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Jillian Weinberger

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Has Trump Lost Touch With Reality?

Three Opinions writers debate whether the president’s recent behavior is really that different from what we’ve seen from him over the years.

19.09.2026 10

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Why We Can’t Stop Arguing About S.S.R.I.s

What’s missing in the national conversation on mental health medication.

16.09.2026 10

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What Happens to America’s Political Parties After Trump?

Democrats have an anger problem. Republicans have a Trump problem.

01.08.2026 20

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Is More Data About Your Body Actually Good for You?

The Silicon Valley health trend making doctors nervous.

29.07.2026 100

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Can Democrats Harness the Data Center Backlash?

David Wallace-Wells and Robinson Meyer discuss whether the gathering coalition of Americans against data centers could be the next Occupy Wall Street...

15.07.2026 10

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The American Economy Isn’t as Bad as You Might Think

Influencers may be Chinamaxxing, but the U.S. is still the world’s economic powerhouse.

08.07.2026 20

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Wall Street’s A.I. Bet Is About to Become Yours

David Wallace-Wells speaks with the economist and law professor Natasha Sarin about what the coming A.I. I.P.O.s could mean for your retirement...

10.06.2026 20

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The YOLO Republicans

The president is acting as if the midterms no longer matter.

30.05.2026 20

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What Autocrats Have in Common With Abusers

M. Gessen and Rachel Louise Snyder on the parallels between authoritarianism and domestic violence.

14.05.2026 20

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‘Not a Perfect Union’: Neil Gorsuch on America at 250

David French and the Supreme Court justice discuss how the ideals of 1776 shaped — and strain — the country today.

06.05.2026 40

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In a Small Iowa Town, a Solution to a National Crisis

As the Trump administration guts weather agencies, a state’s low-cost flood tracking system offers a model for responding to deadly inundations.

01.05.2026 20

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JD Vance’s Very Bad Week

What recent events in Europe can tell us about the future of Trumpism.

18.04.2026 30

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What Do You Do When a Family Member Commits a Terrible Crime?

The columnist M. Gessen sits down with the writer Harriet Clark to talk through the complexity of maintaining relationships with family members who...

02.04.2026 60

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‘We Are Going to Deeply Regret This War’

Three journalists on the potential repercussions of Operation Epic Fury.

28.03.2026 70

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Thomas L. Friedman: America Is at a Boiling Point

Watching the response to ICE in his hometown has the columnist Thomas L. Friedman navigating “a mixture of pride and anguish.”

27.01.2026 150

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Two Opinion Writers on ‘Nutsville,’ USA

The Conversation convenes with Emily Bazelon, David French and Aaron Retica discussing the questions reshaping American politics right now, from...

24.01.2026 50

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Trump Is ‘Chest-Beating’ Over a Retreat

The round table convenes to discuss the start to Trump’s 2026, from Greenland to Minnesota and Venezuela.

11.01.2026 70

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No Democrat Should ‘Rerun the Biden Strategy’

The columnist Michelle Goldberg believes Democrats — and the nation — lose when they abandon the idea of America as a nation of immigrants.

23.12.2025 70

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Bret Stephens on the Fight for the Future of the Right

The columnist believes America’s real political contest is in the center.

15.12.2025 30

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M. Gessen and Michelle Goldberg on How to Resist

Through their reporting, the columnists share how regular citizens stand up to governments they oppose.

10.12.2025 30

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Republicans Are Quietly Pushing Back Against Trump

Will the president soon wish he hadn’t run for a second term?

06.12.2025 40

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Cory Booker on What It Takes to Believe in America Again

“If America hasn’t broken your heart, you don’t love her enough,” the New Jersey senator argues.

24.11.2025 40

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The Democrat Who Split MAGA Over the Epstein Files

Ro Khanna argues that even though there is a risk in releasing the documents, it still needs to happen.

18.11.2025 40

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A Conservative Vision for America After Trump

Can the right find its way back to small government? Sarah Isgur thinks so.

18.11.2025 40

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‘We Have a Border for a Reason’

Cecilia Muñoz on how to solve America’s biggest political challenge.

10.11.2025 40

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Bernie Sanders: ‘There Ain’t Much of a Democratic Party’

The Vermont senator on how to take the country back from elites — on both sides of the aisle.

03.11.2025 30

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We Need to Rethink How We Think About the Holocaust

Professor Marianne Hirsch on how the way we teach the “crime of all crimes” informs our understanding of Gaza.

31.10.2025 30

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Jill Lepore: ‘Most Forms of Tyranny Do Come to an End’

The Harvard historian on why change requires “determination and imagination.”

27.10.2025 30

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Three Words to Help Democrats Win

Lessons from a Democrat who won in a Republican state.

20.10.2025 50

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Trumpism After Trump: The Future of the Right

A conservative’s vision for MAGA beyond Trump.

06.10.2025 30

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Ken Burns: For America’s Next Story, Look Back to the Revolution

The documentarian reflects on the ideas that drove our nation’s founding — and how they echo today.

29.09.2025 30

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Elizabeth Warren on the Story Democrats Didn’t — and Won’t — Embrace

And how Republicans harnessed it instead.

22.09.2025 40

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What Will America’s Story Be After Trump?

In a new series, David Leonhardt asks leading thinkers and politicians: What’s next.

17.09.2025 30

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Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s Impact So Far: ‘The Worst Possible Case’

David Wallace-Wells and Emily Oster argue that the effects of MAHA will be long-lasting.

13.08.2025 30

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There Is Hope for Democrats. Look to Kansas.

Two Opinion writers on the Democratic governors who might just save the party.

22.07.2025 30

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This Federal Judge Made Me Feel Better About Our Democracy

A former federal judge weighs in.

15.07.2025 30

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The World’s Best and Brightest Are Moving, but Not to America

Immigration isn’t a crisis. It’s the future.

09.07.2025 50

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The G.O.P. Fought for This Bill. When Trump’s Cuts Came? Silence.

The unlikely rise and tragic fall of a bipartisan solution on gun violence.

09.07.2025 30

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