Did America Betray Afghanistan?

President Biden’s rationale for withdrawing U.S. forces from Afghanistan has long been simple: No progress was going to be made that hadn’t been made already, and after losing 20 years, $2 trillion and 2,448 American lives, the United States had sacrificed enough....

11 New Books We Recommend This Week

If you’ve seen our guide to the big books of September, you may already be clearing your schedule in anticipation. But you don’t have to wait: This week’s recommended reading is more than enough to get you through the holiday weekend. … Read the full article at...

Bernie Sanders: I Know Where I Came From. Does President Trump?

My father came to this country from Poland at the age of 17 with barely a nickel in his pocket. I spent my first 18 years, before I left home for college, in a three-and-a-half-room, rent-controlled apartment in Brooklyn. My mother’s dream was to own her own home, but...

4 Writers to Watch This Summer

When Tope Folarin, who was born in Utah to Nigerian parents, won the Caine Prize for African Writing in 2013, there was some controversy over whether he qualified as an African writer. … Read the full article at The New York Times.

Closing the Racial Wealth Gap

In her 2018 book, “Give People Money,” the journalist Annie Lowrey delivered a stinging criticism of the ways in which the United States has essentially won the race to the bottom when it comes to the distribution of wealth: “We tolerate levels of poverty that are...

The New 30-Something

It’s the financial riddle of the 30-something years. How does anyone, even those with a stable, upwardly mobile job, let alone a family, afford to live in places like New York City, Los Angeles, Boston, Chicago, San Francisco or Washington, D. C.? The answer: Many are...

How I Would Spend Trump’s Wall Money

Is an additional $5.7 billion for a border wall really the best way to protect Americans? While President Trump is playing with billions of dollars and millions of lives, I decided to play with that money, too – to advance the greater good. … Read the full...

Judge Deals AT&T a Setback: DealBook Briefing

Expect the revolution imminently. For the first time, and after much protest, public companies must report their employees’ median pay and compare it with that of the chief executive. The Dodd-Frank Act, passed nearly eight years ago, required the disclosure, and...

Judge Deals AT&T a Setback: DealBook Briefing

For the first time, and after much protest, public companies must report their employees’ median pay and compare it with that of the chief executive. The Dodd-Frank Act, passed nearly eight years ago, required the disclosure, and firms are now disclosing it in proxy...

Vietnam Pulls Request for U.S. Help to Build a Coal-Fired Power Plant

A Vietnamese company is no longer seeking American financial support to build a coal-fired power plant in Vietnam, bringing to an abrupt end a closely watched test of whether Washington would back international projects that could potentially contribute to climate...

Trump Moves to Greatly Expand Offshore Drilling: DealBook Briefing

In a statement, National Ocean Industries Association president Randall Luthi said: “NOIA welcomes the bold and broad offshore leasing proposal released today by the Department of the Interior.” The new plan will not immediately green-light drilling. Finalizing the...

The Fallout From Michael Wolff’s Trump Book: DealBook Briefing

Could the G.O.P. tax overhaul cut executive pay? The new law does away with corporate tax deductions for performance-based pay — like the huge stock-based packages C.E.O.s have enjoyed since the 1990s. Here’s what Sarah Anderson of the social justice think tank...

New York Times Op-Ed: America’s Stacked Deck

It’s a little bizarre this political season to see wealthy candidates in both parties denouncing our political system for representing mostly the interests of, well, wealthy people. Bizarre, perhaps, and sometimes a tad hypocritical, but also accurate. America’s...