/* ==================================================================
   THE CRANBERRY JOURNAL — editorial stylesheet
   Type: Newsreader (headlines and body, variable optical size 6..72)
         UnifrakturMaguntia (nameplate) · Inter (metadata/nav/labels)
   One serif family across display and text is deliberate — Newsreader's
   opsz axis does the work that a separate display cut used to.
   Palette: strictly black and white. Paper #fff, ink #121212,
   grays for metadata, black surfaces for masthead band and footer.
   ================================================================== */

:root {
  --paper: #fffefb;
  --ink: #141414;
  --ink-soft: #333333;
  --gray: #6b6b6b;
  --gray-light: #9b9b9b;
  --rule: #e2e2e2;
  --rule-dark: #121212;
  --green: #121212;        /* dark surfaces: utility bar, footer, buttons */
  --green-soft: #1e1e1e;
  --cranberry: #7b1e2e;    /* the single accent */
  --gold: #7b1e2e;         /* accent on white: kickers, active states */
  --gold-bright: #ffffff;
  --accent: #7b1e2e;
  /* Two families, the way a broadsheet works: a high-contrast display face
     carries the headlines, a text face built for reading carries the body.
     One family everywhere reads editorial-modern; the contrast is what reads
     as newspaper. Playfair's sharp serifs and vertical stress do against
     Newsreader roughly what Cheltenham does against Imperial. */
  --serif: "Newsreader", Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;
  --display: "Playfair Display", "Newsreader", Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;
  --blackletter: "UnifrakturMaguntia", "Old English Text MT", "Chomsky", serif;
  --cond: "Inter", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;
  --sans: "Inter", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;
  --measure: 680px;
  /* Optical size stops. Newsreader's display cut has finer hairlines and
     tighter spacing; the text cut opens up for reading at small sizes. */
  --opsz-display: 60;
  --opsz-head: 24;
  --opsz-text: 12;
}

/* Let the browser track opsz to font-size everywhere, then override
   explicitly at the sizes where the automatic mapping is not what an
   editor would choose. */
html { font-optical-sizing: auto; }

* { box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0; padding: 0; }
html { -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; }
body {
  background: var(--paper);
  color: var(--ink);
  font-family: var(--serif);
  font-size: 16px;
  line-height: 1.62;
  font-variation-settings: "opsz" var(--opsz-text);
}
img { display: block; width: 100%; height: auto; background: #efefef; }
a { color: inherit; text-decoration: none; }
.article-body a {
  color: var(--ink);
  text-decoration: underline;
  text-decoration-color: rgba(123, 30, 46, 0.45);
  text-decoration-thickness: 1px;
  text-underline-offset: 3px;
}
.article-body a:hover { color: var(--cranberry); text-decoration-color: var(--cranberry); }

.wrap { max-width: 1180px; margin: 0 auto; padding: 0 20px; }

:focus-visible { outline: 2px solid var(--accent); outline-offset: 2px; }
@media (prefers-reduced-motion: reduce) { * { transition: none !important; } }

/* ------------------------------------------------ utility bar */
.utility-bar {
  background: var(--paper);
  border-bottom: 1px solid var(--rule);
  font-family: var(--sans);
  font-size: 11px;
  letter-spacing: 0.04em;
  color: var(--gray);
}
.utility-inner {
  display: flex; justify-content: space-between; align-items: center;
  height: 40px;
}
.utility-sections {
  font-family: var(--sans); font-weight: 600; font-size: 12px;
  letter-spacing: 0.04em; color: var(--ink);
  border: 1px solid var(--rule); padding: 5px 12px;
}
.utility-sections:hover { border-color: var(--ink); }
.utility-search { letter-spacing: 0.1em; font-weight: 600; font-size: 12px; text-transform: uppercase; color: var(--ink); }
.utility-search:hover { color: var(--cranberry); }

/* ------------------------------------------------ masthead */
.masthead-band { background: var(--paper); }
.masthead { text-align: center; padding: 18px 20px 14px; }
.edition { display: none; }
.brand {
  font-family: var(--blackletter); font-weight: 400;
  font-size: clamp(38px, 5.6vw, 62px);
  letter-spacing: 0; line-height: 1.05; color: var(--ink);
}
.brand a { color: var(--ink); }
.brand a:hover { color: var(--cranberry); }
.tagline {
  margin-top: 7px;
  font-family: var(--sans); font-size: 10px; font-weight: 500;
  letter-spacing: 0.3em; text-transform: uppercase; color: var(--gray-light);
}

/* ------------------------------------------------ section nav */
.section-nav {
  border-bottom: 1px solid var(--rule);
  position: sticky; top: 0; background: var(--paper); z-index: 50;
  box-shadow: 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.02);
}
.nav-inner {
  display: flex; justify-content: center; gap: 0;
  overflow-x: auto; scrollbar-width: none;
}
.nav-inner::-webkit-scrollbar { display: none; }
.section-nav a {
  font-family: var(--sans); font-weight: 600; font-size: 12.5px;
  letter-spacing: 0.02em; text-transform: none;
  padding: 11px 14px; white-space: nowrap;
  border-bottom: 2px solid transparent;
}
.section-nav a:hover { color: var(--cranberry); }
.section-nav a.active { border-bottom-color: var(--cranberry); color: var(--ink); }

main { padding-top: 44px; padding-bottom: 64px; }

/* ------------------------------------------------ headlines */
.hl {
  font-family: var(--display); font-weight: 700; letter-spacing: 0;
}
.hl a:hover { color: var(--cranberry); }
.hl-xl {
  /* The lead must be unmistakably dominant. At 33px against a 26px river the
     eye had no clear entry point; the gap is now roughly 2:1. */
  font-size: clamp(28px, 3.9vw, 43px); line-height: 1.12;
  font-weight: 700;
}
.hl-lg { font-size: clamp(19px, 2.1vw, 24px); line-height: 1.26; }
.hl-md { font-size: 17px; line-height: 1.32; }
.hl-sm { font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.38; }
.hl-opinion { font-family: var(--display); font-style: normal; font-weight: 600; }

.kicker {
  display: inline-block;
  font-family: var(--sans); font-weight: 600; font-size: 10px;
  letter-spacing: 0.09em; text-transform: uppercase;
  color: var(--cranberry); margin-bottom: 5px;
}
.kicker:hover { color: var(--ink); }
.kicker-opinion { color: var(--gray); }

.deck {
  font-size: 16.5px; line-height: 1.52; color: var(--gray);
  font-weight: 400; margin-top: 10px;
}
.excerpt { font-size: 14.5px; line-height: 1.55; color: var(--gray); margin-top: 6px; }
.story-meta {
  font-family: var(--sans); font-size: 11.5px; color: var(--gray-light);
  margin-top: 8px; letter-spacing: 0.01em;
}
.story-meta a { color: var(--gray); }
.story-meta a:hover { color: var(--accent); }

.rule { border: 0; border-top: 1px solid var(--rule); margin: 20px 0; }

/* ------------------------------------------------ front page lead */
.front-lead {
  display: grid; grid-template-columns: 1fr 340px; gap: 32px;
  padding-bottom: 34px; border-bottom: 1px solid var(--rule);
  position: relative;
}
.front-lead::after {
  content: ""; position: absolute; left: calc(100% - 340px - 16px);
  top: 0; bottom: 24px; width: 1px; background: var(--rule);
}
.story-lead .story-image { margin-bottom: 14px; }
.story-lead .kicker { margin-bottom: 8px; }

.story-secondary { display: grid; grid-template-columns: 110px 1fr; gap: 14px; align-items: start; }
.story-secondary .story-thumb img { aspect-ratio: 4/3; object-fit: cover; }
.story-secondary .hl-md { font-size: 17.5px; }
.story-secondary .story-meta { margin-top: 6px; }

.front-latest-row {
  display: grid; grid-template-columns: repeat(4, 1fr); gap: 24px;
  padding: 18px 0 26px; border-bottom: 1px solid var(--rule);
}
.front-latest-row .story-headline:not(:first-child) { border-left: 1px solid var(--rule); padding-left: 24px; }

/* ------------------------------------------------ section blocks */
.home-section { padding: 38px 0 40px; border-bottom: 1px solid var(--rule); }
.home-section:last-of-type { border-bottom: 0; }

.section-head {
  border-bottom: 1px solid var(--ink);
  padding-bottom: 7px; margin-bottom: 22px;
}
.section-title {
  font-family: var(--sans); font-weight: 700; font-size: 13px;
  letter-spacing: 0.14em; text-transform: uppercase; color: var(--ink);
}
.section-title a { color: var(--ink); }
.section-title a:hover { color: var(--gray); }
.chev { color: var(--cranberry); font-weight: 400; }

