Our world in photos: July 2 July 2, 2026 A global photo roundup captures sports, Pride celebrations, healthcare struggles, and political moments across the U.S., Europe, and Cuba. Read more »
✰PREMIUM When your local reflecting pool or pond turns green with algae, don’t reach for chemicals. Nature has better solutions July 2, 2026 When the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool turned green with algae, the U.S. government scrambled for chemicals and expensive solutions.
✰PREMIUM You’ve never heard of these glaciers, but they’re becoming critical climate havens as America’s iconic mountain glaciers and their water fade July 2, 2026 While meltwater from rock glaciers alone certainly won’t make up for the glaciers lost, it could help mitigate the most severe impacts.
✰PREMIUM Second annual Southwest Brooklyn’s Men of Distinction Awards recognize locals July 1, 2026 Southwest Brooklyn leaders honored 11 local men at the second annual Men of Distinction awards recognizing community service and civic impact.
✰PREMIUM Director and Knicks fanatic Spike Lee visits Legend’s Sporting Goods in Bay Ridge July 1, 2026 Spike Lee visited a Bay Ridge sports store celebrating renewed Knicks championship excitement, drawing fans and boosting business.
✰PREMIUM Before Brooklyn, there was nature July 1, 2026 A new Green-Wood exhibit explores Brooklyn’s natural landscape before development and how its ecology can inform the city’s future.
Our world in photos: July 1 July 1, 2026 Global photos capture cultural traditions, extreme weather, wildlife and sports fans from Indonesia to India, Europe and beyond.
✰PREMIUM Looking at history from the hyperlocal ‘hoods’ where it happened: Historian Ron Schweiger retells Battle of Brooklyn June 30, 2026 Brooklyn historian Ron Schweiger retraced the Battle of Brooklyn through the neighborhoods, landmarks and stories that shaped it. Read More »
✰PREMIUM Some kinds of insider trading are perfectly legal, and they offer useful signals about a company’s health June 29, 2026 It’s a mantra among business executives that slashing their workforce will streamline operations and increase productivity. Read More »
✰PREMIUM As Route 66 turns 100, what is it that we’re actually celebrating? June 29, 2026 As a historian of Route 66, I’ve written about how there are really two versions of this 2,448-mile (3,940-kilometer) stretch of pavement. Read More »
Kim Stanley Robinson expresses ‘angry optimism’ about climate change at Pioneer Works June 25, 2026 Author Kim Stanley Robinson discussed climate change, utopias and “angry optimism” during a Pioneer Works talk in Brooklyn. Read More »
✰PREMIUM How the U.S. Supreme Court decides its cases: A step‑by‑step guide June 24, 2026 Each June, the nation turns its attention to the U.S. Supreme Court as it hands down some of its most consequential decisions. Read More »
✰PREMIUM 30 years after ‘Reasonable Doubt,’ Jay‑Z’s career embodies hip‑hop’s biggest contradictions June 24, 2026 “Reasonable Doubt” was not the first rap album I ever owned. But Jay-Z’s debut was the first hip-hop album I bought with my own money. More importantly, it was the Read More »
