Guest Essays

My city is taking an innovative approach to crime prevention. It does not involve the military.

By Brandon Johnson

Should filmmakers have to take a stand on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict?

By Sharon Waxman

As China threatens to overtake U.S. leadership in science and technology, America has responded by sabotaging its own engines of progress.

By Stephen Greenblatt

Colombia’s return to conflict is a lesson in how hard it is to sustain progress toward peace.

By Elizabeth Dickinson

The message to other companies is plain: It pays to break the law.

By Jonathan Kanter

Dog parenting has gotten out of control. That’s what I said to myself eight months ago.

By Rachel Feintzeig

Size matters in great-power contests, and the U.S. can’t go it alone against China.

By Kurt Campbell and Rush Doshi

The designer led a fashion revolution but did so with civility.

By Robin Givhan

Disposable plastics have profoundly reshaped the way we eat, shop, raise children and understand hygiene and progress.

By Saabira Chaudhuri

Because of legalized gambling, baseball has no integrity.

By J.R. Moehringer