Opinion

There’s something in the air: a pro-heist frisson.

By Sloane Crosley

What’s the smart move for Democrats in this political moment? On “The Opinions,” the columnist David Brooks says he thinks the party should channel Michelle Obama and “go high.”

By ‘The Opinions’

The Opinion columnist David Brooks, a center-right thinker, feels as if there’s room for him in the “No Kings” movement. “It’s pro-American. It’s basically in line with the cultural DNA of this country, and so I’m very impressed by it,” he says. And yet, he argues, the movement is still missing something essential.

By ‘The Opinions’

New York has urgent housing needs. Mamdani is leading the race for mayor because of his awareness of this. But all the candidates should have bigger plans.

By Mara Gay

Democrats used to be known as the party of the poor and the working class. Two decades of federal income data show how that changed.

By Brody Mullins

Hey, boomers! Younger Americans would like a word. We’ve noticed that many of you are pretty upset about the state of the nation. And we get it. We really do. But do you ever stop and ask yourselves how we got here?

By Emily Holzknecht and Binyamin Appelbaum

The new right pines for a story that would vindicate its reactionary rage.

By David French

The Kathryn Bigelow film presents a terrifying glimpse of the modern nuclear risk.

By Kathleen Kingsbury and W.J. Hennigan

Mamdani might be working in Democrats’ favor. But what about “No Kings”?

By David Brooks, E. J. Dionne Jr., Robert Siegel and Vishakha Darbha

We’ve been here before.

By Ross Douthat, Victoria Chamberlin and Sophia Alvarez Boyd

Our government is once again committing human rights abuses on the ostensible authority of a legal opinion that is being kept secret from the public.

By Jameel Jaffer

We have a chance to discover the true cost of this war.

By Lydia Polgreen

We’ve been here before.

Mamdani might be working in Democrats’ favor. But what about “No Kings”?

By ‘The Opinions’

As children die for want of cheap medicines, the U.S. spends billions on Argentina — thus rescuing rich investors who made bad bets.

By Nicholas Kristof

The adventurism and impunity of the Cold War live on in the modern military.

By David Wallace-Wells

Trump should pay a political price for his brazen corruption. Instead, he is telling American taxpayers to pay a price, directly to him.

By The Editorial Board

Readers respond to the makeover of the East Wing of the White House. Also: President Trump’s demand for compensation from the Justice Department.

President Trump’s deployment of the National Guard from red states into blue cities isn’t just a partisan attack; it’s also a geographic one.

By ‘The Ezra Klein Show’

Massive cuts to health, education and immigration are disproportionately taking a toll.

By Jessica Grose

Who’s the patriot now?

By Jamelle Bouie

Why Mikie Sherrill’s chances in New Jersey are much better than you might be hearing.

By Molly Jong-Fast

The group discusses how to parent in line with health and wellness in the age of social media.

By Katherine Miller, Margie Omero and Adrian J. Rivera

It’s a reform that would help bring our divided nation together.

By Ron DeSantis and David Trone

Small colleges secure the fraying social fabric that holds towns together.

By Kevin Carey

Without a plan for what comes next, the United States is not only hastening its own decline but also forcing the world into a new era of disorder.

By Rebecca Lissner and Mira Rapp-Hooper

The political scientist Suzanne Mettler discusses the social, economic and political factors that drove rural voters away from the Democratic Party.

By ‘The Ezra Klein Show’

A candidate who stands out for his monomania, double standards and affinity for extremists.

By Bret Stephens

Coarseness and conservative impulses in “The Life of a Showgirl.”

By Ross Douthat

Readers respond to a guest essay by Danielle Sassoon about her experience at N.Y.U. Also: A crackdown on science; a plea to the former presidents.

The political scientist Suzanne Mettler examines the roots of America’s urban-rural divide and how Democrats can win back rural voters.

By ‘The Ezra Klein Show’

Races in New Jersey and Virginia are testing the power of the moderate lane.

By Thomas B. Edsall

False humor is simply a technique to neutralize the unpalatable.

By Roberta Kaplan and Michael Bloch

The political scientist Suzanne Mettler examines the roots of America’s urban-rural divide and how Democrats can win back rural voters.

By Ezra Klein and Jack McCordick

A Honduran teenager and his family live in America’s new immigration landscape.

By Jake Halpern and Michael Sloan

America’s self-inflicted soybean problem.

By Michael Grunwald

The United States isn’t exceptional because of our common culture; it’s exceptional because Americans have been able to cohere despite cultures that set us apart.

By Leighton Woodhouse

A perverse delight in degradation has always coursed through MAGA circles.

By Michelle Goldberg

More than any other presidential actions, clemencies tell us who presidents are.

By Jeffrey Toobin

Participants reflect on the “No Kings” demonstrations across the country.

While what is happening to us is as serious as a guillotine, we must harness our best humorous selves in order to keep it from falling.

By Gary Shteyngart

Telling stories is how we make sense of life and what it means to be human.

By Margaret Renkl

Spanish has become a sanctioned indicator of potential criminality in the United States of America.

By Carlos Lozada

Senator Ruben Gallego says Democrats must strategize more shrewdly. President Trump’s base has “already set up the field to fight in,” he says. “They have all the information and we’re just playing catch-up.”

“The troquita — the truck — it’s symbolic,” Senator Ruben Gallego tells David Leonhardt on “The Opinions.” “It really is a status symbol that you have succeeded in this country.”

By ‘The Opinions’

Lessons from a Democrat who won in a Republican state.

By Ruben Gallego, David Leonhardt and Jillian Weinberger

Lessons from a Democrat who won in a Republican state.

Smartphones are becoming casinos. Trump, whose son is invested in the industry, is only goosing the business.

By Jonathan D. Cohen and Isaac Rose-Berman

The antidote to our polarized politics is a creative, re-energized political center.

By The Editorial Board

The administration’s plan would defund the very intervention that has ended homelessness for people across the country.

By Philip Mangano

Literature is fragile. It serves no obvious purpose. But it is also as close to immortal as any cultural endeavor has ever been.

By Gerald Howard

Language policing. Cancel culture. Victimhood contests and cultural grievances. Despite attacking the left for partaking in such practices, there’s an emerging set of individuals on the right who have became exactly what they’ve criticized. Meet the woke right.

Video by Stephanie Shen and Alexander Stockton

Trying to find purpose in an endless scroll of A.I.-generated videos.

By Bobbie Johnson

Readers discuss the political battle over health care in America.

The Young Republicans’ Telegram chat was revealing in so many ways.

By David French

Since the first election of President Trump, Hollywood has fretted about portraying rural and red state Americans. Some new TV series show how to get it right.

By Alan Sepinwall

Shutting out China’s best minds will only push them into a homegrown Chinese research ecosystem that is eclipsing American universities.

By Bethany Allen and Jenny Wong Leung

Democrats’ vision for the country won’t matter unless they can get people to pay attention to it.

By Chris Hayes

Virginia Roberts Giuffre spent so much of her life telling the story of her abuse.

By Amy Wallace

What explains the Republican Party’s posture toward these protests?

By Jamelle Bouie