The Organ Transplant List Is Being Ignored

From The New York Times. Organ transplant waiting lists are designed to fairly distribute organs to the sickest patients in order of priority. Or so we thought. A New York Times investigation shows that the list leaves many patients waiting for organs despite being next in line. Brian Rosenthal, a New York Times reporter, explains…

5 Photos Show How the Ukraine War Changed

From The New York Times. On the third anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Tyler Hicks, a war photographer for The New York Times, looks back at five photos he took during the conflict and reflects on how the rules of engagement have changed, affecting what he can document and what the world can witness.…

The One Idea That Connects Trump’s Recent Actions

From The New York Times. President Trump’s team has embraced an expansive version of the so-called unitary executive theory, a legal ideology that says that the Constitution should be understood as prohibiting Congress from placing any limits on the president’s control of the executive branch. Our reporters explain Trump’s apparent strategy. Video by Astead W.…

Germany’s Far-Right Comeback | NYT Opinion

From The New York Times. Germany is a world champion at confronting its own history. Through memorial after memorial, the country has attempted to atone for its atrocities during the Holocaust and World War II. “Never again” has become a nationwide slogan. In this Opinion Video, the satirist Jan Böhmermann — think Germany’s John Oliver…

Watch Demi Moore Transform in ‘The Substance’

From The New York Times. A miracle drug starts to create some side effects in this scene from “The Substance.” Elisabeth Sparkle (Demi Moore) has been taking a black-market drug that has created a younger version of herself, Sue (Margaret Qualley). Her time must be divided between the younger and older versions on a strict…

Trump’s Plan to Remake the Federal Work Force

From The New York Times. One of President Trump’s first executive orders claims the power to fire, and hire, tens of thousands of career civil servants across the government. Astead W. Herndon, a national politics reporter and the host of the politics podcast “The Run-Up,” explains the order, which has drawn lawsuits from federal unions.…