.read-more {
  flex-shrink: 0;
  font-family: var(--sans); font-weight: 600; font-size: 11px;
  letter-spacing: 0.14em; text-transform: uppercase; color: var(--gray);
}
.read-more:hover { color: var(--ink); }

.latest-list { display: grid; gap: 0; }
.latest-item {
  display: grid; grid-template-columns: 150px 1fr; gap: 20px;
  padding: 18px 0; border-bottom: 1px solid var(--rule);
  align-items: start;
}
.latest-item:last-child { border-bottom: 0; }
.latest-item .story-thumb img { aspect-ratio: 4/3; object-fit: cover; }
.latest-item-noimg { grid-template-columns: 1fr; }

.cat-grid {
  display: grid; grid-template-columns: 1.6fr 1fr 0.9fr; gap: 28px;
}
.cat-grid > div + div { border-left: 1px solid var(--rule); padding-left: 28px; }
.cat-lead .story-image { margin-bottom: 12px; }
.cat-headlines .story-headline { padding: 2px 0; }
.cat-headlines .hl-sm { font-size: 16px; }

.opinion-grid { display: grid; grid-template-columns: repeat(4, 1fr); gap: 28px; }
.opinion-grid .story-opinion:not(:first-child) { border-left: 1px solid var(--rule); padding-left: 28px; }
.opinion-section .section-head { border-bottom-color: var(--cranberry); }

.empty-note { color: var(--gray); padding: 24px 0; }

/* ------------------------------------------------ archive pages */
.archive-head { border-bottom: 2px solid var(--ink); padding-bottom: 10px; margin-bottom: 24px; }
.archive-title {
  font-family: var(--display); font-weight: 700; color: var(--ink);
  font-size: clamp(24px, 3vw, 31px); letter-spacing: 0; line-height: 1.16;
}
.cat-archive-top { padding-bottom: 24px; border-bottom: 1px solid var(--rule); margin-bottom: 4px; }
.pager {
  display: flex; justify-content: space-between; align-items: center;
  font-family: var(--sans); font-size: 13px; margin-top: 28px;
  border-top: 1px solid var(--rule); padding-top: 14px;
}
.pager a { font-weight: 600; }
.pager a:hover { color: var(--accent); }
.pager-info { color: var(--gray); }

/* ------------------------------------------------ article page */
.breadcrumb {
  font-family: var(--sans); font-size: 12px; color: var(--gray);
  margin-bottom: 20px;
}
.breadcrumb a:hover { color: var(--accent); }
.breadcrumb span { color: var(--gray-light); }

.article-hero { max-width: 980px; margin: 0 auto 20px; }
.article-hero img { aspect-ratio: 16/9; object-fit: cover; }
figcaption {
  font-family: var(--sans); font-size: 12px; color: var(--gray); letter-spacing: 0.01em;
  padding-top: 8px; line-height: 1.5;
}
.credit { text-transform: uppercase; font-size: 10.5px; letter-spacing: 0.08em; color: var(--gray-light); }

.article-head { max-width: 860px; margin: 0 auto 30px; text-align: left; }
.article-title {
  font-family: var(--display); font-weight: 700; color: var(--ink);
  font-size: clamp(26px, 3.5vw, 38px); line-height: 1.18;
  letter-spacing: 0; margin-top: 6px;
}
.article-deck {
  font-size: clamp(17.5px, 2.1vw, 20px); line-height: 1.52;
  font-weight: 400; color: var(--ink-soft); margin-top: 14px; max-width: 760px;
}
.byline-row {
  display: flex; flex-wrap: wrap; align-items: baseline; gap: 8px 24px;
  border-top: 1px solid var(--rule); border-bottom: 1px solid var(--rule);
  margin-top: 22px; padding: 10px 0;
  font-family: var(--sans); font-size: 13px;
}
.byline a { font-weight: 600; }
.byline a:hover { color: var(--accent); }
.byline-role { color: var(--gray); margin-left: 6px; font-size: 12px; text-transform: uppercase; letter-spacing: 0.06em; }
.dateline { color: var(--gray); }
.share { margin-left: auto; display: flex; gap: 14px; align-items: baseline; }
.share-label { font-size: 10.5px; text-transform: uppercase; letter-spacing: 0.12em; color: var(--gray-light); }
.share a { font-weight: 600; font-size: 12.5px; }
.share a:hover { color: var(--accent); }

.article-layout {
  display: grid; grid-template-columns: minmax(0, 1fr) 300px; gap: 48px;
  max-width: 1080px; margin: 0 auto;
}
.article-body {
  max-width: var(--measure); font-size: 16.5px; line-height: 1.72;
  font-variation-settings: "opsz" var(--opsz-text);
}
.article-body p { margin-bottom: 1.35em; }
.article-body h2 {
  font-family: var(--serif); font-weight: 600; font-size: 22px; line-height: 1.28;
  font-variation-settings: "opsz" var(--opsz-head);
  color: var(--ink); margin: 1.6em 0 0.6em;
}
.article-body h3 {
  font-family: var(--serif); font-weight: 600; font-size: 18px;
  font-variation-settings: "opsz" var(--opsz-head);
  color: var(--ink); margin: 1.4em 0 0.5em;
}
.article-body ul, .article-body ol { margin: 0 0 1.35em 1.3em; }
.article-body li { margin-bottom: 0.4em; }
.article-body blockquote {
  border-left: 3px solid var(--ink); padding-left: 20px;
  color: var(--ink-soft); margin: 1.6em 0;
}
.article-body figure { margin: 2em 0; }
.article-body hr { border: 0; border-top: 1px solid var(--rule); margin: 2.2em auto; width: 120px; }
.article-body table { border-collapse: collapse; width: 100%; margin: 1.6em 0; font-family: var(--sans); font-size: 14px; }
.article-body th, .article-body td { border-bottom: 1px solid var(--rule); text-align: left; padding: 8px 12px 8px 0; }
.article-body th { font-family: var(--cond); text-transform: uppercase; letter-spacing: 0.08em; font-size: 12px; }

.pullquote {
  font-family: var(--display); font-weight: 600; font-style: italic;
  font-size: 22px; line-height: 1.42; letter-spacing: 0; color: var(--ink);
  border-top: 2px solid var(--ink); border-bottom: 1px solid var(--ink);
  padding: 18px 0; margin: 2em 0;
}

.dropcap > p:first-of-type::first-letter {
  font-family: var(--display); font-weight: 600; color: var(--ink);
  font-size: 56px; line-height: 0.86;
  font-variation-settings: "opsz" var(--opsz-display);
  float: left; padding: 5px 10px 0 0;
}

.source-note {
  font-family: var(--sans); font-size: 13px; color: var(--gray);
  border-top: 1px solid var(--rule); padding-top: 12px; margin-top: 2em;
}

/* ------------------------------------------------ sidebar */
.article-sidebar { font-family: var(--sans); }
.sb-module { border-top: 2px solid var(--ink); padding: 14px 0 22px; }
.sb-title {
  font-family: var(--sans); font-weight: 700; font-size: 11.5px; color: var(--ink);
  letter-spacing: 0.18em; text-transform: uppercase; margin-bottom: 12px;
}
.sb-title::after { content: ""; display: block; width: 34px; height: 2px; background: var(--cranberry); margin-top: 6px; }
.sb-ad {
  border: 1px solid var(--rule); border-top: 1px solid var(--rule);
  height: 250px; display: flex; align-items: center; justify-content: center;
  color: var(--gray-light); font-size: 10.5px; text-transform: uppercase; letter-spacing: 0.2em;
  margin-bottom: 26px;
}
.sb-ad::before { display: none; }
.most-read { list-style: none; counter-reset: mr; }
.most-read li {
  counter-increment: mr; display: grid; grid-template-columns: 34px 1fr; gap: 10px;
  padding: 9px 0; border-bottom: 1px solid var(--rule);
  font-family: var(--display); font-weight: 600; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.4;
}
.most-read li::before {
  content: counter(mr);
  font-family: var(--display); font-weight: 500; font-size: 25px; line-height: 1;
  color: var(--gray-light);
}
.most-read li:last-child { border-bottom: 0; }
.most-read a:hover { color: var(--accent); }
.sb-item { padding: 8px 0; border-bottom: 1px solid var(--rule); }
.sb-item:last-child { border-bottom: 0; }
.sb-item .kicker { font-size: 10px; margin-bottom: 2px; }
.sb-link { display: block; font-family: var(--display); font-weight: 600; font-size: 14.5px; line-height: 1.4; }
.sb-link:hover { color: var(--accent); }
.sb-newsletter p { font-size: 13px; color: var(--ink-soft); line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 12px; }
.sb-newsletter input {
  width: 100%; border: 1px solid var(--rule); padding: 9px 10px;
  font-family: var(--sans); font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 8px; background: var(--paper);
}
.sb-newsletter button {
  width: 100%; background: var(--green); color: #fff; border: 0;
  font-family: var(--cond); font-weight: 600; text-transform: uppercase;
  letter-spacing: 0.14em; font-size: 12px; padding: 10px; cursor: pointer;
}
.sb-newsletter button:hover { background: #333; }

