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Opinion
The Grip That Race and Identity Have on My Students
We cannot return to the innocence of the Obama era even if that is what we want.
The G.O.P. Fought for This Bill. When Trump’s Cuts Came...
The unlikely rise and tragic fall of a bipartisan solution on gun violence.
The Gender Gap That Ate the Democrats
If men had supported Kamala Harris at the same level as women, Harris would have...
How the Attention Economy Is Devouring Gen Z — and the ...
The economics writer Kyla Scanlon on how attention has come to shape politics, o...
Lawrence Summers: This Law Made Me Ashamed of My Country
A focus on economics misses the human brutality that is the most problematic asp...
How to Make Senate Republicans Pay for Their Awful Bill
As Dan Osborn begins a new Senate campaign, he thinks some Republicans have buye...
Musk’s Third Party Starts With a Good Idea
Is there a way to elect an independent bloc of senators?
Trump’s Big Bill Is Now Law. What Was Learned?
Readers see varying lessons in President Trump’s domestic policy bill. Also: Cut...
Big Tech Wants to Profit From the Loneliness It Helps C...
Artificial intelligence solutions are being pushed on customers that make them l...
Keir Starmer Is Fading Away
After a year in power, Keir Starmer appears to be losing not just political weig...
You Don’t Have to Be a Doctor to Understand This
The moral argument for global health is the strongest we have.
The Questions Started With the Wren
In this season of life and loss, the strangest moments arrive without answers.
After a Friend’s Death, I Started Dead Lifting With Dante
After a friend’s death, a medieval literature professor learns to love the gym —...
Now You See Josh Hawley, Now You Don’t
The Missouri senator’s evasions expose a disgraced Senate.
Blake Lively vs. the ‘Misogyny Slop Ecosystem’
It seems inevitable that this environment will deter other women from speaking up.
In Texas, Another Tragic Warning on Climate Change
Readers react to the unfolding flooding disaster in Texas. Also: Empathy for imm...