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Apr 02, 2025

In Gaza, ‘Psychic Scars of Fear and Rage'
Protests against Hamas are encouraging, but prolonged and unnecessary killing still seems likely.

NYT > Opinion
Apr 02, 2025

In Gaza, ‘How Do You Heal a Scarred Soul?'
Protests against Hamas are encouraging, but prolonged and unnecessary killing still seems likely.

NYT > Opinion
Apr 02, 2025

Trump's Tariffs Would Unleash Chaos at the Border
Trump's threat to impose tariffs on Mexico undermines his stated intention to eliminate the "chaos" at America's southern border.

NYT > Opinion
Apr 02, 2025

Mass Layoffs as Agencies Are Gutted
Responses to the mass firings in the federal government. Also: Cory Booker's speech; talk of a third Trump term; Republicans and Ukraine; a letter to Canada.

NYT > Opinion
Apr 02, 2025

Elon Musk Made an Election About Him. Wisconsin Said, ‘No, Thanks.'
Republicans would be wise to seize the moment while this failure is raw to remind Trump what a political loser his buddy is turning out to be.

NYT > Opinion
Apr 02, 2025

Standardized Tests Let Us Know if Our Kids Are Learning
Trump wants to give power back to the states. Some states are lowering standards.

NYT > Opinion
Apr 02, 2025

To Save Democracy, the U.S. Should Take a Page From Poland's Playbook
Poland pulled back from an authoritarian slide. What can the U.S. learn from its nonpartisan approach?

NYT > Opinion
Apr 02, 2025

I Study Measles. I'm Terrified We're Headed for an Epidemic.
The outbreak in Texas could become much, much worse.

NYT > Opinion
Apr 02, 2025

Unmarked Vans. Secret Lists. Public Denunciations. America's Police State Has Arrived.
Those of us who seen secret police in action can't shake a feeling of dreadful familiarity.

NYT > Opinion
Apr 02, 2025

The Roman Empire Loved by Elon Musk and Steve Bannon Never Existed
Donald Trump's coterie are obsessed with ancient Rome — and its collapse. But their interpretation of Roman history is based on common misconceptions.

NYT > Opinion
Apr 02, 2025

I Just Saw the Future. It Was Not in America.
Beijing's message to America: We're not afraid of you. You aren't who you think you are — and we aren't who you think we are.

NYT > Opinion
Apr 02, 2025

Syria Is Trying to Rebuild Without Humanitarian Aid or Sanction Relief
Trying to rebuild a war-ravaged country without humanitarian aid or sanction relief is like trying to get up with a boot on your neck.

NYT > Opinion
Apr 02, 2025

What I Saw in China on the Eve of Trump's ‘Liberation Day'
Beijing's message to America: We're not afraid of you. You aren't who you think you are — and we aren't who you think we are.

NYT > Opinion
Apr 01, 2025

Here Is the Real Route to Freeing Palestinians
Anti-Hamas protests in Gaza are the first necessary steps on the road to real peace.

NYT > Opinion
Apr 01, 2025

Mike Johnson Inexplicably Doesn't Want to Help Out New Parents in Congress
What on earth are Republican leaders thinking in trying to stop a Republican proposal to make it easier for new parents to vote in Congress?

NYT > Opinion
Apr 01, 2025

Free Gaza From Its Own Tyrants First
Anti-Hamas protests in Gaza are the first necessary steps on the road to real peace.

NYT > Opinion
Apr 01, 2025

Wisconsin Voters Have a Huge Opportunity to Brush Back Trump and Musk
Are the mass of voters really worked up about this administration's actions? Tuesday night may provide some answers.

NYT > Opinion
Apr 01, 2025

Should Universities Resist Trump's Tactics?
Readers discuss how universities should respond to the administration's demands and threats to cut off funding.

NYT > Opinion
Apr 01, 2025

‘Our Kids Are the Least Flourishing Generation We Know Of'
The social psychologist Jonathan Haidt discusses the "parents' revolution" on smartphones that his book "The Anxious Generation" has started.

NYT > Opinion
Apr 01, 2025

‘Our 2028 Nominee Will Need to Come From America, Not Washington'
What Democrats need to do now will not be very easily done.

NYT > Opinion
Apr 01, 2025

The Message Pete Hegseth Sends the Troops
Last week's report that the defense secretary shared sensitive information on an unclassified messaging app is now straining the limits of his credibility.

NYT > Opinion
Apr 01, 2025

What I Learned About Trump's Second Term by Reading His First 100 Executive Orders
Even with Republican congressional majorities, Trump favors the flourish of the order over the hassle of lawmaking.

NYT > Opinion
Apr 01, 2025

Parenting in the Age of Social Media and — Help! — A.I.
The social psychologist Jonathan Haidt discusses the "parents' revolution" on smartphones that his book "The Anxious Generation" has sparked.

