Readers discuss a guest essay by a former Capitol Police officer and news articles. Also: Health coverage woes; investing in science education.

What can we expect from the president-elect?

Trump is trying to rewrite history, but history may not comply.

Biden’s cabinet looked like America, and it made the country more successful.

Doctors need to warm up too.

I believed my friend died because of me. Fifty years later, I learned the truth.

Readers discuss a proposal by some Trump allies. Also: The abuses inside prisons; stories of miracles.

Donald Trump is promising to pardon Jan. 6 rioters. But we can’t let him rewrite history.

Instead of proclaiming performative acknowledgments of Native peoples, institutions should establish strong relationships with Native nations.

Expatriation was nonetheless the making of me: liberated me, humbled me, revealed to me who I was and what I wanted my life to be.

Neither kings nor presidents, nor their countries, are well served if they are surrounded by sycophants and rent-seekers.

A model for how to deliver for voters without getting stuck in a traffic jam — political or otherwise.

Readers disagree with an essay about factory farms.

Communities must be able to move to solid ground while remaining whole.

On ‘Squid Game,’ the game is cruel but life is crueler. In Season 2, a new twist introduces a kind of cruelty that feels uncomfortably close to real life.

She was a radiant star who played things her own way.

Because of a lack of access to menstruation products, girls across Africa and Asia often stay home from school when they have their periods.

It’s not a miracle, but it seems like one.

Diversity was a virtue in the Biden administration. The Trump administration may discover the same thing.

I hope to get more young people interested in neglected topics and writing about them.

Responses to a column by Jamelle Bouie. Also: Trade with China; rising autism rates; in awe of Schubert; games as a common bond; Local Call’s work.

Companies’ use of foreign workers frequently leads to American layoffs.

It’s a culture not of success but of survival.

The problem we face is existential and spiritual, not situational.

A second-person narrative of social media.

Israeli accountability, a powerful protest movement and an emerging generation of leaders could bring a better future for Palestinians.

The Senate needs to ensure the next cabinet is full of real professionals.

A Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist, a hand surgeon in India and others share their expectations.

Homelessness is a crisis born of several compounded crises, a symptom of the varied ways our country is failing the most vulnerable.