Readers respond to President Trump’s firing of the commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Statistics, Erika McEntarfer. Also: Family rifts over politics.

The latest round of tariffs offers further evidence that Trump doesn’t understand how economies work.

Once again, it looks as if Pam Bondi’s Justice Department is attempting to undermine the rule of law.

While the president is right to try to reclaim meaning in American architecture, Gilded Age neoclassicism is not the answer.

This summer, joy might look like dancing beside a fake dinosaur and remembering how good it feels to sing with strangers.

The toxic byproducts of human civilization are everywhere. Even in our bodies.

Creative obstructionism in the Senate, says Tina Smith of Minnesota, has become “a fine art” that has nearly paralyzed the institution.

My son was born at 28 weeks. I know the pain and triumph of neonatal intensive care.

Thousands of dissidents have fled Daniel Ortega’s Nicaragua — and now, even those of us in exile no longer feel safe.

Readers differ on the meaning of Jerry Garcia’s politics. Also: Where students debate; more trees in cities; lawyers vs. President Trump.

Most children learn at some point that flipping the board doesn’t make them the winner.

Puerto Rico’s struggles run deep, but a concert series hints at what might be possible.

Airport lounges have never been more popular — and not worth the hassle.

Defeating Hamas does not require starving a single child.

Nobody likes a dumb guy.

Why do we buy whatever it is that she is selling?

When I constantly check in with my teenage son, am I really trying to protect him or just calming my own nerves?

Why starvation in Gaza has reached a tipping point, and what it could mean for the future of the conflict in the Middle East.

Readers respond to an essay by Roger Rosenblatt about death, memory and love. Also: How Medicaid cuts will hurt college students.

Garcia and the music he wrote aimed for something beyond politics, something deeper.

The president is determined to transform America’s legal system into his personal political weapon.

What poetry can offer in a time of vitriol and hate

The consensus that held them together for generations is breaking down.

A.I. and spell-check make choices for writers. With real, physical dictionaries, writers are empowered to decide how to express themselves.

His political demise has been greatly exaggerated.

The speaker comes in with a strong entry in the sycophancy sweepstakes.

I want to make it stop, and my earnest admonitions about the emptiness of American materialism are not working.

The reporter who took down Jeffrey Epstein on what’s still hidden.

The president is in a deep-state fugue.