She’ll rightly be lionized as the first woman speaker, but in one sense, that was the most incidental of her myriad accomplishments.

Readers respond to news and opinion articles about Bill Gates’s public memo on climate change. Also: Interfaith connections; the myth of originalism.

Some of the best music I’ve ever heard was almost lost forever.

The constructive, if messy, path forward is for the party to embrace an all-of-the-above approach.

Where is the line between authority and authoritarianism?

Has Guillermo del Toro’s “Frankenstein” become all feelings and no blood?

And if so, can conservative feminism fix it?

And can conservative feminism fix it?

A photographer spends 15 years documenting an Appalachian family and the constant pressure of poverty in their lives.

The slaughter in Darfur could potentially be stopped, if those with leverage chose to act.

Western capitals should be wary of treating democracy in Turkey as a luxury rather than a necessity.

The problem with giving any president basically unconstrained authority to raise revenue via tariffs.

Readers react to strong election results for Democrats. Also: the case against gerrymandering.

Readers react to strong election results for Democrats. Also: the case against gerrymandering.

Technology has left them with little autonomy or security in their jobs.

New York’s next mayor won’t save the Democrats.

A triumph in New York City has a lesson for the Democrats

Does Zohran Mamdani’s win mean a new dawn for the Democratic Party? Not exactly, Ross Douthat argues. In this mini-episode of “Interesting Times,” Ross explains that the New York mayor’s office has historically been a “springboard to nowhere,” rather than a precursor for national politics.

Just Ask Mikie Sherrill, Abigail Spanberger and Zohran Mamdani.

Two economists on the price of playing nice with a superpower.

Mamdani, who campaigned on sweeping promises, can build a positive legacy by focusing on tangible accomplishments.

Unlike old soldiers, they don’t even fade away.

He tried to warn Americans about Trump, but they had already learned not to believe him.

There are no shortcuts in the fight against right-wing antisemitism.

Readers respond to a guest essay about the continuing vitality of literary fiction. Also: Exxon vs. California; a Supreme Court split on tactics.

When Republicans sing Kumbaya.

Our military leaders are trained to evaluate the legality of orders they are given.

The Trump tariffs case is before the court this week.

Data centers need to become more flexible to squeeze more from the grid.