America must compete with China, but there’s also a complicated reality that both countries have to face.

The actress’s lawsuit may prolong a humiliating episode for her. But the only way to end impunity is to speak up.

Readers discuss a column by David Brooks. Also: The Gaetz report; qualifications to serve in the government.

More than 180 years after its publication, “A Christmas Carol” by Charles Dickens is more relevant than ever.

He identified with the least and the lowliest, not just those in his lineage but those in his life.

The Times columnist shares his midlife journey from agnosticism to belief.

Sex is a big part of life. Why is it so hard to talk to family members about it?

Ezra Klein answers listener questions about fatherhood, ‘normalizing’ Trump and his outlook on 2025.

Involvement in issues beyond the immediate scope of one’s personal life and work, undertaken for the greater good, is more important than ever.

UJA-Federation has worked for decades to fight loneliness among New Yorkers.

Sex is a big part of life. Why is it so hard to talk to family members about it?

I come from a long line of house cleaners. After Oct. 7, I knew what to do.

Extreme weather is creating a crisis in the home insurance market that has no easy solution.

Both men display the same contempt for the law.

Readers discuss a David French column about a Tennessee legal case. Also: Crime and remorse; ultraprocessed foods; ageism in politics.

They make us love them. No matter how closed our hearts, no matter how battered and crusted over with scars.

Assessing newer voices, and future strategies.

Their economic models produced a disaster, but they doubled down.

An epidemiologist on what public health officials can learn from meteorologists.

We need a new language to talk about the chemicals and plants that change our consciousness.

I was held captive in Gaza. Healing will only happen when all the captives have been brought home.

The Biden administration should approve the proposed $14.9 billion deal with Nippon Steel.

Readers discuss a guest essay arguing that running government like a business would be disastrous. Also: Liberalism; a tech court; aging gracefully.

It’s a source of today’s intense political animosity.

America can’t go backward on drug policy.

We owe it to the right whale — and to so many other species — to reconstruct what our own history has taken from them.

It’s a simple question with a complicated answer.

The continent’s parlous economy and ascendant far right foretell a grim future.

His win did not upend the rules of American politics or render him immune to political misfortune.