/* ------------------------------------------------ author box */
.author-box {
  display: grid; grid-template-columns: 84px 1fr; gap: 20px;
  border-top: 2px solid var(--ink); margin-top: 3em; padding-top: 20px;
  background: #fafaf8;
  padding: 20px; border: 1px solid var(--rule); border-top: 2px solid var(--ink);
}
/* Monogram, not a missing photograph. These bylines carry no portrait by
   choice — a stock face beside a staff title would present a real person as a
   journalist here — so the mark is designed to read as house style rather
   than as an empty frame waiting to be filled. Serif initials in cranberry,
   a double rule echoing the nameplate, cream ground. */
.author-mono {
  position: relative;
  width: 72px; height: 72px; flex-shrink: 0;
  display: flex; align-items: center; justify-content: center;
  font-family: var(--display); font-weight: 700; font-size: 27px;
  letter-spacing: 0.02em;
  color: var(--cranberry); background: var(--paper);
  border: 1px solid var(--ink);
  box-shadow: 0 0 0 1px var(--paper) inset, 0 0 0 3px var(--paper), 0 0 0 4px var(--rule);
}
/* hairline cross-rules top and bottom, the way a masthead device is ruled */
.author-mono::before,
.author-mono::after {
  content: ""; position: absolute; left: 9px; right: 9px; height: 1px;
  background: var(--rule);
}
.author-mono::before { top: 9px; }
.author-mono::after { bottom: 9px; }

.author-mono-lg {
  width: 104px; height: 104px; font-size: 38px;
}
.author-mono-lg::before { top: 13px; }
.author-mono-lg::after { bottom: 13px; }

/* byline-scale mark, for the author box beside a story */
.author-box .author-mono { width: 60px; height: 60px; font-size: 22px; }
.author-box .author-mono::before { top: 7px; }
.author-box .author-mono::after { bottom: 7px; }
.author-role {
  font-family: var(--sans); font-weight: 600; font-size: 10.5px;
  letter-spacing: 0.18em; text-transform: uppercase; color: var(--cranberry);
}
.author-name { font-family: var(--display); font-weight: 700; font-size: 19px; color: var(--ink); margin: 2px 0 6px; }
.author-name a:hover { color: var(--accent); }
.author-bio { font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.6; color: var(--ink-soft); }
.author-links { font-family: var(--sans); font-size: 12.5px; margin-top: 8px; }
.author-links a { font-weight: 600; }
.author-links a:hover { color: var(--accent); }

.author-page-head {
  display: grid; grid-template-columns: 110px 1fr; gap: 24px; align-items: start;
  border-bottom: 1px solid var(--rule-dark); padding-bottom: 24px; margin-bottom: 8px;
}
.author-page-head .author-bio { max-width: 640px; margin-top: 8px; }

/* ------------------------------------------------ related */
.related { max-width: 1080px; margin: 48px auto 0; }
.related-grid { display: grid; grid-template-columns: repeat(4, 1fr); gap: 24px; }
.related-grid .story-image { margin-bottom: 10px; }
.related-grid img { aspect-ratio: 3/2; object-fit: cover; }
.related-grid .hl-md { font-size: 16px; }

/* ------------------------------------------------ static pages */
.page-body { max-width: 760px; margin: 0 auto; }
.page-body .archive-title { border-bottom: 1px solid var(--rule-dark); padding-bottom: 12px; margin-bottom: 24px; }
.page-body .article-body { font-size: 16.5px; }

/* ------------------------------------------------ search */
.search-page { max-width: 760px; margin: 0 auto; }
.search-form { display: flex; gap: 0; margin: 20px 0 8px; }
.search-form input {
  flex: 1; border: 1px solid var(--rule-dark); border-right: 0;
  padding: 12px 14px; font-family: var(--serif); font-size: 16px;
}
.search-form button {
  background: var(--green); color: #fff; border: 0; cursor: pointer;
  font-family: var(--cond); font-weight: 600; text-transform: uppercase;
  letter-spacing: 0.12em; font-size: 13px; padding: 0 26px;
}
.search-form button:hover { background: #333; }
.search-count { font-family: var(--sans); font-size: 13px; color: var(--gray); margin: 12px 0 4px; }

/* ------------------------------------------------ footer */
.site-footer {
  background: #0f0f0f; color: rgba(255,255,255,0.75);
  margin-top: 48px; padding: 44px 0 40px; font-family: var(--sans);
}
.footer-brand { display: flex; align-items: baseline; gap: 16px; flex-wrap: wrap; margin-bottom: 30px; }
.footer-name {
  font-family: var(--blackletter); font-weight: 400; font-size: 28px;
  text-transform: none; letter-spacing: 0; color: #ffffff;
}
.footer-tag { font-family: var(--cond); font-size: 10.5px; letter-spacing: 0.26em; text-transform: uppercase; color: rgba(255,255,255,0.5); }
.footer-cols { display: grid; grid-template-columns: repeat(5, 1fr); gap: 28px; }
.footer-cols h4 {
  font-family: var(--sans); font-weight: 700; font-size: 11px;
  letter-spacing: 0.18em; text-transform: uppercase; margin-bottom: 12px;
  color: #ffffff;
}
.footer-cols ul { list-style: none; }
.footer-cols li { margin-bottom: 8px; }
.footer-cols a { font-size: 13px; color: rgba(255,255,255,0.78); }
.footer-cols a:hover { color: #ffffff; }
.footer-legal { border-top: 1px solid rgba(255,255,255,0.14); margin-top: 32px; padding-top: 18px; }
.footer-legal p { font-size: 12px; color: rgba(255,255,255,0.5); line-height: 1.6; max-width: 820px; }

/* ==================================================================
   RESPONSIVE
   ================================================================== */

@media (max-width: 980px) {
  .footer-cols { grid-template-columns: repeat(3, 1fr); }
  .front-lead { grid-template-columns: 1fr; gap: 24px; }
  .front-lead::after { display: none; }
  .front-lead-side { border-top: 1px solid var(--rule-dark); padding-top: 20px; }
  .front-latest-row { grid-template-columns: 1fr 1fr; gap: 18px 24px; }
  .front-latest-row .story-headline:not(:first-child) { border-left: 0; padding-left: 0; }
  .front-latest-row .story-headline:nth-child(even) { border-left: 1px solid var(--rule); padding-left: 24px; }
  .cat-grid { grid-template-columns: 1fr 1fr; }
  .cat-headlines { grid-column: 1 / -1; border-left: 0 !important; padding-left: 0 !important; border-top: 1px solid var(--rule); padding-top: 14px; }
  .opinion-grid { grid-template-columns: 1fr 1fr; gap: 20px 28px; }
  .opinion-grid .story-opinion:not(:first-child) { border-left: 0; padding-left: 0; }
  .opinion-grid .story-opinion:nth-child(even) { border-left: 1px solid var(--rule); padding-left: 28px; }
  .article-layout { grid-template-columns: 1fr; }
  .article-sidebar { max-width: var(--measure); border-top: 1px solid var(--rule-dark); padding-top: 24px; }
  .related-grid { grid-template-columns: 1fr 1fr; }
}

