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Americans Don’t Talk to Their Neighbors. That’s a Problem for Kids.

Americans Don’t Talk to Their Neighbors. That’s a Problem for Kids.

‘Stranger danger’ was always a misleading idea, and it’s bad for our children.

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Jessica Grose

Firing Prevention Experts Will Not Make Us Healthy Again

Firing Prevention Experts Will Not Make Us Healthy Again

The future of health advice is uncertain.

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John wong

The New A.I. Money Should Be Spent on Beauty

The New A.I. Money Should Be Spent on Beauty

Leave a physical legacy to future generations, not just a record of programs and disbursements.

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Ross Douthat

Can MAGA Survive Without Its Moms?

Can MAGA Survive Without Its Moms?

The moms are not happy.

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Tressie Mcmillan Cottom

Has Trump Gone Full ‘Mob Boss’?

Has Trump Gone Full ‘Mob Boss’?

The president’s $1.8 billion slush fund is causing further cracks in the Republican Party.

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Derek Arthur

Now Is Not the Time to Play Political Make-Believe

Now Is Not the Time to Play Political Make-Believe

Voters want to dictate which offices their preferred politicians hold, what positions they take, and even where and how they live. It is fantasy...

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Roxane Gay

The​ Democrats Who Could Upend ​American Politics in the Years Ahead

The​ Democrats Who Could Upend ​American Politics in the Years Ahead

Why 2026 might tell us a lot about 2028.

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John Guida

The Simple Answer to Taxing the Rich Is the Best Answer

The Simple Answer to Taxing the Rich Is the Best Answer

Forget complex schemes. There is an easier way to get revenue from the wealthy.

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Zachary Liscow, Opinion Contributor

I’m the C.E.O. of Goldman Sachs. The A.I. Job Apocalypse Is Overblown.

I’m the C.E.O. of Goldman Sachs. The A.I. Job Apocalypse Is Overblown.

A.I. will create more jobs than it will kill.

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David m. solomon

The One Big Reason YouTube Will Never Replace Stephen Colbert

The One Big Reason YouTube Will Never Replace Stephen Colbert

Don’t count out the moguls.

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Michael Hirschorn

The Agony Around the Democrats’ Mysterious, Ridiculous Autopsy

The Agony Around the Democrats’ Mysterious, Ridiculous Autopsy

After this fiasco, Ken Martin, the chair of the D.N.C., should be replaced.

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Michelle Goldberg

Trump’s Slush Fund Is an Insult to the Founders. Congress Has to Shut It Down.

Trump’s Slush Fund Is an Insult to the Founders. Congress Has to Shut It Down.

There should be no payouts to Jan. 6 rioters.

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Jamie Raskin

Pope Leo’s A.I. Encyclical Signals a New Course for the Church

Pope Leo’s A.I. Encyclical Signals a New Course for the Church

The document will address A.I. and its impact on humanity. He’s also staying the course on Catholic social teaching.

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David Gibson

Your Questions About Nicholas Kristof’s Column on Palestinians and Sexual Assault

Your Questions About Nicholas Kristof’s Column on Palestinians and Sexual Assault

The Times offers answers to some of the pressing questions raised.

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New York Times Opinion

Cuba Needs a New Story

Cuba Needs a New Story

How can Cubans move forward if they aren’t ready to reckon with their past?

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Michael J. Bustamante

I Survived Ebola. This Is What Scares Me Most About This Outbreak.

I Survived Ebola. This Is What Scares Me Most About This Outbreak.

The Trump administration cut the programs meant to coordinate an Ebola response.

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Craig Spencer

A Black Helen of Troy? Fine. A White Obama? Not Yet.

A Black Helen of Troy? Fine. A White Obama? Not Yet.

There are good reasons white actors should not be playing Black characters in our moment

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John Mcwhorter

MAHA Is No Longer Useful to Trump

MAHA Is No Longer Useful to Trump

Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s MAHA movement has reshaped the public health debate. But if the coalition behind it begins to fracture, what comes next?

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Derek Arthur

A Defense of a Liberal Arts Education in the Age of A.I.

A Defense of a Liberal Arts Education in the Age of A.I.

Making the case for a “useless” education.

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Sophia Alvarez Boyd

How Democrats Lost the Plot

How Democrats Lost the Plot

We need leaders who tell us hard truths while insisting that the present state of our politics is not permanent.

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Ben Rhodes

Trump Is Giving ‘The Fix Was In’ New Meaning

Trump Is Giving ‘The Fix Was In’ New Meaning

There are scandals. There is the law. And then there’s this.

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David French

60 Percent of Grades at Harvard Were A’s. Enough Is Enough.

60 Percent of Grades at Harvard Were A’s. Enough Is Enough.

We deserve an A-minus for effort.

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David laibson

Behold the New U.S. Agency for Corruption

There’s no telling where this leads.

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Noah Shachtman

Hollywood Ghosted the Cannes Film Festival This Year

Hollywood Ghosted the Cannes Film Festival This Year

Fewer movie stars, fewer oligarch megayachts in the bay, fewer parties and ever more desperate paparazzi.

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Sharon Waxman

It’s Not a Mystery Why Fertility Rates Are Declining

It’s Not a Mystery Why Fertility Rates Are Declining

More and more, smaller families and a more manageable work-life balance are the goal.

