The Un-Checked, Un-Balanced Reign of King Donald NYT | Opinion Frank Bruni 1 September 2025 at 17:03 Is our vaunted system really safe from the shameless likes of Trump?
We Ran the C.D.C. Secretary Kennedy Is Endangering Every American’s Health NYT | Opinion William Foege, William Roper, David Satcher, Jeffrey Koplan, Richard Besser, Tom Frieden, Anne Schuchat, Rochelle P. Walensky and Mandy K. Cohen 1 September 2025 at 17:03 Agency leaders sound the alarm.
One Way the Earthbound Can Take Flight NYT | Opinion Margaret Renkl 1 September 2025 at 17:02 Together, we can help ensure that beautiful birds continue to grace our skies.
Trump Is Wrong. Ending Cash Bail Works. NYT | Opinion Jeremy Cherson and David Gaspar 1 September 2025 at 17:02 Ending cash bail works. Trump wants to bring it back everywhere anyway.
Don’t Like Mamdani? Do Better. NYT | Opinion Nicole Gelinas 1 September 2025 at 17:02 Even if Mr. Mamdani is as awful as his opponents insist, campaigning against an opponent’s flaws works only if you don’t seem even worse.
Applying to College in the Age of Racial Trauma NYT | Opinion Justin Driver 1 September 2025 at 17:00 The new, higher premium placed on college application essays that focus on racially traumatic experiences produces numerous undesirable consequences.
It’s Labor Day. And Trump Is the Most Anti-Union President in Decades. NYT | Opinion Erik Loomis 1 September 2025 at 13:00 Why the labor movement needs to act like its future is under grave threat.
Lula Faced Down Trump. Now Comes His Biggest Challenge. NYT | Opinion Andre Pagliarini 1 September 2025 at 13:00 For President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva of Brazil, the stakes ahead of next year’s election could not be higher.
When Cuts to Medicaid Hit Home NYT | Opinion 31 August 2025 at 21:00 Readers respond to an essay by a conservative mother on the importance of Medicaid to the care of her disabled son.
Israel Must Let the Media Into Gaza NYT | Opinion The Editorial Board 1 September 2025 at 09:04 The ban indicates that Israel’s leaders are deliberately trying to conceal the war’s full horror.
A New Way to Think About Fighting Wildfires NYT | Opinion Robert Bonnie 31 August 2025 at 18:00 The Trump administration could update the Roadless Rule to permit temporary roads to allow for forest thinning.
I’ll Have My Resistance on a Roll. Hold the Mayo. NYT | Opinion Bruce Handy 31 August 2025 at 18:00 As an emblem of resistance to Trump administration policies, the ineffectualness of a floppy sandwich is distressingly apt.
The Corporate Logo That Broke the Internet NYT | Opinion David French 31 August 2025 at 18:00 How to bend political reality in two easy steps.
Happiness Is a Big, Ugly Sofa NYT | Opinion Elizabeth Austin 31 August 2025 at 13:00 Buying a new, adult couch in a space of my own felt monumental.
Trump Has Obliterated America’s 30-Year Courtship of India NYT | Opinion Kapil Komireddi 31 August 2025 at 13:00 India must decide whether to go all in with a capricious Trump or hedge its bets through a rapprochement with China.
The Unreal Spectacle of Trump’s Authoritarianism NYT | Opinion Jamelle Bouie 31 August 2025 at 09:37 It’s an unreal spectacle.
Bernie Sanders: Kennedy Must Resign NYT | Opinion Bernie Sanders 30 August 2025 at 19:00 The health secretary is endangering the lives of American people now and into the future.
Vax Quack Lacks Facts NYT | Opinion Maureen Dowd 30 August 2025 at 19:00 This Kennedy is no profile in courage.
Oasis Conquers America NYT | Opinion Lizzy Goodman 30 August 2025 at 19:00 There’s a reason America is now loving the band.
In Sudan, No One Doubts That This Is Genocide NYT | Opinion Nicholas Kristof 30 August 2025 at 19:00 Both the Biden and Trump administrations have described Sudan as suffering genocide. And no one’s done much about it.
I Fought in Gaza. Here Is Why I Would Not Go Back. NYT | Opinion Yotam Vilk 30 August 2025 at 22:33 It is the duty of Israeli military reserves to stay home and not fight an unjust war.
The Era of the American Lawn Is Over NYT | Opinion Ken Ilgunas 31 August 2025 at 04:17 Yards should be wilder, freer and more alive.
Remedies to the ‘Boy Crisis’ NYT | Opinion 30 August 2025 at 19:00 Readers respond to an essay on the malaise among boys and young men in civic, familial and social life.
Politics Rarely Explains Mass Shootings NYT | Opinion Ross Douthat 30 August 2025 at 19:00 Attempts to blame extreme political rhetoric for mass shootings should be treated with extreme skepticism.
Alarm Over the Purge at the C.D.C. NYT | Opinion 30 August 2025 at 01:31 Readers react to the firing of the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Also: facing U.S. history without shame; shutting ‘Alligator Alcatraz.”
In Prison, Trees Are a Symbol of Freedom NYT | Opinion 30 August 2025 at 01:39 These trees were the only living beings that I could touch without fear.
How School Shootings Make Children Think About Death NYT | Opinion Anne Lamott 29 August 2025 at 17:03 We drag around our brokenness in the same container as our holiness.
Why the Texas Democrats’ Walkout Worked NYT | Opinion Michael Brownstein and Alex Madva 29 August 2025 at 17:02 Losing loudly has been a crucial feature of successful political movements.
Trump Is Ruling by Willful Blindness NYT | Opinion Hannah Bloch-Wehba 30 August 2025 at 03:37 By turning away from evidence when it doesn’t suit, the administration is showing that it doesn’t think it matters whether it has the better argument.