Two Reporters Navigate Mountains of Packages in New York
The signs were all around us. The city’s infrastructure can’t keep pace with the e-commerce boom.
Facing a Pollution Crisis, Netherlands Tells Drivers to Slow Down
The government lowered the daytime speed limit on Dutch highways, to 62 miles per hour, in an attempt to cut nitrogen pollution.
How Bad Is China’s Debt? A City Hospital Is Asking Nurses for Loans
The city of Ruzhou spent big, then used its health care workers to raise money, as local governments look for ways to keep the economy going.
It’s the End of California as We Know It
The fires and the blackouts are connected to a larger problem in this state: a failure to live sustainably.
It’s the End of California as We Know It
The fires and the blackouts are connected to a larger problem in this state: a failure to live sustainably.
Rebuilding America’s Infrastructure
A reader says the wealthy and corporations should be taxed more heavily to help pay for updating the country’s highways, airports and so on. Also: On hiring more women and minorities.
Venezuela’s Water System is Collapsing
To understand how far it has deteriorated, The New York Times ran tests and found dangerous levels of bacteria.
Japan Spent Mightily to Soften Nature’s Wrath, but Can It Ever Be Enough?
After a typhoon’s record-breaking rains breached dozens of levees, the country is wondering whether even the costliest systems can be future-proofed for the age of climate change.
A Bridge Only Sledgehammers Can Fix Will No Longer Sabotage Rush Hour
The Portal Bridge in New Jersey is one of the busiest rail bridges in the country. But when it opens it often gets stuck, paralyzing train traffic.
China Is Leasing an Entire Pacific Island. Its Residents Are Shocked.
What could Beijing want with Tulagi, where Allied forces fought a bloody battle with Japan in World War II? Some fear military ambitions.