Given the country’s extreme polarization, there is something to be said for giving voters a voice in judicial elections unconstrained by district lines in gerrymandered states.

Readers offer views on the state of American universities that go beyond the stereotypes. Also: Fatal U.S.A.I.D. cuts; college using police tactics.

Here is what has happened in Ukraine: nothing. There’s no sign that Putin is preparing to stop fighting, despite Trump’s talk of cease-fires and deals.

America is in a period of profound national regression. Where will the country end up?

Justin Wolfers on how the tariffs will radically change our daily lives.

The task before higher education is immense.

In a world lurching rightward, Mexico’s president offers progressives hope.

His belief that liberal democracy has failed and that technologists should lead can be traced to the unusual life of his grandfather.

Rising cancer rates in young adults deserves a federal study.

The exaggerated government claims and ensuing public concern about Tren de Aragua’s activities in the United States amount to a classic moral panic.

Donald Trump is upending a world that has brought peace and stability for 80 years. What is it he doesn’t understand?

What the controversy about Jasmine Crockett’s comments got wrong — and right.

And what business executives are saying behind closed doors.

Readers react to news of the president’s move to reshape global trade.

From tariffs to ballots, he makes up his own rules.

Trump’s tariffs erect a wall between Americans and other people, obstructing the flow not only of goods but also of ideas, contacts, technology and friendships.

Trump said repeatedly that the tariffs are “reciprocal,” but that’s not true. The rates were calculated using a childish formula based on trade imbalances.

Angels for sale. Only $1,000.

Asking what voters think of a president’s performance is important, but so is gauging how they feel.

In its first military action, the Trump administration showed itself to be reckless and unserious.

As with most confrontations, the merits in this clash are not one sided. But the Trump administration is acting in bad faith.

Young researchers are choosing between staying in science and staying in the United States.

I’ve sought to address what people believe but are often too afraid to say.

Protests against Hamas are encouraging, but prolonged and unnecessary killing still seems likely.

Trump’s threat to impose tariffs on Mexico undermines his stated intention to eliminate the “chaos” at America’s southern border.

Responses to the mass firings in the federal government. Also: Cory Booker’s speech; talk of a third Trump term; Republicans and Ukraine; a letter to Canada.

Republicans would be wise to seize the moment while this failure is raw to remind Trump what a political loser his buddy is turning out to be.

Trump wants to give power back to the states. Some states are lowering standards.

Poland pulled back from an authoritarian slide. What can the U.S. learn from its nonpartisan approach?