Does discrimination drive alienation?

The victims were let down by a government whose role it is to do what individuals cannot: keep our nation safe from terrorism and mass shootings.

As part of Times Opinion’s Giving Guide, the columnist Ezra Klein spoke with Elie Hassenfeld, GiveWell’s co-founder and chief executive.

Elie Hassenfeld was inspired to start GiveWell when he couldn’t find answers to his questions about charitable donations. He shares the organization’s origin story on “The Ezra Klein Show.”

The White House has never had a more loathsome occupant.

Consensus may be a thing of the past. And that’s good.

Readers mourn Rob Reiner and take offense at the president’s crude response. Also: America snubs its allies; phone scams; former President Joe Biden’s library.

In Rob’s hands, my most autobiographical novel rang true.

Gimme, gimme, gimme. Gimme some more.

Jamelle Bouie, Michelle Cottle and Ross Douthat chat with Stephen Stromberg about Rob Reiner’s legacy.

Elie Hassenfeld, the chief executive of the nonprofit GiveWell, makes the case for a more rigorous, transparent and accountable approach to charitable giving.

A recent spate of books highlights the presence of a new category, one well suited to our time: the grievance memoir.

Elie Hassenfeld, the chief executive of the nonprofit GiveWell, makes the case for a more rigorous, transparent and accountable approach to charitable giving.

For the mother of a son and a daughter with autism, the Kennedy Children’s Center has “opened up a whole world.”

The real issue is how to address overall cost. Haggling over Obamacare subsidies or what might replace them isn’t the solution.

What A.I. imperils is not human creativity itself but the ability to make a living from creative endeavor.

Demotion need not be traumatic.

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.