The Philadelphia History Museum Is Closing Its Doors (Maybe for Good)
Revenue is down and talks with Temple University abruptly fell through, city officials said. Now they don’t know when the museum will reopen.
Parents and Children Remain Separated by Miles and Bureaucracy
Some 2,000 children are still scattered across the country, with no clear path to reunification. Here’s the story of two mothers.
He Was Denied a Commission in 1942. Now The Army Is Making Amends.
In this week’s Race/Related newsletter: The stories of a black soldier who served in World War II and the Japanese-Americans who were forced into internment camps.
San Francisco Is So Expensive, You Can Make Six Figures and Still Be ‘Low Income’
Families of four in San Francisco, San Mateo and Marin Counties can earn up to $117,400 and still qualify as low-income — the nation’s highest threshold of its kind.
A Long Journey North for Migrants That May End Where It Started
In the Rio Grande Valley near McAllen, Tex., a New York Times photographer witnessed the fragments of the immigration crisis as it played out.
Kennedy’s Retirement Could Threaten Efforts to End Partisan Gerrymandering
The Supreme Court once seemed poised to rule that partisan redistricting was unconstitutional. Now that seems unlikely — and grass-roots efforts against gerrymanders may be imperiled.
SURFACING: Conjuring Spirits in Florida
In Sarasota, there is a community surrounding a litany of roadside psychics and more than 100 mediums and spiritual guides. Why?
3 Black U.S. Senators Introduce Bill to Make Lynching a Federal Hate Crime
More than 4,000 people were lynched in the United States from 1882 to 1968, according to the three senators who introduced the bill.
Prankster Calls the President, and the White House Puts Him Right Through
A shock jock pretending to be Senator Robert Menendez, Democrat of New Jersey, talked to President Trump, who was on Air Force One at the time, about immigration and more.
Gunman’s Rampage Turned Quiet Newsroom Into Chaos
Employees huddled under desks, urgently texting, tweeting and calling 911 as a gunman fired into the Capital Gazette newsroom.
Here Are the Biggest Stories in American Politics This Week
From Justice Anthony M. Kennedy’s decision to retire from the Supreme Court to upsets in midterm primaries, it was a busy week in American politics. Here are some of the highlights from the headlines this week.
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