Science can find a cure for our diseases, but not for our societal ills.

The decline, which is the largest seen in a single year since World War II, reflects the pandemic’s sustained toll on Americans, particularly the disproportionate impact of covid-19 on communities of color.

Leap in malnutrition during Covid shows urgent need to overhaul global food systems, report warns

Homes going $850,000 above asking, 96 offers in one weekend, and more tales from America’s most intense housing frenzy.

Far from dissipating over the last decade, misogyny in the ad industry has simply mutated into something insidious, invisible, lurking in the shadows. It’s time to fire up the floodlights.

U.S. households added $13.5 trillion in wealth last year, the biggest increase in records going back three decades.

During the first seven months of the COVID-19 pandemic, more than 175,000 crowdfunding campaigns were established in the US for coronavirus-related ne…

The Rent Guidelines Board is expected to decide soon on an increase ranging from 0% to 2% for one-year leases. Residents are seeking a second rent freeze while building owners are calling for a thaw with rent relief aid for all finally on the way.

Travelers, tourism professionals and medical experts share their perspectives.

Key takeaways: At the beginning of the pandemic, we showed that not everybody can work from home, with the ability to telework differing enormously by race and ethnicity. As with the pre-pandemic period, there remains a large disparity between the share of Black and Hispanic workers who are able to telework during the pandemic, compared…

Struggling households shoulder greater burden of fees and interest, highlighting the need for innovative solutions that reduce economic pressures...

The spread of the pandemic in poor countries has drained many families who had to spend their life savings trying to help loved ones.

The topline numbers hide important trends by race and political party.

The U.S., U.K. and China are roaring ahead, while most lower income nations are struggling, reversing decades of progress in alleviating global poverty. “This has become the inequality virus.”

To build a more equitable future, examine the past

Since March 2020, New York Times reporters have tracked every known coronavirus case in every correctional setting in the nation. More than 2,700 inmates have died.

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The widening gap is fueling frustration and potentially extending the pandemic.

As tech campuses became ghost towns, the people who kept them running—cooks, custodians, drivers—faced an existential threat to their livelihoods.

A solar battle in California could shift the state's trajectory on renewables and set a precedent for whether clean energy can scale up without creating inequitable costs, analysts say.

Widespread disease outbreaks have the potential to shock societies into new ways of living.