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Aug 21, 2026
China is supplying the world with E.V.s, batteries and other advanced technologies. On "The Ezra Klein Show," Brad Setser, a senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations, explains how China's manufacturing capacity is impacting geopolitics and the U.S. economy.
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Aug 21, 2026
America's trade deficit is at roughly the same level as it was during the Biden administration. So has President Trump's trade policy achieved anything? Brad Setser, a China expert and a senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations, weighs in on "The Ezra Klein Show."
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Aug 21, 2026
Readers respond to a therapist's essay about what's gone wrong in the field of mental health care. Also: the triumphs of ‘Cats: The Jellicle Ball."
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Aug 21, 2026
China is winning the industries of the future. What should the U.S. do about it?
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Aug 21, 2026
We can do better than this. We have to.
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Aug 21, 2026
On the search for an elusive new national consensus.
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Aug 21, 2026
What if starting a family was thought of not as a privilege, but as a fundamental right?
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Aug 21, 2026
Electricians like data centers. Here's why you should, too.
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Aug 21, 2026
Art doesn't predict the future, but it can be an early warning system.
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Aug 21, 2026
Electricians like data centers. Here's why you should, too.
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Aug 21, 2026
What if starting a family was thought of not as a privilege, but as a fundamental right?
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Aug 21, 2026
We can do better than this. We have to.
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Aug 21, 2026
People want to be protected. The party's candidates can promise to do that better.
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Aug 21, 2026
China is winning the industries of the future. What should the U.S. do about it?
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Aug 21, 2026
With Iran exerting influence on the Strait of Hormuz, Houthi attacks on a nearby Red Sea passageway assume even greater importance for the world economy.
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Aug 20, 2026
Readers responded to a column begging readers not to use A.I. to write. Also, a rush to build the White House ballroom; a Trump voter's wife is detained by ICE; and Trump derangement syndrome.
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Aug 20, 2026
Democrats often don't sound as if they believe themselves. To fix that, they should listen more to acting teachers and less to pollsters.
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Aug 20, 2026
Democrats often don't sound as if they believe themselves. To fix that, they should listen more to acting teachers and less to pollsters.
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Aug 20, 2026
According to the vice president, we are wasting our freedom.
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Aug 20, 2026
More Republicans and Democrats are seeing reality for what it is. Does it matter?
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Aug 20, 2026
In an increasingly morbid world, we can learn from graveyards.
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Aug 20, 2026
The impact from the bond market sell-off could prove more enduring, wide-ranging and globally consequential than prior episodes of market volatility.
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Aug 20, 2026
The country's coming election will not be decided by the American president.
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Aug 19, 2026
The industry is long overdue for a reckoning.
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Aug 19, 2026
Trump's deportation machine has only ramped up.
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Aug 19, 2026
Readers respond to a guest essay about how the government is trying to crack down on a strategy some countries employ to lower the tariffs they pay.
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Aug 19, 2026
American democracy and American higher education are inextricable.
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Aug 19, 2026
The surrogacy industry is long overdue for a reckoning.
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Aug 19, 2026
American democracy and American higher education are inextricable.
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Aug 19, 2026
Revenge shapes the president's priorities, drives his actions and structures the decisions of his government.
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Aug 19, 2026
The four-year degree isn't just an economic signal; it's become a lifestyle determinant.
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Aug 19, 2026
A McKenna West-type debacle happened before, and it will happen again.
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Aug 19, 2026
The lust for vengeance shapes the president's priorities, drives his actions and structures the decisions of his government.
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Aug 19, 2026
They must embrace the heterodoxy that governs how swing voters think.
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Aug 19, 2026
The four-year degree isn't just an economic signal; it's become a lifestyle determinant.
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Aug 19, 2026
Gas prices are going to remain high. Don't blame the price of crude oil.
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Aug 18, 2026
The recent OpenAI Hugging Face hack has raised questions about the safety of frontier A.I. models. Helen Toner, the executive director of Georgetown's Center for Security and Emerging Technology, discusses ways to improve A.I. safety without pausing development.
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Aug 18, 2026
In July, the A.I. company Hugging Face discovered that it was hacked by an OpenAI agent. Helen Toner, a former OpenAI board member, breaks down the details of what happened on "The Ezra Klein Show."
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Aug 18, 2026
Why does A.I. do things it wasn't asked to do? Helen Toner, the executive director of Georgetown's Center for Security and Emerging Technology, explains on "The Ezra Klein Show."
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Aug 18, 2026
The damage was real and long-lasting.
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Aug 18, 2026
It doesn't take much for small powers to gain a big advantage over the powerful.
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Aug 18, 2026
Readers respond to a guest essay about the U.S. failure in Afghanistan and the Taliban's oppression of women. Also: the use of A.I. in medicine.
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Aug 18, 2026
Step 1: Take it seriously, not literally.
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Aug 18, 2026
In Prairieland, prosecutors are using antiterrorism laws we've seen before.
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Aug 18, 2026
In Georgia, Mara Gay sat down with Black voters to hear how they think America is doing — and what they make of the Democratic Party today. "Messy. All over the place," Jarrett Willis, an entrepreneur, told her. "There's no structure; it's nothing to rally behind. It's lacking that umph factor."
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Aug 18, 2026
The Trump family's crypto business exemplifies all of the sleaziest aspects of the president's code of conduct.
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Aug 18, 2026
Step 1: Take it seriously, not literally.
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Aug 18, 2026
Helen Toner, who served on OpenAI's board, hopes the recent hack by that company's models serves as a warning.