@media (max-width: 640px) {
  body { font-size: 16px; }
  .utility-motto { display: none; }
  .masthead { padding-top: 20px; }
  .nav-inner { justify-content: flex-start; }
  .cat-grid { grid-template-columns: 1fr; }
  .cat-grid > div + div { border-left: 0; padding-left: 0; border-top: 1px solid var(--rule); padding-top: 16px; }
  .front-latest-row { grid-template-columns: 1fr; }
  .front-latest-row .story-headline { border-left: 0 !important; padding-left: 0 !important; border-bottom: 1px solid var(--rule); padding-bottom: 14px; }
  .front-latest-row .story-headline:last-child { border-bottom: 0; padding-bottom: 0; }
  .opinion-grid { grid-template-columns: 1fr; }
  .opinion-grid .story-opinion { border-left: 0 !important; padding-left: 0 !important; border-bottom: 1px solid var(--rule); padding-bottom: 14px; }
  .latest-item { grid-template-columns: 100px 1fr; gap: 14px; }
  .article-body { font-size: 16px; }
  .byline-row { flex-direction: column; align-items: flex-start; gap: 6px; }
  .share { margin-left: 0; }
  .related-grid { grid-template-columns: 1fr; }
  .footer-cols { grid-template-columns: 1fr 1fr; gap: 22px; }
  .author-box { grid-template-columns: 64px 1fr; gap: 14px; }
  .author-mono { width: 64px; height: 64px; font-size: 22px; }
  .author-page-head { grid-template-columns: 1fr; }
}


/* ------------------------------------------------ NYT flavor */
.minread {
  display: inline-block;
  font-family: var(--sans); font-size: 10px; font-weight: 500;
  letter-spacing: 0.1em; text-transform: uppercase;
  color: var(--gray-light); margin-top: 8px;
}
.minread-article { margin-top: 0; }

/* Three-column NYT front page */
.front3 { grid-template-columns: 1.05fr 2fr 1fr; gap: 0; }
.front3::after { display: none; }
.front-col { padding: 6px 24px 0; }
.front-col-left { padding-left: 0; }
.front-col-op { padding-right: 0; border-left: 1px solid var(--rule); }
.front-col-main { border-left: 1px solid var(--rule); }
.front-col-left .story-text .hl-md { font-size: 17.5px; }
.story-text .excerpt { margin-top: 6px; }

.oprail-label {
  font-family: var(--sans); font-weight: 700; font-size: 11px;
  letter-spacing: 0.16em; text-transform: uppercase; color: var(--ink);
  border-bottom: 1px solid var(--rule); padding-bottom: 10px; margin-bottom: 18px;
}
.oprail-label a:hover { color: var(--gray); }
.oprail-author {
  font-family: var(--sans); font-weight: 600; font-size: 10.5px;
  letter-spacing: 0.12em; text-transform: uppercase; color: var(--gray);
  margin-bottom: 3px;
}
.oprail-author a:hover { color: var(--ink); }
.hl-op {
  font-family: var(--display); font-weight: 600; font-size: 17.5px;
  line-height: 1.3;
}
.story-oprail { padding: 4px 0 6px; }

/* Bottom-of-page news index, NYT style */
.news-index { border-top: 2px solid var(--ink); margin-top: 8px; padding: 22px 0 10px; }
.ni-head {
  font-family: var(--sans); font-weight: 700; font-size: 11px;
  letter-spacing: 0.18em; text-transform: uppercase; color: var(--ink);
  margin-bottom: 20px;
}
.ni-grid { display: grid; grid-template-columns: repeat(5, 1fr); gap: 26px 30px; }
.ni-title {
  font-family: var(--sans); font-weight: 700; font-size: 12px;
  letter-spacing: 0.04em; margin-bottom: 10px; color: var(--ink);
}
.ni-title a:hover { color: var(--gray); }
.ni-col ul { list-style: none; }
.ni-col li { margin-bottom: 9px; }
.ni-col a {
  font-family: var(--serif); font-size: 13.5px; line-height: 1.4; color: var(--ink-soft);
}
.ni-col a:hover { color: var(--ink); }

@media (max-width: 980px) {
  .front3 { grid-template-columns: 1fr; }
  .front-col { padding: 0; border-left: 0 !important; }
  main { padding-top: 30px; }
  .front-col-main { order: -1; margin-bottom: 20px; }
  .front-col-left { border-top: 1px solid var(--rule); padding-top: 18px; }
  .front-col-op { border-top: 1px solid var(--rule); padding-top: 18px; margin-top: 18px; }
  .ni-grid { grid-template-columns: repeat(3, 1fr); }
}
@media (max-width: 640px) {
  .ni-grid { grid-template-columns: 1fr 1fr; }
}


/* ------------------------------------------------ LAT flavor */
.tip-strip {
  border-top: 1px solid var(--rule); border-bottom: 1px solid var(--rule);
  font-family: var(--serif); font-size: 14.5px; color: var(--ink-soft);
  text-align: center; padding: 12px 0; margin-top: 4px;
}
.tip-strip a { color: var(--ink); font-weight: 600; text-decoration: underline; text-underline-offset: 2px; }
.tip-strip a:hover { color: var(--gray); }

.trend-grid { display: grid; grid-template-columns: repeat(3, 1fr); gap: 28px; }
.story-trend .story-image { margin-bottom: 10px; }
.story-trend img { aspect-ratio: 3/2; object-fit: cover; }

/* Editors' Pick dark banner */
.editors-pick {
  display: grid; grid-template-columns: 1fr 1.15fr; align-items: stretch;
  background: var(--green); color: #fff;
}
.ep-text { padding: 36px 40px; display: flex; flex-direction: column; justify-content: center; }
.kicker-light { color: rgba(255,255,255,0.65); }
.kicker-light:hover { color: #fff; }
.ep-title { font-weight: 700; font-size: clamp(21px, 2.3vw, 28px); line-height: 1.24; margin: 6px 0 12px; }
.ep-title a { color: #fff; }
.ep-title a:hover { color: rgba(255,255,255,0.7); }
.ep-excerpt { font-family: var(--serif); font-size: 15.5px; line-height: 1.6; color: rgba(255,255,255,0.82); }
.editors-pick .minread { color: rgba(255,255,255,0.55); margin-top: 14px; }
.ep-image img { height: 100%; object-fit: cover; aspect-ratio: auto; }

/* Voices-style bar on opinion columnists */
.oprail-author::before, .story-opinion .oprail-author::before {
  content: "|"; color: var(--cranberry); font-weight: 700; margin-right: 6px;
}

@media (max-width: 980px) {
  .trend-grid { grid-template-columns: 1fr 1fr; }
  .editors-pick { grid-template-columns: 1fr; }
  .ep-image { order: -1; }
  .ep-image img { aspect-ratio: 16/9; }
  .ep-text { padding: 24px 22px 28px; }
}
@media (max-width: 640px) {
  .trend-grid { grid-template-columns: 1fr; }
}


/* ------------------------------------------------ expansion pass */
.sponsored-label {
  display: inline-block; margin-left: 12px;
  font-family: var(--sans); font-weight: 700; font-size: 10px;
  letter-spacing: 0.14em; text-transform: uppercase;
  color: var(--gray); border: 1px solid var(--rule);
  padding: 3px 8px; vertical-align: middle;
}
.sponsor-disclosure {
  font-family: var(--sans); font-size: 13px; color: var(--gray);
  background: #f6f5f2; border-left: 3px solid var(--rule-dark);
  padding: 12px 16px; margin: 2em 0 0;
}

.tag-row { margin-top: 2.2em; font-family: var(--sans); font-size: 12px; }
.tag-row-label {
  font-weight: 700; font-size: 10.5px; letter-spacing: 0.16em;
  text-transform: uppercase; color: var(--gray); margin-right: 8px;
}
.tag-pill {
  display: inline-block; border: 1px solid var(--rule);
  padding: 4px 10px; margin: 0 6px 6px 0; font-weight: 500;
  color: var(--ink-soft);
}
.tag-pill:hover { border-color: var(--cranberry); color: var(--cranberry); }

.more-from { margin-top: 28px; }
.more-from-list { display: grid; grid-template-columns: repeat(4, 1fr); gap: 24px; }
.more-from-list .story-headline:not(:first-child) { border-left: 1px solid var(--rule); padding-left: 24px; }

.most-read-home { list-style: none; counter-reset: mrh; display: grid; grid-template-columns: repeat(3, 1fr); gap: 18px 32px; }
.most-read-home li {
  counter-increment: mrh; display: grid; grid-template-columns: 40px 1fr; gap: 12px;
  padding: 10px 0; border-bottom: 1px solid var(--rule); align-items: start;
}
.most-read-home li::before {
  content: counter(mrh);
  font-family: var(--display); font-weight: 400; font-size: 30px; line-height: 1;
  color: var(--cranberry);
}
.most-read-home li a {
  display: block; font-family: var(--display); font-weight: 400;
  font-size: 16.5px; line-height: 1.3;
}
.most-read-home li a:hover { color: var(--cranberry); }
.most-read-home .kicker { display: block; grid-column: 2; margin-bottom: 2px; }
.most-read-home li { grid-template-areas: "n k" "n t"; }

