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Mr. Benkada limped out of the N at 36th Street, his black sweatpants drenched in blood gushing from a hole a little bigger than a quarter in his right knee. The station only has one exit, at the back of the Manhattan-bound platform. But as others fell to the ground…

“I didn’t like Trump six years ago,” he told a small crowd of supporters this week at a brewery in Hilliard. “I did not think he was going to be a good president. I was very happy to be proven wrong.” He added, “I was very proud to support the…

Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Stitcher | How to Listen Elizabeth Alexander’s new book, “The Trayvon Generation,” grew out of a widely discussed essay of the same name that she wrote for The New Yorker in 2020. The book explores themes of race, class and justice and their intersections…

The New York Times is interested in hearing stories from people who have quit their jobs during the pandemic. Did you quit your job at some point in the last two years? We’d like to talk to you! Even before the pandemic, people were quitting: jobs, school and more. But…

“I have to succeed,” Ms. Hochul told me. “There is no choice.” The ‘Accidental’ Governor Ms. Hochul’s ascension might look like an accident, a fluke of political turmoil and timing. But that’s not quite right. She herself is actually more like the opposite. Not an accident of the political culture…