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One person, one vote is the democratic ideal. So why is the American system of voting still based on the Electoral College? In this opinion piece from The New York Times, Jesse Wegman explains the myths that keep us clinging to this system of voting – and why it may be finally time to let them go.

The bombshell revelations that President Donald Trump paid just $750 in federal income taxes the year he ran for office and paid no income taxes at all in many others threaten to undercut a pillar of his appeal among blue-collar voters and provide a new opening for his Democratic rival just two days before the first presidential debate.

President Donald Trump paid just $750 in federal income taxes the year he ran for president and in his first year in the White House, according to a report Sunday in The New York Times.

Some parts of the U.S. will have an easier time coping with climate change than others. A New York Times reporter talked to a climate adaptation expert who has decided that Duluth, Minnesota, may be the “most climate-proof city” in America and a prime destination for future “climate migrants.”

Even after coronavirus cases subsided in New York City, health care workers who battled the worst of the pandemic are still struggling with the mental health consequences. The New York Times interviewed NYC health care workers about their long-term emotional struggles.

One of the country’s primary coronavirus hotspots is in Houston’s Harris County, Texas, where more than 65,000 cases have been reported. The New York Times followed one Houston family after multiple members caught coronavirus and two were hospitalized.

A new documentary from Netflix and The New York Times, “Father Soldier Son,” follows a U.S. Army Ranger platoon sergeant and the impact of his deployment to Afghanistan on his family. Directors and Times journalists Catrin Einhorn and Leslye Davis joined LX News to discuss what they learned about how military service affects families.

New data shows more people are on board with wearing masks but still not everyone. Erika Gonzalez reports the New York Times put together a detailed map showing usage by zip code.

The New York Times reports on first images taken of the sun from a joint operation involving the European Space Agency and NASA and what information those images are revealing about the sun’s surface and how it affects us here on Earth.

Studies estimate that 90 percent of American children have a social media presence by age 2. The New York Times captured a few families’ conversations about parenting and “sharenting,” or the overuse of social media by parents, which can lead to identity theft and online fraud.

As the coronavirus outbreak flared in China, censorship rules prevented citizens from sharing information about the crisis. The New York Times talked to some of the digital-savvy citizens who put their own freedom at risk to create a digital archive of the outbreak.

Across the country, parents are having difficult conversations with their children about race and racism. A new mother tells The New York Times her hopes and fears about raising a Black son in America.

Guatemala is not the home they chose, but it’s the only home they have thanks to the Trump Administration’s Asylum Cooperation Agreement which has turned the violent and poverty-stricken country into an outsourced asylum, according to the New York Times.

Is the American Dream losing its shine? The New York Times interviewed Europeans about everything from our parental leave policies to our health care to our diets. They weren’t always impressed.

The Black community has been especially hard-hit by coronavirus. In New York City’s neighborhood of Harlem, funeral director Isaiah Owens scrambled at the peak of the outbreak to keep up with the influx of dead — including his own friends — while keeping his commitment to offer dignified open casket funerals for every victim of the virus. The New York...

Today we have access to an array of products and services designed to optimize our time and fill every last moment with productivity. But what are we really getting done? The New York Times explores how much productivity is too much.

A growing number of people around the world are coping with some form of grief in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic. For some, it is the grief of losing a loved one or a familiar way of life. It can even be grief over the loss of touch. Celebrity therapist Esther Perel explains for The New York Times how...

On an early episode of “Queer Eye,” Tan France tried and failed to make a French omelette. Watch his co-star Antoni Porowski challenge him redeem himself by trying the recipe again.

White House Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany condemned The New York Times for publishing a story about the alleged Russia bounty payments for the killing of U.S. troops. “This level of controversy and discord plays directly into the hands of Russia and unfortunately serves their interest,” she said.

It’s not socialism, just smart business. The NBA figured out long ago its best team was only as strong as its weakest. It’s a lesson the United States could stand to learn in the fight to end inequality.