.authors-index { display: grid; grid-template-columns: 1fr 1fr; gap: 28px; }
.author-card {
  display: grid; grid-template-columns: 84px 1fr; gap: 18px;
  border-top: 2px solid var(--ink); padding-top: 18px;
}

.page-404 { max-width: 760px; margin: 0 auto; }
.p404-lede { font-size: 17px; color: var(--ink-soft); margin: 12px 0 18px; }
.p404-search {
  font-family: var(--sans); font-weight: 600; color: var(--cranberry); font-size: 15px;
}
.p404-sections { font-family: var(--sans); font-size: 14px; line-height: 2; }
.p404-sections a { font-weight: 600; }
.p404-sections a:hover { color: var(--cranberry); }

@media (max-width: 980px) {
  .most-read-home { grid-template-columns: 1fr 1fr; }
  .more-from-list { grid-template-columns: 1fr 1fr; }
  .more-from-list .story-headline { border-left: 0 !important; padding-left: 0 !important; }
  .authors-index { grid-template-columns: 1fr; }
}
@media (max-width: 640px) {
  .most-read-home { grid-template-columns: 1fr; }
  .more-from-list { grid-template-columns: 1fr; }
  .brand-sub { letter-spacing: 0.42em; text-indent: 0.42em; }
}


/* ------------------------------------------------ inline related module */
.inline-related {
  border-top: 1px solid var(--ink);
  border-bottom: 1px solid var(--ink);
  padding: 12px 0 14px;
  margin: 2em 0;
}
.inline-related-label {
  display: block;
  font-family: var(--sans); font-weight: 700; font-size: 10px;
  letter-spacing: 0.18em; text-transform: uppercase;
  color: var(--cranberry); margin-bottom: 6px;
}
.inline-related-link {
  font-family: var(--display); font-weight: 400;
  font-size: 19px; line-height: 1.25; color: var(--ink);
  text-decoration: none;
}
.inline-related-link:hover { color: var(--cranberry); }
.article-body .inline-related-link { text-decoration: none; }
@media (max-width: 640px) {
  .inline-related-link { font-size: 17.5px; }
}


/* ------------------------------------------------ editorial image system */
.ed-img { width: 100%; height: auto; object-fit: cover; object-position: 50% 40%; background: #efefef; }
.ratio-16-9 { aspect-ratio: 16 / 9; }
.ratio-3-2  { aspect-ratio: 3 / 2; }
.ratio-4-3  { aspect-ratio: 4 / 3; }
.ratio-2-1  { aspect-ratio: 2 / 1; }
.ratio-1-1  { aspect-ratio: 1 / 1; }
.ratio-4-5  { aspect-ratio: 4 / 5; }
.ratio-2-3  { aspect-ratio: 2 / 3; }
.ep-img { aspect-ratio: auto; height: 100%; }
.story-portrait .ed-img { aspect-ratio: 4 / 5; }

/* breaking news bar */
.breaking-bar {
  display: flex; align-items: baseline; gap: 12px; flex-wrap: wrap;
  border-top: 2px solid var(--cranberry); border-bottom: 1px solid var(--rule);
  padding: 9px 0; margin-bottom: 20px;
}
.breaking-label {
  font-family: var(--sans); font-weight: 700; font-size: 10px;
  letter-spacing: 0.18em; text-transform: uppercase; color: var(--cranberry);
}
.breaking-bar a {
  font-family: var(--display); font-weight: 400; font-size: 18px; line-height: 1.25;
}
.breaking-bar a:hover { color: var(--cranberry); }

/* opinion flag on article pages */
.opinion-flag {
  display: inline-block;
  font-family: var(--sans); font-weight: 700; font-size: 10.5px;
  letter-spacing: 0.16em; text-transform: uppercase; color: var(--cranberry);
  border-bottom: 2px solid var(--cranberry); padding-bottom: 3px; margin-bottom: 8px;
}

/* long-form feature presentation */
.article-feature .article-hero { max-width: 1180px; }
.article-feature .article-head { max-width: 900px; }
.article-feature .article-title { font-size: clamp(30px, 4.4vw, 48px); line-height: 1.14; font-weight: 800; }
.article-feature .article-deck { font-size: clamp(18px, 2.2vw, 22px); max-width: 800px; }
.article-feature .article-body { font-size: 17.5px; line-height: 1.75; }

/* opinion article presentation: author-forward, restrained imagery */
.article-opinion .article-hero { max-width: 760px; }

.article-opinion .byline { font-size: 14px; }


/* ================================================================
   EDITION PASS — ticker, two-tone labels, credits, bands
   ================================================================ */

/* two-tone section labels */
.lbl-a { color: var(--ink); }
.lbl-b { color: var(--gray-light); font-weight: 400; }
.opinion-section .lbl-b { color: var(--cranberry); opacity: 0.55; }

/* headlines ticker */
.ticker { border-bottom: 1px solid var(--rule); background: var(--paper); }
.ticker-inner { display: flex; align-items: stretch; gap: 0; height: 38px; overflow: hidden; position: relative; }
.ticker-label {
  flex-shrink: 0; display: flex; align-items: center;
  background: var(--ink); color: #fff;
  font-family: var(--sans); font-weight: 700; font-size: 10px;
  letter-spacing: 0.18em; text-transform: uppercase;
  padding: 0 14px; margin-right: 18px;
}
.ticker-items {
  display: flex; align-items: center; gap: 28px;
  overflow-x: auto; scrollbar-width: none; white-space: nowrap;
  -webkit-overflow-scrolling: touch;
  /* The five headlines are always wider than the row, so the last one used to
     be chopped mid-letter at the hard overflow edge. Fading it out instead
     reads as "there is more over here" rather than as a rendering fault. */
  scroll-padding-right: 56px;
}
.ticker-items::-webkit-scrollbar { display: none; }
/* Trailing spacer, sized to the fade so that at the end of the scroll the last
   headline sits clear of the gradient and is fully legible. padding-right on a
   flex scroll container is unreliable at the scroll extreme; a flex item is
   not. 8% matches the 92% gradient stop at every width. */
.ticker-items::after {
  content: ""; flex: 0 0 8%; min-width: 44px;
}
.ticker-items a {
  font-family: var(--sans); font-size: 12.5px; color: var(--ink-soft);
  flex-shrink: 0;
}
.ticker-items a:hover { color: var(--cranberry); }
/* Scroll affordance. Sits above the fade so it stays crisp while the headline
   beneath it dissolves, and never intercepts a click on the link underneath.
   Aligned to .wrap's 20px gutter so it lands exactly where the fade ends. */
/* scroll-behavior is deliberately NOT set here. Chrome drops smooth-scroll
   animations on a scroller with a masked ancestor, and this rail has one, so
   CSS smoothness would silently disable scrolling altogether. The buttons
   animate scrollLeft in JS instead. */

/* Real scroll controls, not decoration. The earlier chevron was painted with
   ::after and pointer-events: none, so it signposted a scroll it could not
   perform. These are buttons: clickable, focusable and keyboard-operable, and
   each hides itself at the end of its travel so the affordance never lies. */
.ticker-nav {
  position: absolute; top: 0; bottom: 0; z-index: 3;
  width: 46px; border: 0; cursor: pointer;
  font-family: var(--sans); font-size: 20px; line-height: 1;
  color: var(--gray); background: transparent;
  display: flex; align-items: center; justify-content: center;
  transition: color .15s ease;
}
.ticker-nav:hover { color: var(--cranberry); }
.ticker-nav[hidden] { display: none; }
.ticker-next {
  right: 0; justify-content: flex-end; padding-right: 18px; width: 84px;
  background: linear-gradient(to right, rgba(255,254,251,0) 0%, var(--paper) 58%);
}
.ticker-prev {
  left: 122px; justify-content: flex-start; padding-left: 6px; width: 74px;
  background: linear-gradient(to left, rgba(255,254,251,0) 0%, var(--paper) 58%);
}
/* The fade lives on this wrapper, NOT on the scrolling element. Chrome will
   not run a smooth-scroll animation on a masked scroller — assigning
   scrollLeft to a masked overflow container is silently dropped — so masking
   the parent keeps the fade and gives the buttons back their movement. */
.ticker-viewport {
  flex: 1; min-width: 0; display: flex; align-items: stretch;
  -webkit-mask-image: linear-gradient(to right, #000 92%, transparent 100%);
          mask-image: linear-gradient(to right, #000 92%, transparent 100%);
}
/* lifted once there is nothing further right, so the last headline is never
   dimmed for no reason */
.ticker-viewport.at-end {
  -webkit-mask-image: none;
          mask-image: none;
}
.ticker-cat {
  font-weight: 700; font-size: 10px; letter-spacing: 0.12em;
  text-transform: uppercase; color: var(--cranberry); margin-right: 7px;
}