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Jessica Grose

Trump Just Pardoned Himself and His Family Forever

Trump Just Pardoned Himself and His Family Forever

By issuing a prohibition on federal investigations that might threaten Trump’s finances, the Justice Department has placed the president and his...

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Jeffrey Toobin

There Has Never Been an Example of Presidential Corruption Like This

There Has Never Been an Example of Presidential Corruption Like This

The president’s corruption and subversion of democratic tradition risk becoming the norm.

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The Editorial Board , Review & Outlook

The Truth About E. Jean Carroll

The Truth About E. Jean Carroll

It’s not easy to make an anti-Trump documentary right now.

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Ivy Meeropol, Marlow Stern

Which Has Better Taste: A.I. or Humans?

Which Has Better Taste: A.I. or Humans?

Why Silicon Valley is obsessed with taste.

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Vishakha Darbha

This Is Where Elite Schools Went Wrong

This Is Where Elite Schools Went Wrong

College education does almost nothing to develop the sense that what we do in our day-to-day lives resonates with people beyond ourselves.

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Michal Leibowitz

Hatred of Israel and the Degradation of the West

Hatred of Israel and the Degradation of the West

Feeding narratives to the credulous isn’t speaking truth to power.

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Bret Stephens

Now Give Me Money (That’s What I Want)

Now Give Me Money (That’s What I Want)

Trump has molded the presidency in his image. It isn’t pretty.

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Jamelle Bouie

I’m the Foreign Minister of Sweden. Russia’s Economy Is More Fragile Than It Seems.

We can’t afford to underestimate Russia’s strength and its ability to harm Ukraine and NATO allies, but we must not overestimate it either.

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Maria malmer stenergard

Kentucky Had an Easy Choice Between Massie and Trump

The president wants a loyal Republican Party — even if the country might not.

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Michelle Cottle

How I Lost a Religion

How I Lost a Religion

Lessons from sports fandom on why traditions fade.

19.05.2026 6

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Ross Douthat

Where Are the Republicans Who Put America First?

Where Are the Republicans Who Put America First?

The “Trump First” wing of the G.O.P. is in ascendance. The rest of the party needs to fight back.

19.05.2026 7

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Thomas L. Friedman

How to End the Gerrymandering Doom Loop Forever

How to End the Gerrymandering Doom Loop Forever

The political scientist Lee Drutman argues that we should switch to a system of proportional representation and put an end to our “trench warfare...

19.05.2026 8

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Claire Gordon

The College Where I Wasn’t an Afterthought

The College Where I Wasn’t an Afterthought

Historically Black colleges and universities hold steady against the churn of political retreat and cultural amnesia.

19.05.2026 7

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Skylar mitchell

Trump Is Down. Can Democrats Go Up?

Trump Is Down. Can Democrats Go Up?

Is there anything Democrats can do to break free of a deeply polarized political system in which parties are constantly winning and then losing...

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Thomas B. Edsall

Who Should Be the Next Governor of California?

Who Should Be the Next Governor of California?

Times Opinion convened a panel of state experts to weigh in on the primary.

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New York Times Opinion

Three Decades on the Supreme Court Is Too Long

Three Decades on the Supreme Court Is Too Long

In a representative democracy, no one should hold so much power for so long.

19.05.2026 10

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Jesse Wegman

The Generation That Grew Up With A.I. Hates It

Why graduates are booing artificial intelligence.

18.05.2026 7

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Michelle Goldberg

Firing Squads Expose the Brutality of the Death Penalty

Firing Squads Expose the Brutality of the Death Penalty

America is returning to firing squad executions after failing to find a more humane way to carry out the death penalty.

18.05.2026 10

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Maurice Chammah

This Redistricting Chaos Must End

This Redistricting Chaos Must End

First on Democrats’ to-do list must be banning gerrymandering, restoring voting rights protections and reforming the Supreme Court.

18.05.2026 8

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Eric H. Holder Jr.

The Vanity and Inanity of Trump’s White House

The Vanity and Inanity of Trump’s White House

If you’re not strutting, you’re not selling

18.05.2026 7

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Frank Bruni

MAGA Women Are Leading a #Me2.0 in Washington

MAGA Women Are Leading a #Me2.0 in Washington

These G.O.P. crusaders might be the perfect people to fight sexual misconduct on Capitol Hill.

18.05.2026 10

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Michelle Cottle

We’ve Become Too Savage for ‘Lord of the Flies’

We’ve Become Too Savage for ‘Lord of the Flies’

Savagery just ain’t what it used to be.

18.05.2026 9

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Junot Díaz

America Needs to Build More Housing

America Needs to Build More Housing

Basic economic principles point to the solution for the housing affordability crisis.

18.05.2026 10

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The Editorial Board , Review & Outlook

Trump and His Advisers Clearly Haven’t Actually Read Thucydides

Trump and His Advisers Clearly Haven’t Actually Read Thucydides

The war has revealed the true puniness of Trump’s power

18.05.2026 8

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Lydia Polgreen

The Tech Workers Building A.I. Are Scared of It, Too

The Tech Workers Building A.I. Are Scared of It, Too

Even the developers of A.I. want regulation. They’re starting to take action.

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Kate Andrias