NYT > Opinion
Apr 01, 2025

I'm an Alum of Columbia and Paul, Weiss. There's an Uncomfortable Lesson in Trump's Tactics.
As Bertolt Brecht wrote, it is an unhappy land that needs heroes.

NYT > Opinion
Apr 01, 2025

Trump's Ukraine Betrayal Shows Taiwan Can No Longer Rely on America
Taiwan can no longer shelter under the delusion that the U.S. will defend it against China.

NYT > Opinion
Mar 31, 2025

Trump's Order to the Smithsonian Distorts Teaching of American History
The assumption that there is a standard, agreed-upon truth about the country's past is a fantasy; but when declared by a sitting president, it becomes a provocation.

NYT > Opinion
Mar 31, 2025

Hillary Clinton Rebukes the Trump Administration
Readers respond to Mrs. Clinton's sharply worded Opinion guest essay. Also: Autism misinformation; President Trump's trail of destruction.

NYT > Opinion
Mar 31, 2025

Hillary Clinton's Blast at the Trump Administration
Readers respond to Mrs. Clinton's sharply worded Opinion guest essay. Also: Autism misinformation; President Trump's trail of destruction.

NYT > Opinion
Mar 31, 2025

Trump Really Likes It When Things Go Wrong
The problem is that competence and execution matter.

NYT > Opinion
Mar 31, 2025

Nothing Ever Goes Wrong in Trump's White House
The problem is that competence and execution matter.

NYT > Opinion
Mar 31, 2025

We Should Have Seen What Sally Mann Saw 40 Years Ago
A new edition of the photographer's 1988 book is even more relevant today.

NYT > Opinion
Mar 31, 2025

I Live Near the Texas Measles Outbreak. Here's How We Got Here.
An important lesson amid a measles outbreak in America.

NYT > Opinion
Mar 31, 2025

I'm a Republican Who Still Supports Ukraine. America Must Not Give In to Putin.
The administration must be crystal clear that we are aligned with democracy, free markets and the rule of law.

NYT > Opinion
Mar 31, 2025

Universities Should Not be Afraid of Contentious Ideas
Higher education cannot cede the space of public discourse and the free exchange of ideas.

NYT > Opinion
Mar 31, 2025

Trump's Tariffs Make Absolutely No Sense
Trump has many arguments for tariffs. They're all wrong.

NYT > Opinion
Mar 31, 2025

Obama's Not Going to Save Democrats, but This Might
Michelle Cottle and Ben Rhodes on what Democrats misunderstand about authenticity.

NYT > Opinion
Mar 30, 2025

Where Oligarchy and Populism Meet
Readers respond to a column by Ross Douthat arguing that populist ideas, not oligarchic self-interest, motivate President Trump's agenda. Also: Cash bail injustices.

NYT > Opinion
Mar 30, 2025

For God's Sake, Fellow Lawyers, Stand Up to Trump
If law firms won't defend the rule of law, who will?

NYT > Opinion
Mar 30, 2025

A.O.C. Wants the Democrats to Think Anew
The New York progressive believes economic populism is the path forward for Democrats. Can she unite her party around that?

NYT > Opinion
Mar 30, 2025

Forever 21 Lost to Shein and Temu Selling Ultra-Fast Fashion
Forever 21 is bankrupt, supplanted by Shein and Temu, as fast fashion gets even faster and less sustainable.

NYT > Opinion
Mar 30, 2025

What Rusting Russian Tanks Can Teach Us About the Pete Hegseth Group Chat
A politicized military is an ineffective military.

NYT > Opinion
Mar 30, 2025

The Endless Doomed Quest to Annex Canada
It was almost as though America's northern neighbor were an entirely different country.

NYT > Opinion
Mar 30, 2025

Can a Chatbot Help You Get Over Your Grief?
A.I. "deadbots" and avatars are ushering in a new era of techno-spiritualism.

NYT > Opinion
Mar 30, 2025

The Fantasy of Annexing Canada Has a Long and Mortifying History
It was almost as though America's northern neighbor were an entirely different country.

NYT > Opinion
Mar 29, 2025

The Story of One Woman Who Fell Prey to the Medical Freedom Movement
With Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as health secretary, what was once a fringe movement now controls the halls of power.

NYT > Opinion
Mar 29, 2025

The Many Overlapping Scandals of the Pete Hegseth Group Chat
They may be even more serious than the one we've been focused on.

NYT > Opinion
Mar 29, 2025

The Tech Fantasy That Powers A.I. Is Running on Fumes
A.I. is just what we need in the post-fact era: less research and more predicting what we want to hear.

NYT > Opinion
Mar 29, 2025

Read This if You're on Trump's National Security Team
Trust your staff, admit mistakes, don't embarrass the president.