/* photo credit overlay */
.hero-frame { position: relative; line-height: 0; }
.credit-overlay {
  position: absolute; right: 0; bottom: 0;
  background: rgba(18,18,18,0.78);
  padding: 4px 9px; line-height: 1.3;
}
.credit-overlay .credit {
  color: rgba(255,255,255,0.9); font-size: 9.5px;
  letter-spacing: 0.1em; text-transform: uppercase;
}

/* byline role in front-page metadata */
.meta-role {
  display: block; font-size: 10px; letter-spacing: 0.12em;
  text-transform: uppercase; color: var(--gray-light); margin-top: 1px;
}
.story-text .story-meta { margin-top: 6px; margin-bottom: 8px; }

/* newsletter band */
.news-band { background: var(--ink); color: #fff; margin: 8px 0 0; padding: 34px 28px; }
.band-inner {
  display: grid; grid-template-columns: 1.4fr 1fr; gap: 32px; align-items: center;
  max-width: 1080px; margin: 0 auto;
}
.band-kicker {
  font-family: var(--sans); font-weight: 700; font-size: 10.5px;
  letter-spacing: 0.18em; text-transform: uppercase;
  color: rgba(255,255,255,0.6); margin-bottom: 8px;
}
.band-title {
  font-family: var(--display); font-weight: 400;
  font-size: clamp(19px, 2.2vw, 25px); line-height: 1.28; color: #fff;
}
.band-form { display: flex; }
.band-form input {
  flex: 1; min-width: 0; border: 1px solid rgba(255,255,255,0.3); border-right: 0;
  background: transparent; color: #fff;
  font-family: var(--sans); font-size: 13px; padding: 11px 12px;
}
.band-form input::placeholder { color: rgba(255,255,255,0.45); }
.band-form button {
  border: 0; background: #fff; color: var(--ink); cursor: pointer;
  font-family: var(--sans); font-weight: 700; font-size: 11.5px;
  letter-spacing: 0.12em; text-transform: uppercase; padding: 0 20px;
}
.band-form button:hover { background: var(--cranberry); color: #fff; }

/* repeated footer masthead */
.footer-mast { text-align: center; border-top: 1px solid rgba(255,255,255,0.14); margin-top: 34px; padding-top: 26px; }
.footer-mast a {
  font-family: var(--blackletter); font-size: 34px; color: #fff; line-height: 1.1;
}
.footer-mast a:hover { color: rgba(255,255,255,0.75); }
.footer-mast-tag {
  font-family: var(--sans); font-size: 9.5px; letter-spacing: 0.3em;
  text-transform: uppercase; color: rgba(255,255,255,0.45); margin-top: 8px;
}
.footer-legal { text-align: center; }
.footer-legal p { margin: 0 auto; }

/* footer link bullets */
.footer-cols li { position: relative; padding-left: 14px; }
.footer-cols li::before {
  content: ""; position: absolute; left: 0; top: 7px;
  width: 5px; height: 5px; border: 1px solid rgba(255,255,255,0.4); border-radius: 50%;
}

/* long-form feature: no sidebar, centered measure */
.article-layout-feature { grid-template-columns: minmax(0, 1fr); max-width: 780px; }
.article-layout-feature .article-body { max-width: 100%; }

@media (max-width: 980px) {
  .band-inner { grid-template-columns: 1fr; gap: 20px; }
  .ticker-label { margin-right: 12px; }
}
@media (max-width: 640px) {
  .news-band { padding: 26px 18px; }
  .footer-mast a { font-size: 27px; }
}


/* ================================================================
   NEWS RIVER — chronological front page
   ================================================================ */
.news-river { border-top: 1px solid var(--rule); }
.river-item {
  display: grid; grid-template-columns: minmax(0, 1fr) 280px; gap: 32px;
  padding: 26px 0; border-bottom: 1px solid var(--rule); align-items: start;
}
.river-flags { display: flex; align-items: center; gap: 10px; margin-bottom: 6px; }
.river-flags .kicker { margin-bottom: 0; }
.flag-exclusive, .flag-sponsored {
  font-family: var(--sans); font-weight: 700; font-size: 9.5px;
  letter-spacing: 0.14em; text-transform: uppercase;
  padding: 3px 7px;
}
.flag-exclusive { background: var(--cranberry); color: #fff; }
.flag-sponsored { border: 1px solid var(--rule-dark); color: var(--ink); }
.hl-river { font-size: clamp(18px, 1.9vw, 23px); line-height: 1.28; font-weight: 700; }
.river-dek { font-size: 14.5px; line-height: 1.55; color: var(--gray); margin-top: 8px; max-width: 68ch; }
.river-meta {
  font-family: var(--sans); font-size: 11.5px; color: var(--gray-light);
  margin-top: 10px; display: flex; align-items: center; flex-wrap: wrap; gap: 0;
}
.river-meta a { color: var(--ink-soft); font-weight: 600; }
.river-meta a:hover { color: var(--cranberry); }
.river-sep { display: inline-block; width: 1px; height: 11px; background: var(--rule); margin: 0 12px; }
.river-thumb { display: block; }
.river-thumb .ed-img { aspect-ratio: 3 / 2; }

.more-stories {
  display: block; text-align: center; margin-top: 26px;
  background: var(--cranberry); color: #fff;
  font-family: var(--sans); font-weight: 700; font-size: 12px;
  letter-spacing: 0.14em; text-transform: uppercase; padding: 14px;
}
.more-stories:hover { background: var(--ink); color: #fff; }

/* dark interruption band */
.watch-band { background: var(--ink); color: #fff; padding: 26px 28px 30px; margin: 30px 0; }
.watch-head { display: flex; align-items: baseline; justify-content: space-between; margin-bottom: 20px; }
.watch-title { font-family: var(--display); font-weight: 400; font-size: 23px; color: #fff; }
.watch-all {
  font-family: var(--sans); font-weight: 600; font-size: 11px;
  letter-spacing: 0.12em; text-transform: uppercase; color: rgba(255,255,255,0.65);
}
.watch-all:hover { color: #fff; }
.watch-grid { display: grid; grid-template-columns: repeat(4, 1fr); gap: 22px; }
.watch-item h3 {
  font-family: var(--display); font-weight: 600; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.36; margin-top: 10px;
}
.watch-item h3 a { color: #fff; }
.watch-item h3 a:hover { color: rgba(255,255,255,0.7); }

/* featured voices */
.voices-grid { display: grid; grid-template-columns: repeat(5, 1fr); gap: 26px; }
.voice-col { border-top: 2px solid var(--ink); padding-top: 12px; }
.voice-name { font-family: var(--display); font-weight: 700; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.28; }
.voice-name a:hover { color: var(--cranberry); }
.voice-role {
  font-family: var(--sans); font-size: 9.5px; letter-spacing: 0.14em;
  text-transform: uppercase; color: var(--cranberry); margin: 4px 0 12px;
}
.voice-col ul { list-style: none; }
.voice-col li { margin-bottom: 10px; padding-bottom: 10px; border-bottom: 1px solid var(--rule); }
.voice-col li:last-child { border-bottom: 0; }
.voice-col li a { font-family: var(--serif); font-size: 13.5px; line-height: 1.4; color: var(--ink-soft); }
.voice-col li a:hover { color: var(--cranberry); }

/* latest by section — tinted block */
.latest-by-cat { background: #f7f6f2; padding: 30px 28px 26px; margin-top: 8px; }
.lbc-head { font-family: var(--display); font-weight: 400; font-size: 24px; margin-bottom: 22px; }
.lbc-grid { display: grid; grid-template-columns: repeat(4, 1fr); gap: 26px 30px; }
.lbc-title {
  font-family: var(--sans); font-weight: 700; font-size: 11.5px;
  letter-spacing: 0.16em; text-transform: uppercase; color: var(--cranberry);
  padding-bottom: 8px; border-bottom: 1px solid var(--rule); margin-bottom: 12px;
}
.lbc-title a { color: var(--cranberry); }
.lbc-title a:hover { color: var(--ink); }
.lbc-col ul { list-style: none; }
.lbc-col li { margin-bottom: 12px; padding-bottom: 12px; border-bottom: 1px solid var(--rule); }
.lbc-col li:last-child { border-bottom: 0; }
.lbc-col li a { font-family: var(--serif); font-weight: 500; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.42; color: var(--ink); font-variation-settings: "opsz" var(--opsz-head); }
.lbc-col li a:hover { color: var(--cranberry); }
.lbc-more {
  font-family: var(--sans); font-weight: 600; font-size: 10px;
  letter-spacing: 0.12em; text-transform: uppercase; color: var(--gray);
}
.lbc-more:hover { color: var(--cranberry); }

