Today’s Paper

With Purple Gold and Bouncy Metal, a Canadian Chemist Shines on YouTube

By Vjosa Isai and Nasuna Stuart-Ulin

A Rescue Dog Went Blind. Now She’s Helping Other Pups Avoid Her Fate.

By Amelia Nierenberg

During Ukraine’s Incursion, Russian Conscripts Recount Surrendering in Droves

By Andrew E. Kramer and David Guttenfelder

As the Convention Nears, Chicagoans Wonder: Will It Be a Nuisance or a Party?

By Julie Bosman and Jamie Kelter Davis

The Next Stop for Denver Campus Protesters Is the Democratic Convention

By Audra D. S. Burch and Kelley Manley

Biden’s Goodbye to Politics Will Begin in Earnest With His Convention Speech

By Katie Rogers

Betty A. Prashker, 99, Who Pushed Boundaries in Book Publishing, Dies

By Trip Gabriel

Rabbi Shmuel Butman, 81, a Brooklyn Voice of Ultra-Orthodox Jews, Is Dead

By Sam Roberts

Jerry Fuller, Songwriter of ‘Young Girl’ and ‘Travelin’ Man,’ Is Dead at 85

By Alex Traub

How a Brooklyn Business Owner and Foodie Spends Her Sundays

By Ilana Kaplan

When Breaking the Dress Code Depends on Skin Color, and If You’re Skinny

By Ginia Bellafante

‘We Were Sitting on a Bench Resting Our Tired Legs Late in the Day’

An Earthling With an Extraterrestrial Pen Pal Imagines a Cooler World

By Haruka Aoki

An Unexpected Bright Spot in Theater? Look to Wisconsin.

By Elisabeth Vincentelli

Ariana Greenblatt on the ‘Stupid’ Movie That Inspires Her

By Sarah Bahr

For Abortion Providers, a Tough Business Gets Even Tougher

By Jennifer Miller

The Big Number: 2.9%

By Santul Nerkar

The Office Assassin

By Anna Holmes

Trump Has Opened the Pathway to Reform

By Jamelle Bouie

Masculinity Is on the Ballot

By Ross Douthat

The Dems Are Delighted. But a Coup Is Still a Coup.

By Maureen Dowd

The Man Who Tried to Solve Immigration for the G.O.P.

By Lulu Garcia-Navarro

My Aunt’s Son Shouldn’t Be a Dad. Must I Congratulate Her on the New Grandkid?

By Kwame Anthony Appiah

Judge John Hodgman on the Constitutionality of the ‘Pizza Tax’

By John Hodgman

Yoko Ogawa Loves Finding Love at the Bookstore

4 New Horror Novels Full of Ghosts, Monsters and Other Terrors

By Gabino Iglesias

A Memoir of Hot Sex, Hot Chocolate and Freedom — Not in That Order

By Joanna Rakoff

The Taste of Dirt

By Paul McAdory

My Wild Night With Edna O’Brien

By Giulia Melucci

Parents Rage Against New Fee to Keep Their Smart Bassinets Smart

By Sandra E. Garcia and Rachel Sherman

She Got Kicked Out of Canada. Their Story Didn’t End There.

By Tammy LaGorce

A Childhood Crush Becomes Something More in Adulthood

By Valeriya Safronova

And the Groom Wore Shorts

By Alyson Krueger

The Federal Child Tax Credit Allowed Some Parents to Go It Alone

By Jill Terreri Ramos

When Can You Alter a Landmark Building (and When Can’t You)?

By Jill Terreri Ramos

Homes for Sale in Manhattan and Brooklyn

By Heather Senison

Does an Artist Ever Work Alone?

By Hanya Yanagihara

A New Line of Clothes Fit for Magical Rituals, or Just Errands

By Emilia Petrarca

The Tonka Bean Is Banned. So Why Is It Popping Up on Dessert Menus?

A Project That Celebrates Collaboration and Cooperation

By Sarah Bahr

Quotation of the Day: Lafayette Bids Adieu Again, 200 Years After Farewell Tour

Corrections: Aug. 18, 2024