NYT > Opinion
Mar 29, 2025

Tate-Pilled Boys Are a Problem for Schools
What ‘Adolescence' gets right about the harassment of female authority figures.

NYT > Opinion
Mar 29, 2025

Actually, A.I. Is Pretty Mid
A.I. is just what we need in the post-fact era: less research and more predicting what we want to hear.

NYT > Opinion
Mar 29, 2025

8 Pieces of Free Advice for Trump's National Security Team
Trust your staff, admit mistakes, don't embarrass the president.

NYT > Opinion
Mar 29, 2025

The Democrats Are in Denial About 2024
Party leaders have embraced convenient excuses. This perilous political moment requires more self-reflection and honesty.

NYT > Opinion
Mar 29, 2025

A Jewish Comedian Walks Into a Theater in Minnesota
Alex Edelman HBO's comedy special about white nationalism hits different now.

NYT > Opinion
Mar 29, 2025

First Cancer Threatened Her Life. Then Came Medical Freedom.
With Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as health secretary, what was once a fringe movement now controls the halls of power.

NYT > Opinion
Mar 29, 2025

The Trump White House's Signal Problem
A national security scandal is manageable. A bunker mentality spells doom.

NYT > Opinion
Mar 29, 2025

Colleges Have to Be Much More Honest With Themselves
To rebuild trust and resist interference, universities must look within.

NYT > Opinion
Mar 28, 2025

We Underestimate the Manosphere at Our Peril
We underestimate the manosphere at our peril.

NYT > Opinion
Mar 28, 2025

Elise Stefanik Is the First Casualty of the Great Trump Disillusionment
Republicans may seem oblivious to voter discomfort with the administration's excesses, but Elise Stefanik's pulled nomination shows they see trouble ahead.

NYT > Opinion
Mar 28, 2025

Can the Jesus of History Support the Christ of Faith?
Why historically minded believers still find the New Testament credible.

NYT > Opinion
Mar 28, 2025

We Should Improve D.E.I., Not Erase It
Readers weigh in on a D.E.I. effort at Anheuser-Busch. Also: More than just misinformation; Trump is taking us back in time.

NYT > Opinion
Mar 28, 2025

JD Vance Is Visiting a New Greenland
For Greenlanders, there's the same kind of acute uncertainty about the past and the future that people in and outside America are feeling right now.

NYT > Opinion
Mar 28, 2025

Security Breaches Can Be Fixed. People Without Honor Can't Be Trusted.
There's a reason every warrior society has a code.

NYT > Opinion
Mar 28, 2025

‘Many Americans Feel in Real Peril': Four Columnists on the Democrats' Weak Response to Trump
Why has fighting and opposing Trump proved so hard? It's not just because Republicans hold all the cards in government.

NYT > Opinion
Mar 28, 2025

‘Of Course People Are Angry': Four Columnists Unpack What the Democrats Are Missing
Why has fighting and opposing Trump proved so hard? It's not just because Republicans hold all the cards in government.

NYT > Opinion
Mar 28, 2025

Hillary Clinton: This Is Just Dumb
The Signal group chat is only the latest in a string of self-inflicted wounds by the new administration.

NYT > Opinion
Mar 28, 2025

The Last 2 Months — and Next 2 Years — of U.S. Politics
Ezra Klein answers listener questions about the first two months of the second Trump term and the options Democrats and civil society have in response.

NYT > Opinion
Mar 28, 2025

Don't Throw Our Boys to the Wolves Online
We underestimate the manosphere at our peril.

NYT > Opinion
Mar 28, 2025

The Problem With Sweden Is Sweden
The country's backlash against migration stems from a deeper discontent.

NYT > Opinion
Mar 28, 2025

I am Erdogan's Main Challenger in Turkey. I Was Arrested.
President Erdogan of Turkey has jailed me because he knows he cannot beat me in an election.

NYT > Opinion
Mar 27, 2025

The Substance of the Group Chat Was Unserious, Too
Europeans are used to the Trump administration's scorn by now, but the Signal chat's lack of seriousness, including its substance, was shocking.

NYT > Opinion
Mar 27, 2025

How to Have a Passionate Life
A surprising route to the best life possible.

NYT > Opinion
Mar 27, 2025

I Have a Capital Suggestion for a New Pronoun
It involves a capital letter — and it might just resolve some significant confusion.

NYT > Opinion
Mar 27, 2025

‘A Gross Dishonor': Cuts to Veterans' Mental Health Care
Readers respond to President Trump's orders that disrupt the V.A.'s ability to provide care. Also: Saving species; AI and human creativity.

NYT > Opinion
Mar 27, 2025

Trump's Crackerjack Cabinet Is a Fiasco Foretold
Pete Hegseth & Co. weren't chosen for their competence.