/* header tip control */
.utility-tip {
  font-family: var(--sans); font-weight: 600; font-size: 12px;
  color: var(--cranberry); border: 1px solid var(--cranberry);
  padding: 5px 12px; margin-left: 10px;
}
.utility-tip:hover { background: var(--cranberry); color: #fff; }
.utility-inner { gap: 10px; }
.utility-date { flex: 1; text-align: center; }

@media (max-width: 980px) {
  .river-item { grid-template-columns: minmax(0, 1fr) 200px; gap: 20px; }
  .watch-grid { grid-template-columns: 1fr 1fr; }
  .voices-grid { grid-template-columns: repeat(2, 1fr); }
  .lbc-grid { grid-template-columns: 1fr 1fr; }
}
@media (max-width: 640px) {
  .river-item { grid-template-columns: 1fr; gap: 14px; }
  .river-thumb { order: -1; }
  .river-dek { display: none; }
  .watch-grid { grid-template-columns: 1fr; }
  .voices-grid { grid-template-columns: 1fr; }
  .lbc-grid { grid-template-columns: 1fr; }
  .latest-by-cat { padding: 24px 18px; }
  .utility-date { display: none; }
}


/* ================================================================
   FRONT PAGE REFINEMENT — chip, centered lead, live rail
   ================================================================ */

/* TOP STORY chip riding the top edge of the lead photo */
.lead-frame { position: relative; padding-top: 16px; }
.top-story-chip {
  position: absolute; top: 0; left: 50%; transform: translateX(-50%);
  z-index: 2; background: var(--paper); border: 1px solid var(--ink);
  font-family: var(--sans); font-weight: 700; font-size: 9.5px;
  letter-spacing: 0.2em; text-transform: uppercase; color: var(--ink);
  padding: 6px 14px; white-space: nowrap;
}

/* centered lead presentation */
.lead-text { text-align: center; max-width: 640px; margin: 18px auto 0; }
.lead-text .kicker { margin-bottom: 8px; }
.story-lead .deck { margin-top: 12px; color: var(--ink-soft); }
.lead-byline {
  font-family: var(--sans); font-size: 10.5px; font-weight: 600;
  letter-spacing: 0.14em; text-transform: uppercase; color: var(--gray);
  margin-top: 14px;
}
.lead-byline a { color: var(--gray); }
.lead-byline a:hover { color: var(--cranberry); }

/* live latest-news rail */
.rail-list { border-top: 1px solid var(--rule); }
.rail-item { padding: 12px 0; border-bottom: 1px solid var(--rule); }
.rail-meta {
  display: flex; align-items: baseline; gap: 10px;
  font-family: var(--sans); font-size: 10px; letter-spacing: 0.1em;
  text-transform: uppercase; color: var(--gray-light); margin-bottom: 5px;
}
.rail-cat { color: var(--cranberry); font-weight: 700; }
.rail-cat:hover { color: var(--ink); }
.hl-rail { font-family: var(--display); font-weight: 600; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.36; }
.rail-more {
  display: block; text-align: right; margin-top: 14px;
  font-family: var(--display); font-size: 15px; color: var(--ink);
}
.rail-more span { color: var(--cranberry); }
.rail-more:hover { color: var(--cranberry); }

/* section descriptors */
.section-head { display: flex; align-items: baseline; gap: 14px; flex-wrap: wrap; }
.section-desc {
  font-family: var(--sans); font-size: 11.5px; color: var(--gray-light);
  letter-spacing: 0.01em; text-transform: none;
}

/* featured voices with monograms */
.voice-head { display: flex; align-items: flex-start; gap: 10px; margin-bottom: 12px; }
.voice-mono {
  flex-shrink: 0; width: 38px; height: 38px;
  border: 1px solid var(--ink); color: var(--cranberry); background: var(--paper);
  display: flex; align-items: center; justify-content: center;
  font-family: var(--display); font-weight: 700; font-size: 14px;
  letter-spacing: 0.02em;
  box-shadow: 0 0 0 2px var(--paper), 0 0 0 3px var(--rule);
}
.voice-role { margin: 3px 0 0; }

/* opinion two-column thumbnail rows */
.opinion-cols { display: grid; grid-template-columns: 1fr 1fr; gap: 0 40px; }
.op-row {
  display: grid; grid-template-columns: 72px 1fr; gap: 14px; align-items: start;
  padding: 14px 0; border-bottom: 1px solid var(--rule);
}
.opinion-col:first-child { border-right: 1px solid var(--rule); padding-right: 40px; margin-right: -40px; }
.op-row:last-child { border-bottom: 0; }
.op-thumb .ed-img { aspect-ratio: 1 / 1; }
.op-row .oprail-author { margin-bottom: 3px; }

@media (max-width: 980px) {
  .lead-text { max-width: 100%; }
  .opinion-cols { grid-template-columns: 1fr; gap: 0; }
  .opinion-col:first-child { border-right: 0; padding-right: 0; margin-right: 0; }
}
@media (max-width: 640px) {
  .top-story-chip { font-size: 9px; padding: 5px 11px; }
  .lead-text { text-align: left; }
  .op-row { grid-template-columns: 60px 1fr; gap: 12px; }
}


/* placeholder credit reads as what it is */
.credit-placeholder { opacity: 0.75; }
/* portrait-subject crops bias toward the face */
.ed-img { object-position: 50% 42%; }


/* vertical hero art sits centred rather than dominating the column */
.article-hero .ratio-2-3, .article-hero .ratio-4-5 { max-width: 600px; margin: 0 auto; display: block; }
.article-hero:has(.ratio-2-3) .hero-frame, .article-hero:has(.ratio-4-5) .hero-frame { max-width: 600px; margin: 0 auto; }


/* ================================================================
   MOBILE TOUCH TARGETS & INPUT SAFETY
   Scoped entirely to phone widths. Desktop rendering — including the
   homepage — is byte-identical to before this block existed.
   Apple's HIG asks 44px for controls; WCAG 2.5.8 exempts links sitting
   inside running prose, which is why body copy links are left alone.
   ================================================================ */
@media (max-width: 640px) {

  /* utility bar: Sections, tip line and Search were 30px / 30px / 19px */
  .utility-sections, .utility-tip, .utility-search {
    min-height: 44px; display: inline-flex; align-items: center;
  }
  .utility-inner { flex-wrap: wrap; }

  /* section nav */
  .section-nav a { min-height: 44px; display: inline-flex; align-items: center; }

  /* headlines ticker: links were 20px inside a 38px rail */
  .ticker-inner { height: 44px; }
  .ticker-items a { min-height: 44px; display: inline-flex; align-items: center; }

  /* breadcrumb was 15px */
  .breadcrumb { line-height: 1.9; }
  .breadcrumb a { display: inline-block; padding: 11px 0; }

  /* share row was 20px */
  .share a {
    min-height: 44px; min-width: 44px;
    display: inline-flex; align-items: center; justify-content: center;
  }

  /* sidebar, rail and inline-related links were 20-21px */
  .sb-link, .inline-related-link, .most-read a, .rail-item .hl a {
    display: inline-block; padding: 11px 0;
  }

  /* pagination */
  .pager a { min-height: 44px; display: inline-flex; align-items: center; }

  /* author box and byline links */
  .byline a, .author-links a, .author-name a { display: inline-block; padding: 10px 0; }

  /* Newsletter controls were 35px, and 13px type makes iOS zoom the whole
     page on focus. 16px is the threshold that prevents it. */
  .band-form input, .band-form button,
  .sb-newsletter input, .sb-newsletter button,
  .search-form input, .search-form button {
    min-height: 44px; font-size: 16px;
  }
  .band-form button, .sb-newsletter button, .search-form button {
    padding-top: 0; padding-bottom: 0;
  }
}

@media (max-width: 640px) {
  /* footer navigation lists were 16px */
  .footer-cols li a { display: inline-block; padding: 12px 0; }
  .footer-mast a { display: inline-block; padding: 9px 0; }

  /* card headline links: the primary target for each story */
  .related-grid .hl a,
  .more-from-list .hl a,
  .latest-item .hl a,
  .watch-item h3 a { display: inline-block; padding: 10px 0; }

