A host of problems that will need more subtle and sophisticated uses of force and coercive diplomacy will confront the new president.

Antisemitism is reaching the point of catastrophe, for Jews and for Europe itself.

Readers offer various strategies, including retreat, engagement, art and grief. Also: The ways to pray; regrowing New York City.

No one should be shocked when the first migrants are sent to military camps before deportation.

I won re-election last year in a state that Trump just carried by 30 points. Here’s how.

You can’t see far enough ahead to trust the image in your mind’s eye.

The economist and Times Opinion columnist Paul Krugman details the president-elect’s “seriously inflationary” economic plans.

The Supreme Court is largely to blame for the challenges it may face over the next four years.

Some Americans have bought into the fallacious logic that prosperity and a broad pursuit of equal rights cannot coexist.

Our nation needs an economic disaster preparedness tool kit to avoid the scourge of inflation.

It shouldn’t be so easy to leave benefits on the table.

Readers discuss the rancor and mistrust and suggest ways to come together. Also: Floods in America; support for youths; the arbitration illusion.

How will voters react?

There is no cure for profound grief, but beauty and love and tenderness can walk alongside it and ease the solitude.

Now that he has been elected, Donald Trump will probably not honor the promises he made to Elon Musk.

Many young voters didn’t perceive the tangible impact of their 2020 support for Joe Biden, which eroded their faith in the Democratic Party.

Should we even call it a comeback?

When we were younger, my friend Alaa Abd El Fattah and I didn’t know just how intimately prison, and state violence, would shape our lives.

The United States can no longer depend on the loyalty of its friends.

The philosophy is shortsighted and insufficient for our times.

Maybe it would have been better if the red wave had crashed ashore in 2022.

The curling theory of campaigns proves itself again.

When life gets tough, we tackle grids for good reason. They offer a singular combination of erudition and escape.

Readers discuss the production of the Bard’s plays today. Also: Elderly and physically active; investing in youth to reduce crime; political corruption.

If liberals won’t discuss the devastating human costs of war, who will?

Dozens of journalists have been killed as a result of the Israeli military in Gaza. The Biden administration is not doing enough to stop it.

Wellness should be just a hobby.

We are lost without human connection.

Be careful what you wish for, Part 99.