Day: January 8, 2020

The Secret Behind Amazon Package Delivery to West Africa

January 8, 2020
New York’s informal network of couriers with roundabout shipping routes.Arame Wade lives in Harlem and uses her great-aunt’s house in Dakar as a distribution center for the packages she transports.Credit...Roshni Khatri for The New York TimesPublished Dec. 30, 2019Updated Dec. 31, 2019In a building on West 147th Street, the mail carriers know apartment 1A. Boxes…

The U.N.’s Tainted Legacy in Haiti

January 8, 2020
Opinion|The U.N.’s Tainted Legacy in HaitiThe agency’s peacekeepers left a trail of cholera and fatherless children in the Western Hemisphere’s poorest country.By The Editorial BoardThe editorial board is a group of opinion journalists whose views are informed by expertise, research, debate and certain longstanding values. It is separate from the newsroom.Dec. 23, 2019A United Nations…

Joe Biden Is Sounding Like a Pundit, and He’s Bullish on a Certain Former V.P.

January 8, 2020
Political MemoAs he campaigns, Mr. Biden offers free-flowing analysis about the race he’s running in. Among his takes: He should be described as the front-runner, and he’s best positioned to beat President Trump.Former Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. argues that as the Democratic presidential nominee, he would help other Democratic candidates on the ballot.Credit...Hilary…