Ruth Fremson

Jan 23, 2025 | nytimes.com | John Branch |Ruth Fremson

It started as a joke on a Facebook forum in August, when news came that Mt. Bachelor, one of the country's biggest ski areas, was for sale. "I've got $20 and some old boards I can pitch in," Dan Cochrane, a snowboarder from nearby Bend, Ore, wrote. Chris Porter, another local snowboarder and a high school business teacher, did not know Cochrane. He responded with a more sober tone. "If anybody is serious about doing a feasibility study, I'm all in and would love to chat," Porter wrote.

Oct 30, 2024 | nytimes.com | Erica L. Green |Ruth Fremson

Donald Trump has won white women, the country’s largest voting bloc, for two elections running. White female Democrats are trying to stop that from happening again, but it may be an uphill fight.

Apr 21, 2024 | nytimes.com | Kate Zernike |Ruth Fremson

Image As a throwback ski destination, Alta, thinks small, with a one-room public school to match. WHY WE'RE HEREWe're exploring how America defines itself one place at a time. In Utah, a one-room schoolhouse has helped preserve the family atmosphere of a cult-favorite ski town. As long as it has had a ski resort, Alta, Utah, has been a place where young people come to work for a season before starting life in the real world, then end up staying for two or 10 or 20 years - even a lifetime.

Dec 10, 2023 | nytimes.com | Rukmini Callimachi |Ruth Fremson

Dozens of parking lots have opened across the country for working people who can afford a car but not rent.