This is a moment to turn down the volume and reflect on our political culture.

Putin’s move has to be considered a test, and the West needs to think about how to counter it.

The movement is tearing down America’s health care institutions. To what end?

Matt Nadel has a job that he hopes one day won’t exist. “It feels like I’m trying to hack a broken system,” he says. He makes films about incarcerated people in an effort to persuade governors to grant them clemency. His plea? Put him out of business.

Readers respond to a guest essay about the Proposition 50 redistricting proposal in California. Also: Erasing history.

Your fall politics quiz is here.

Clouds are changing, and we need to find out if it’s just temporary or from global warming.

Jeffrey Toobin talks with Bryan Stevenson about surviving the politics of fear in 2025.

This is not how economic policy is supposed to work in a wealthy, democratic country.

Focusing on a small group of offenders is more effective than sweeping crackdowns.

We know the answer to chronic disease.

Five words from the Declaration of Independence that national conservatives don’t like.

But diaspora Jews will pay an ugly price.

Even compelling debunkings don’t eliminate the mystery.

MAHA’s wellness influencers are spreading conspiracy theories about health care all over the internet. New York Times Opinion analyzed thousands of their videos. Here’s what we found.

Readers respond to a column by Ezra Klein about what the Democrats should do. Also: Florida and vaccines; no award for Tom Hanks at West Point.

In a few weeks the government’s funding will run out. If Democrats vote for a new spending bill, they will be funding President Trump’s autocratic takeover, says @nytopinion columnist Ezra Klein. In this video essay, he asks: How can they?

Jamelle Bouie, an Opinion columnist, argues the Republican Party has “completely abdicated any serious attempt to govern the country” and that Democrats should stop bailing them out.

As a civilian humanist, my presence might — for some attendees — invalidate my arguments; I wouldn’t be heard because of what I represent to the right.

How does MAHA turn some health-conscious people against all health care? We found out.

The president is the “political-societal equivalent of a neutron bomb.”

The compulsion to zero in on the president keeps us from understanding the era fully, and from glimpsing what it might become.

How does MAHA turn some health-conscious people against all health care? We found out.

The government’s fall was entirely avoidable.

The talk of two states may be an alibi, not an aspiration.

Readers discuss the name change at the Pentagon. Also: Fearful sports fans in D.C.; gay Republicans in Washington.

We’ve traveled far beyond political spin.

My city is taking an innovative approach to crime prevention. It does not involve the military.

Should filmmakers have to take a stand on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict?