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A New Path in Mexico

The shadow of Andres Manuel Lopez was cast on a screen Sunday as he gave his first victory speech as president-elect at his campaign headquarters in Mexico City.

Think Summer Child Care Is Tough? Low-Income Families Deal With That All Year

A Hopeful Moment for Uzbekistan

Under President Shavkat Mirziyoyev of Uzbekistan, some human rights have gradually begun to improve.

Strongmen Have the Edge With Trump. Why Not Maduro?

President Nicolás Maduro of Venezuela at a financial institution meeting in the capital of Caracas in May.

No Way Out: ‘12 Years a Slave’

Lupita Nyong'o as Patsey and Chiwetel Ejiofor as Solomon Northup in "12 Years a Slave."

Catherine Deneuve and the French Feminist Difference

Actress Catherine Deneuve, one of the authors of a letter published in Le Monde critical of the #MeToo movement.

The Rise and Fall of China’s ‘Stout,’ ‘Dark’ and ‘Not Pretty’ Pop Star

Wang Ju, a contestant on the popular online Chinese talent show “Produce 101,” performing in the show’s finale on June 23.

Dislike Comey, Despise Trump

James Comey testifying before Congress in June, left; President Trump in the Oval Office in January.

The Rise of the Muslim Woman Tech Entrepreneur

Women at a job fair in Jakarta, Indonesia, in 2014.

Enough Is Enough

People comforted one another at a vigil outside Santa Fe High School on Friday.

Why Real Wages Still Aren’t Rising

A worker at a pipe factory in Baytown, Tex. Real wages for blue-collar workers have been effectively flat despite a tight labor market.

The Afrofuturism Behind ‘Black Panther’

A detail of a cover of “Black Panther,” written by Ta-Nehisi Coates and drawn by Brian Stelfreeze.

How Congress Can Protect Mueller

Robert S. Mueller III, the special counsel overseeing the Russia investigation, leaving the Capitol in June.

Will Apathy Defeat de Blasio’s Grand Plan for Democracy?

Mayor Bill de Blasio delivering the State of the City address on Tuesday.

V.S. Naipaul, My Wonderful, Cruel Friend

V.S. Naipaul in 2001, the year he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature.

When Charity Workers Turn Predatory

A man passing an Oxfam sign in a camp on the outskirts of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, for people displaced by the 2010 earthquake.