NBC’s Ronna McDaniel Hire Wasn’t Politics, or TV, as Usual
The deal with a former R.N.C. chair who enabled election deniers risked the credibility of NBC News — and ended up pleasing no one.
By James Poniewozik
Recent and archived work by Jack D’Isidoro for The New York Times
The deal with a former R.N.C. chair who enabled election deniers risked the credibility of NBC News — and ended up pleasing no one.
By James Poniewozik
How the Criterion Collection became the film world’s arbiter of taste.
By Joshua Hunt, Aaron Esposito, Jack D’Isidoro, John Woo, Daniel Farrell and Andrea Vancura
Local lore says that one 82-year-old professor has probably taught more Afghan women drivers in a California town than there are in all Afghanistan. For them, it’s not about empowerment; it’s for groceries.
By Miriam Jordan and Rachel Bujalski
The final concert of the Japanese virtuoso is captured in an aching meditation on mortality and legacy.
By Alissa Wilkinson
Once dependent on Europe for trade, Russia has been forging new routes that will allow it to skirt Western restrictions. A planned railway through Iran could be key for those ambitions.
By Ivan Nechepurenko and Sergey Ponomarev
A redesign of M.L.B.’s uniforms has put Fanatics and Nike at the center of a debate about performance versus quality in sportswear.
By Eve Peyser
Many suffered setbacks after the State Supreme Court ruled that frozen embryos were children. “Someone else’s opinion changed my future,” one woman said.
By Roni Caryn Rabin
The hacking shut down the nation’s biggest health care payment system, causing financial chaos that affected a broad spectrum ranging from large hospitals to single-doctor practices.
By Reed Abelson and Julie Creswell
The Black share of the electorate had been on the rise for decades, but in some counties, a Supreme Court decision in 2013 changed that, according to a new analysis.
By Nick Corasaniti
The occasion was a profile of a “Curb Your Enthusiasm” co-star, but Lewis got plenty of good lines in as he reminisced about starting out with Larry David.
By Melena Ryzik