She’s the 62-year-old queen of an awards season with overdue female diversity.

Readers disagree with an essay by a Republican pollster. Also: Sperm donors’ anonymity; judges and gun violence; too much agreement.

The effort to ban TikTok isn’t about what’s on the platform but rather who runs it.

Los Angeles may have a reputation for being superficial, but it is in fact a territory that might, at any moment, upend (or even end) your life.

A resolution by the American Historical Association hardens the perception that academia has become fundamentally politicized.

The vibe around the halls of Congress has been quite different from this time four years ago.

Sarah Wildman on the conversation that was missing during her daughter’s cancer treatment.

Over the next four years, the rule of law will face a profound test.

The terrorist attack in New Orleans serves as a grim reminder that the group is still able to transform personal crises into public tragedy.

China’s primary goal is to damage America’s economy and pave the way for it to become the world’s pre-eminent power.

Yes, you can become sober and remain social.

Researchers say hundreds of thousands of babies’ lives could be saved each year in developing countries with exclusive breastfeeding.

Trump may be inheriting ‘Morning in America’. Will Americans accept being happy?

A decade ago, this kind of disaster seemed unthinkably rare.

He has leveraged his political ambiguity to strengthen Meta, with consequences for the future of Silicon Valley and for the truth.

Canadians react to Donald Trump’s proposal. Also: Trump on the Panama Canal and Greenland; Trump and TikTok; Meta and fact-checking; a messy home.

Especially when fertility is involved.

What are the biggest challenges and opportunities facing Trump and his team in foreign policy and national security?

Millions of acres could face largely unregulated exploitation.

The system has been criticized for being too prescriptive and ponderous. Now states and local governments are finding new ways to make the process work.

There’s a dagger hanging over the country.

He came to power with a new kind of politics — progressive and identity-based. In the end, it proved his undoing.

History will not remember his term of office fondly.

It would be more effective if Ubers, taxis and trucks had to pay more.

Readers discuss a guest essay about the aging of two presidents. Also: A peaceful Jan. 6; the Palestinians’ future; mind-altering drugs.

What better way to remind people of the power of vaccines than to eliminate the misery of vomiting?

Is liberalism actually dead this time?

A wine aficionado argues that the surgeon general’s warning misses this type of alcohol’s complex joy.

The self-help author Oliver Burkeman argues that the path to productivity — and peace of mind — begins with accepting your limitations.