New York Times

A collection of stories on the challenges and joys of coming out later in life.

Indonesia’s Bajo people, who once spent most of their lives in boats or offshore huts, are adopting more sedentary habits, but without forsaking their deep connection to the sea.

Our critics select 33 standouts from our weekly Playlists — and seven more tracks they had missed.

Their first debate, on CNN, is approaching on June 27, and the second is set for early September on ABC News.

Their passion for fruit you’ve never heard of started small. Now they have a botanical garden that’s open to the public.

We have Earth’s off-kilter tilt to thank for the summer solstice, as well as the different seasons.

Sylvia Gonzalez, a Texas city councilwoman, said officials violated the First Amendment by arresting her after she criticized the city manager.

Audaciously and laughably, a playboy plutocrat turns himself into Everyman.

The founder of the renowned Woods Hole Research Center in Massachusetts, he was not afraid to leverage credible scientific findings to influence public attitudes and government strategy.

Both the congressman and his Trump-backed challenger are election deniers, raising the question of whether either would accept an adverse result in his own race.

A U.S. military jury decided on a 30-year prison term. But under a plea deal, the prisoner’s sentence will end in 2032.

A major lawsuit against racial inequality in New York City’s public schools is moving forward. Already, local districts in the city were trying different measures to diversify schools.

For many Palestinians, securing approval to exit the territory is possible only after raising thousands of dollars to pay middlemen or an Egyptian company.

A new poll of female voters finds that concerns about inflation are still paramount, even as abortion could motivate Democratic women in states where the issue is on the ballot.

An exhibition in downtown Manhattan showcases more than a dozen grass-roots efforts to rebuild war-stricken cities.

Officials kept rates at their highest level since 2008 for a seventh consecutive meeting, even as inflation dipped to 2 percent in May.

The administration should have a consistent vision on immigration instead of ping-ponging between border harshness and beneficial half-measures for some of the undocumented.

I don’t like operating in unison and I’ve never been much of a tribalist or a joiner.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. did not meet the criteria to make the debate stage next week, according to the outlet, denying him the opportunity to confront President Biden and Donald J. Trump.

Let’s not make it the future, too.