And just like that, we’re in 2018. It’s Golden Globes weekend, so get to know some of the nominees (Greta Gerwig, Tom Hanks and Meryl Streep). You might be reckoning with frigid temperatures — and maybe your New Year’s resolutions (we’re not judgy if you haven’t kept them). So wrap up in a warm blanket and read a few of these great stories. If video is more your thing, we have that, too!
The case for the subway
It built the city. Now, no matter the cost — at least $100 billion — the New York City must rebuild it to survive. And ICYMI, Brian M. Rosenthal wrote last week about the astronomical cost of building a mile of subway track: $3.5 billion. Magazine/New York
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The new red carpet
In the aftermath of the #MeToo movement and the sexual harassment scandal roiling Hollywood, will the Golden Globes rewrite the rules for awards seasons to come? Styles
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A Cuban island that has played both paradise and prison
The Isle of Youth — which has been both a Communist Utopian getaway and home to a brutal prison that housed Castro for a time — is a world apart, even by Cuban standards. Travel
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Inside a Suicide Prevention Center in Puerto Rico
Months after Hurricane Maria devastated Puerto Rico, Caitlin Dickerson, a Times reporter, visits a suicide prevention center where calls are on the rise. Public health officials say there are signs of a severe mental health crisis on the island.
By CAITLIN DICKERSON and TED BOURNE on Publish Date January 4, 2018. . Watch in Times Video »A suicide hotline in Puerto Rico
Hurricane Maria left destruction on many levels — including psychological — in Puerto Rico. In this video, we go inside the territory’s only suicide hotline, which has been inundated by calls from people thinking of taking their own lives. Video
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Yuzuru Hanyu is Michael Jackson on the ice
He is the reigning men’s Olympic figure skating champion and perhaps the greatest skater of any era, and Winnie the Pooh is his good luck totem. But with an injured ankle, there are questions about whether Hanyu will be able to compete in the Winter Olympics. Sports
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With ‘The Chi,’ Lena Waithe heads home in search of the real Chicago
Her Showtime series aims to paint her hometown in all its complexities and nuances, not just the unremitting violence depicted on the news. Arts & Leisure
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Male nurses explain why nursing is a job of the future for men
The experiences of male nurses offer lessons that could help address a problem of our time: how to prepare workers for the fastest-growing jobs, when more than a quarter of adult men are not in the labor force. Upshot
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Scandals keep breaking, but restaurateurs have yet to own up
Our restaurant critic, Pete Wells, writes that the silence from chefs and owners has been deafening, but they need to admit and address the sexual predation that seems endemic to the business. Food
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Greta Gerwig: my mother, my city
The actress and director explains how her love of New York is inextricably entwined with how she was introduced to it: on foot, by her smart, funny Sacramento mom. Arts
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City of addict entrepreneurs
The drug crisis has turned countless recovered addicts into businesspeople: They get clean, open their own clinics, and sometimes, as happened in Prescott, Ariz., take over the neighborhood. This story is one in a series The Times published on the business of addiction. Find other stories in the series here. Business
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Meryl Streep and Tom Hanks on power and the #MeToo moment
In a wide-ranging conversation, the stars discuss President Trump, the fallout from the Harvey Weinstein case and why they hadn’t worked together until “The Post.” Arts
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The struggling artist at 86
Harry Bertschmann started his art career exhibiting alongside Mark Rothko and Franz Kline. For the next 60 years, he painted in almost total obscurity. Now he wants to get discovered. Arts
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