Before there was D.E.I., there was Desi Arnaz, rewriting the rules to become Hollywood’s unlikeliest mogul. His success still holds valuable lessons.

His overhaul of the State Department’s human rights bureau will make the United States weaker.

American pop culture typically goes country when the White House goes Republican.

The overwhelming deluge of bag content made me desperate for the luxury my lackluster bank balance would never permit.

American politicians have been for sale for far longer than Donald Trump has been around and in far more ways than he and his family have so far pioneered.

As Europe embraces the night train, the United States seems to be sleepwalking into a transport dead end.

You might assume that Trump would prioritize the interests of rural voters.

Don’t panic. Show resilience.

Just don’t ask it about “white genocide.”

Even Shakespeare might not have dreamed up this family.

We want to hear from readers ages 18-30 about their aspirations for the future.

A journey to the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture took me places I will not soon forget.

The United States supposedly can’t afford $1 a day to save starving children, but Biden and Trump squandered $7 billion bombing Yemenis.

Friedrich Merz and Germany’s political establishment must unite the center to ward off the far right.

It’s the quest for the handshake that guides Trumpian foreign policy on almost every front.

Readers respond to a psychiatrist’s essay arguing for more research on the effects of S.S.R.I.s like Prozac and other drugs.

Trump’s insistence on a cease-fire without addressing what the warring sides really want at this stage has not worked.

Responses to a guest essay about the effects of Medicaid cuts. Also: A third presidential term; a display of faith; loud music in public.

More than lying to the public, too many Democrats were lying to themselves.

The journalists Zack Beauchamp and Andrew Marantz discuss what kind of autocratic timeline America is on right now.

The journalists Zack Beauchamp and Andrew Marantz discuss what kind of autocratic timeline America is on right now.

Studies show that when Medicaid work requirements were tried, they failed to increase employment.

What we can learn from polls about the president’s action-filled second term so far and how Democrats are looking.

Selling off public lands threatens more than a century of progress for one of America’s most vital and popular shared experiments.

The debate over nationwide injunctions.

The country’s disastrous slide to the far right had been coming.

There’s a cost to making it so hard to be a young person right now.

Procedure was supposed to be beside the point at Thursday’s arguments. But the unconstitutionality and impracticality of Trump’s order was inescapable.

Readers respond to a column by David Brooks. Also: President Trump’s contempt for ethical boundaries.