NYT > Opinion
Mar 27, 2025

David Leonhardt: ‘By the Time Trump Comes for Your University, It's Probably Too Late'
And how universities can fight the president's ‘destroying agenda.'

NYT > Opinion
Mar 27, 2025

David Leonhardt on How Universities Can Stop Trump's ‘Destroying Agenda'
And what will be lost if higher education fails to fight back.

NYT > Opinion
Mar 27, 2025

Trump Is Taking the Law Into His Own Hands
About that rule of law …

NYT > Opinion
Mar 27, 2025

Brazen Hypocrisy Enters the Signal Group Chat
In Trump World, the rules apply only to other people.

NYT > Opinion
Mar 27, 2025

‘View From the Floor': What I Learned From Going on ‘Maury'
After appearing on "Maury" 25 years ago, a singer without legs questions why she's seen as inspirational.

NYT > Opinion
Mar 27, 2025

Don't Defund Youth Gender Research. Reform It.
Gender-questioning young people deserve better information.

NYT > Opinion
Mar 27, 2025

View From the Floor
After appearing on "Maury" 25 years ago, a singer without legs questions why she's seen as inspirational.

NYT > Opinion
Mar 27, 2025

How to Punish Russia, Make Money for America and End the War in Ukraine
By combining income from tariffs with the threat of sanctions on oil and gas sales, the U.S. can make money while pressuring Russia to end its war in Ukraine.

NYT > Opinion
Mar 26, 2025

The Trump Administration Can't Even Admit the Real Problem With the Signal Chat
If there's no real accountability for the Signal breach, or even an admission of the actual problem, there's no indication it won't happen again.

NYT > Opinion
Mar 26, 2025

The Epstein and Kennedy Files and the Age of Conspiracy Theory
We are caught up in a vast web. But the strands are visible.

NYT > Opinion
Mar 26, 2025

An ‘Unthinkable' Security Breach
Readers react to the security lapse that allowed the editor of The Atlantic into a group chat about a U.S. military operation in Yemen.

NYT > Opinion
Mar 26, 2025

Foreign Spies to Team Trump: ????????
Help yourself. The door is open.

NYT > Opinion
Mar 26, 2025

Those Are Definitely ‘War Plans' in The Atlantic's Group Chat Story
What members of the administration can no longer effectively do is pretend that their incompetent and reckless actions didn't happen. It's right there on the page.

NYT > Opinion
Mar 26, 2025

I Love ‘Severance.' Now End It.
It's OK to love a TV show. It's also OK to say goodbye without answers to every single question.

NYT > Opinion
Mar 26, 2025

Nancy Pelosi Made Way for New Leadership. Chuck Schumer Should Follow Her Lead.
Instead of clinging to power, he could step down honorably from his leadership role, setting an example for his party and the country.

NYT > Opinion
Mar 26, 2025

Trump and Musk Are Suffering From Soros Derangement Syndrome
The president thinks popular political opposition to his policies is manufactured.

NYT > Opinion
Mar 26, 2025

Have Young People Really Turned MAGA?
Feeling empowered is different from numerical growth.

NYT > Opinion
Mar 26, 2025

What a Debate Over a Vaccine Side Effects Study Reveals
Why is it so hard to discuss the idea that vaccines have both risks and benefits?

NYT > Opinion
Mar 25, 2025

The Worst Part of Pete Hegseth's Group Chat Debacle
And why the careless secretary of defense should resign.

NYT > Opinion
Mar 25, 2025

The Duty of Law Firms Under Attack
Readers weigh in on the capitulation of the law firm Paul, Weiss to the Trump administration's demands. Also: Beyond campus stereotypes; analog parenting.

NYT > Opinion
Mar 25, 2025

What I'm Hearing in China This Week About Our Shared Future
We need the two superpowers to get serious about devising a regulatory and technological framework that keeps A.I. under human control.

NYT > Opinion
Mar 25, 2025

What is DOGE's Real Goal?
Santi Ruiz, a senior editor at the Institute for Progress, examines what DOGE has been trying to accomplish in its first few months.

NYT > Opinion
Mar 25, 2025

America's Most Powerful Law Firms Won't Stand Up to Trump
Bowing to Trump won't protect their businesses and clients.

NYT > Opinion
Mar 25, 2025

Trump's Environmental Agenda Is Actually Toxic
Trump says one thing about toxins — and does another.

NYT > Opinion
Mar 25, 2025

R.F.K.'s Prescription for Bird Flu Is Dangerous
The death rate in the U.S. has been much lower than expected.

NYT > Opinion
Mar 25, 2025

Universities Can Afford to Fight Trump
Every university president will face a choice similar to Columbia University's in the coming months.

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