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Aug 18, 2026
A recent Turkish law moving toward an end to the conflict with the P.K.K. could be a model for other militant groups.
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Aug 17, 2026
Some who once championed Arday seem to be trying to deflect from their own embarrassing credulity.
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Aug 17, 2026
It's the psychology of inflation that sparks outrage over a $20 burrito.
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Aug 17, 2026
A new early calendar will upend how Democrats select their 2028 champion.
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Aug 17, 2026
Readers respond to the Kennedy Center Board's vote to inscribe President Trump's name on the building. Also, winning the A.I. race; a slogan for Democrats.
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Aug 17, 2026
A new early calendar will upend how Democrats select their 2028 champion.
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Aug 17, 2026
Democrats aren't shifting left as much as you may think.
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Aug 17, 2026
Teachers need to model the passion they want to see.
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Aug 17, 2026
Silicon Valley was never pacifist; it just followed the customers.
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Aug 17, 2026
Flag, faith and family don't belong to one political party.
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Aug 17, 2026
Silicon Valley was never pacifist; it just followed the customers.
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Aug 17, 2026
Teachers need to model the passion they want to see.
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Aug 17, 2026
Governments can afford to keep playing the waiting game. Ordinary Cubans cannot.
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Aug 17, 2026
Governments can afford to keep playing the waiting game. Ordinary Cubans cannot.
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Aug 16, 2026
If you want or need any superhero right now, you're better off with Spider-Man.
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Aug 16, 2026
Many queer people are going no contact — cutting off their families for myriad reasons. It's not always the right answer.
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Aug 16, 2026
Readers respond to an Opinion guest essay about the various names given to the Civil War. Also: The Red Scare campaign ploy.
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Aug 16, 2026
If you want or need any superhero right now, you're better off with Spider-Man.
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Aug 16, 2026
The representative is fusing her body and mind on the public stage to show us what real female power can look like.
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Aug 16, 2026
Many queer people are going no contact — cutting off their families for myriad reasons. It's not always the right answer.
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Aug 16, 2026
Come join the fun.
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Aug 16, 2026
The race to go global is on.
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Aug 16, 2026
Come join the fun.
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Aug 15, 2026
What would happen if he's forced to confront an external crisis?
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Aug 15, 2026
This is not what contrition looks like.
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Aug 15, 2026
Republicans are taking deliberate steps to make health care less affordable.
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Aug 15, 2026
The Trump administration is squeezing struggling Americans with benefit cuts, but ordinary people are stepping up to help.
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Aug 15, 2026
The dream of a red-state Hollywood.
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Aug 15, 2026
Climate change is beginning to tear up the old map of Europe's power and wealth.
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Aug 15, 2026
Readers respond to Ezra Klein's column about the meanings of Christopher Nolan's movie.
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Aug 15, 2026
Democratic divisions, polling misses and Ocasio-Cortez's egg freezing: the week in politics.
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Aug 14, 2026
The idealism that helped create the rules-based international order in the 20th century feels far away now, argues the Times Opinion columnist Ezra Klein. But what would it look like to reclaim that? He discusses the question with the scholar Linda Kinstler on "The Ezra Klein Show."
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Aug 14, 2026
Both parties face issues heading into the fall.
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Aug 14, 2026
American foreign policy is at a crossroads. What's next? The Times Opinion columnist Ezra Klein explores the case for abiding by the rules-based international order.
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Aug 14, 2026
American foreign policy is at a crossroads. Could international law provide a framework for a foreign policy after President Trump?
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Aug 14, 2026
Raise your hand if you've been personally victimized by an A.I. job recruiter. Finding a job has become more difficult in part because many corporations are now using bots to evaluate résumés. The Opinion writer Jessica Grose explains why job hunting has become about gaming A.I. recruiters, and why the solution might just be going analog.
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Aug 14, 2026
Responses to an essay about whether America should remain one nation. Also: Christie Brinkley, on nuclear reactors; military aid to Ukraine; whiskey with friends.
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Aug 14, 2026
Both parties face hurdles heading into the fall.
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Aug 14, 2026
She will run as a woman but unlike how every woman before her was forced to run.
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Aug 14, 2026
The right's reluctance to gatekeep may be its undoing.
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Aug 14, 2026
American foreign policy is at a crossroads. Could international law provide a framework for a foreign policy after President Trump?
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Aug 14, 2026
She will run as a woman but unlike how every woman before her was forced to run.
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Aug 14, 2026
The risks posed by A.I. are too great to forgo any regulation, even for those who stand to gain tremendously from the technology's rise.
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Aug 14, 2026
Firefighters in Phoenix race to save lives in a city that's only getting hotter.
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Aug 14, 2026
Firefighters in Phoenix race to save lives in a city that's only getting hotter.
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Aug 14, 2026
A new generation of Afghans wants to move on from the animosities of the past, but Western policies make that difficult.
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Aug 13, 2026
A conversation with Robert Wright, the author of "The God Test."
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Aug 13, 2026
The signs point to Hamas being serious about disarming. The recent Board of Peace plan for it to surrender its weapons should be carried out.
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Aug 13, 2026
Readers disagree about the Vermont independent's effect on the Democratic Party. Also: Vice President JD Vance's crude behavior; a dangerous tool for ICE.
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Aug 13, 2026
Experiencing awe makes us happier, healthier and more fulfilled. Why not watch the Perseid meteor shower to have a bit more awe in your life?
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Aug 13, 2026
The signs point to Hamas being serious about disarming. The recent Board of Peace plan for it to surrender its weapons should be carried out.
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Aug 13, 2026
The tech mogul is trying to design the blueprint for defying death.
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