We asked readers to tell us about the most memorable presents they’ve received.

It’s not a coincidence that more young men are blaming women for their problems, Jamelle Bouie says.

This started long before President Trump was in office, Michelle Cottle says.

Readers react to the shootings at Bondi Beach in Sydney, Australia, and at Brown University. Also: Defining old; the East Wing teardown.

We must not succumb to the darkness of hate and fear.

The president is getting a lesson in the limits of grade inflation.

The columnist believes America’s real political contest is in the center.

We are headed for more confrontation, more brinkmanship, more war.

Early access to high-quality books can transform lives, improve educational outcomes and help create the next generation of curious and informed citizens.

Sometimes Trump’s unconventional foreign policy just works.

The Hong Kong publisher’s fate will reveal whether democracies still have the resolve to defend their own values.

When a slogan’s real meaning comes true.

Sampling the many responses to a column by Ezra Klein.

Remind me never to listen to what they are saying online about me.

The first rule of dark money is to quit blabbing about it. Did they think people would thank them for it?

Not once, in the four and a half years I learned at home, did anyone from the state come to assess what sort of education I was receiving, or even just check on me.

Preventing a world where dictators can attack at will requires a military that has the right tools, the right tactics and the right culture.

Trump didn’t invent misogyny, but he’s leaning into it.

An explanation for the sharp decline in President Trump’s approval ratings.

To really understand what is happening today, we must understand the ideology and thinkers behind the MAGA New Right.

Gaza has turned California classrooms into political battlegrounds.

Trump didn’t invent misogyny, but he’s leaning into it.

This week, Donald Trump announced that he would allow Nvidia to sell its powerful H200 chips to China. The Times Opinion editor, Kathleen Kingsbury, argues that the move undermines national security.

For the sake of global security and freedom, the world’s democracies must collaborate better.

Readers react to developments in the U.S.-Venezuela confrontation. Also: A group of six women with decades of connection.

A decade after the end of the one-child policy, China has over 30 million so-called surplus men. Can this dating boot camp help them find love?

The way to oppose President Trump’s era of corrupt deal-making is to present the American people with a clear and principled alternative.

Two columnists debate this strange moment.

David Ellison is cozying up to Trump in his effort to save Hollywood. It’s a risky strategy for our democracy.