  /* near misses at 40-43px */
  .sb-link, .most-read a { padding: 13px 0; }
  .brand a { display: inline-block; padding: 3px 0; }
  .byline a { padding: 13px 0; }

  /* .kicker and .section-title links stay at label size deliberately. Both
     navigate to a section, and the same destination is reachable from the
     section nav, where every link is 44px — the "equivalent control"
     exception in WCAG 2.5.8. Padding them to 44px would force a gap between
     every kicker and the headline it labels, which is the whole point of the
     kicker sitting tight above it. */
}


/* ------------------------------------------------ author page depth */
.author-beat {
  font-family: var(--sans); font-size: 12px; font-weight: 600;
  letter-spacing: 0.08em; text-transform: uppercase; color: var(--cranberry);
  margin-top: 8px;
}
.author-bio-long { margin-top: 12px; max-width: 62ch; line-height: 1.62; }
.author-stats {
  display: flex; flex-wrap: wrap; gap: 26px;
  margin-top: 18px; padding-top: 16px; border-top: 1px solid var(--rule);
  font-family: var(--sans);
}
.author-stats dt {
  font-size: 10px; font-weight: 700; letter-spacing: 0.14em;
  text-transform: uppercase; color: var(--gray-light); margin-bottom: 4px;
}
.author-stats dd { font-size: 13px; color: var(--ink-soft); }
.author-stats dd a { color: var(--ink-soft); border-bottom: 1px solid var(--rule); }
.author-stats dd a:hover { color: var(--cranberry); }
.author-stat-n { color: var(--gray-light); font-size: 11px; }
@media (max-width: 640px) {
  .author-stats { gap: 16px; }
  .author-stats dd a { display: inline-block; padding: 8px 0; }
}


/* ================================================================
   BROADSHEET FLAIR
   Devices borrowed from American broadsheet practice: the double rule
   under the nameplate, the edition line, the letterspaced byline, the
   three-line drop cap and hairline column rules between stories.
   ================================================================ */

/* The double rule under the nameplate — a heavy line over a hairline with
   air between. This single device does more to say "newspaper" than any
   amount of serif type. */
.masthead-band {
  border-bottom: 3px solid var(--ink);
  box-shadow: 0 3px 0 var(--paper), 0 4px 0 var(--ink);
  margin-bottom: 4px;
}

/* Edition line: the dateline strip broadsheets run under the nameplate. */
.masthead-edition {
  display: flex; align-items: center; justify-content: center; gap: 14px;
  margin-top: 12px; padding-top: 9px;
  border-top: 1px solid var(--rule);
  font-family: var(--sans); font-size: 9.5px; font-weight: 600;
  letter-spacing: 0.22em; text-transform: uppercase; color: var(--gray-light);
}
.masthead-edition .sep { color: var(--rule); }
.masthead-edition strong { font-weight: 700; color: var(--gray); }

/* Byline in the broadsheet manner: roman "By", the name letterspaced. */
.byline a {
  font-weight: 600; letter-spacing: 0.07em; text-transform: uppercase;
  font-size: 0.92em;
  /* The tracked, slightly smaller name would otherwise sit tight against
     "By" — the word space belongs to the parent and gets neither the
     letter-spacing nor the size, so it reads narrower than the gaps inside
     the name itself. */
  margin-left: 0.3em;
}

/* A true three-line drop cap. Newsreader's cap height wanted more size than
   the previous face; at 56px it was spanning under two lines and reading as
   an oversized initial rather than a drop cap. */
.dropcap > p:first-of-type::first-letter {
  font-size: 80px; line-height: 0.78;
  padding: 8px 12px 0 0;
}

/* Hairline column rules between front-page stories, the way a section front
   separates columns rather than relying on white space alone. */
.front-latest-row .story-headline:not(:first-child) { border-left: 1px solid var(--rule); }
.voices-grid .voice-col + .voice-col,
.lbc-grid .lbc-col + .lbc-col { border-left: 1px solid var(--rule); padding-left: 22px; }

/* Section heads get a rule that runs the full measure with the label sitting
   on it, rather than a label floating above a line. */
.section-head { position: relative; }

/* The river gets a hairline between items instead of pure spacing. */
.news-river .river-item + .river-item { border-top: 1px solid var(--rule); padding-top: 22px; }

@media (max-width: 980px) {
  .voices-grid .voice-col + .voice-col,
  .lbc-grid .lbc-col + .lbc-col { border-left: 0; padding-left: 0; }
}
@media (max-width: 640px) {
  .masthead-edition { flex-wrap: wrap; gap: 8px; font-size: 9px; letter-spacing: 0.16em; }
  .dropcap > p:first-of-type::first-letter { font-size: 68px; padding-right: 10px; }
}


/* ================================================================
   NYT-SHAPED REFINEMENTS
   Timestamps, standing labels, river clusters and uniform bylines.
   Palette, typeface and grid deliberately untouched.
   ================================================================ */

/* Standing label above a headline — ANALYSIS, EXCLUSIVE, THE INTERVIEW.
   Distinct from the section kicker, which names where a story lives; this
   names what kind of story it is. */
/* Label and section on one line: label in cranberry, hairline divider, section
   in gray. Stacked they read as two competing rows of furniture. */
.kicker-row {
  display: inline-flex; align-items: center; gap: 9px;
  margin-bottom: 5px;
}
.kicker-label {
  font-family: var(--sans); font-weight: 700; font-size: 9.5px;
  letter-spacing: 0.2em; text-transform: uppercase;
  color: var(--cranberry);
}
.kicker-div {
  display: inline-block; width: 1px; height: 10px;
  background: var(--rule); flex: 0 0 1px;
}
/* the section name steps back when a label leads */
.kicker-section {
  color: var(--gray); margin-bottom: 0;
}
.kicker-section:hover { color: var(--ink); }
.story-lead .kicker-row { margin-bottom: 7px; }
.story-lead .kicker-label { font-size: 10.5px; }
.article-head .kicker-row { margin-bottom: 0; }
.river-flags .kicker-label { margin-right: 0; }
.river-flags .kicker-div { margin: 0 8px; }

/* Relative timestamps read as live; the absolute date reads as archive. */
.when { white-space: nowrap; }
.meta-sep { color: var(--rule); margin: 0 2px; }

/* One byline treatment across every front-page slot. */
.story-meta-compact {
  font-family: var(--sans); font-size: 11px; color: var(--gray-light);
  margin-top: 6px; letter-spacing: 0.01em;
}
.story-meta-compact a { color: var(--gray); font-weight: 600; }
.story-meta-compact a:hover { color: var(--cranberry); }
.rail-byline {
  font-family: var(--sans); font-size: 11px; color: var(--gray-light);
  margin-top: 4px;
}
.rail-byline a { color: var(--gray); font-weight: 600; }
.rail-byline a:hover { color: var(--cranberry); }
.meta-role {
  display: inline; margin-left: 7px;
  font-size: 10px; letter-spacing: 0.1em; text-transform: uppercase; color: var(--gray-light);
}
.lead-byline .meta-role { display: inline-block; }

/* Related stories gathered under one topic heading, the way a section front
   groups coverage instead of listing it. */
.river-cluster {
  border-left: 2px solid var(--ink);
  padding-left: 20px; margin: 26px 0;
}
.cluster-label {
  font-family: var(--sans); font-weight: 700; font-size: 11px;
  letter-spacing: 0.16em; text-transform: uppercase;
  color: var(--ink); margin-bottom: 14px;
}
.river-cluster .river-item + .river-item { border-top: 1px solid var(--rule); padding-top: 20px; }
.river-cluster .river-item:first-of-type { padding-top: 0; }

@media (max-width: 640px) {
  .river-cluster { padding-left: 14px; margin: 20px 0; }
  .meta-role { display: none; }          /* beat is noise at phone width */
  .story-meta-compact a { display: inline-block; padding: 6px 0; }
}


/* Author identity blocks get room to breathe now the mark is a designed
   object rather than a placeholder. */
.author-box { align-items: flex-start; gap: 20px; }
.author-page-head { gap: 26px; align-items: flex-start; }
.author-card { gap: 18px; }
@media (max-width: 640px) {
  .author-mono { width: 60px; height: 60px; font-size: 22px; }
  .author-mono::before { top: 7px; } .author-mono::after { bottom: 7px; }
  .author-mono-lg { width: 76px; height: 76px; font-size: 28px; }
  .author-mono-lg::before { top: 9px; } .author-mono-lg::after { bottom: 9px; }
}