Divide

A consortium led by Todd Boehly, a part-owner of the Los Angeles Dodgers, will pay $3.1 billion for the soccer club, the highest price ever paid for a sports team.

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Headlines from May 7, 2022

Russia’s Grave Miscalculation: Ukrainians Would Collaborate

Meet the New Old Book Collectors

How 5 Convicted Murderers Banded Together to Get Out of Prison

The Secrets Ed Koch Carried

Where Does the Anti-Abortion Movement Go After Roe?

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