December 15, 2023

Ken Dorph had grown out his white beard, but a tense discussion of the Israel-Hamas war at a local synagogue led to complaints that cost him the gig.

Tommy DeVito, the Giants’ rookie star quarterback, is beloved by his state’s Italian Americans. He’s billed as “the Passing Paisan.”

Ukrainian men are reporting incidents of wrongful draft notices, unprofessional medical commissions and coercive mobilization tactics.

These eight performers and artists broke away from the pack this year, delighting us and making us think.

This is the inside story of how the Supreme Court overturned the constitutional right to abortion — shooting down compromise and testing the boundaries of how the law is decided.