Knowing what the government is up to is essential for democracy to work.

How much has Trump actually accomplished one year into his second term? According to the conservative analyst Yuval Levin, not much.

Politics in America has taken an ugly turn, the conservative analyst Yuval Levin says on “The Ezra Klein Show,” arguing it has become too influenced by fear.

By doubling its force while slashing training time, ICE has scaled up its culture of violence into an unrestrained and unaccountable machine.

What does training to document ICE actions look like? On “Interesting Times,” one activist explains how his Minneapolis-based nonprofit teaches citizens to be constitutional observers.

As ICE’s approach to immigration enforcement faces mounting criticism, Ross Douthat, the host of “Interesting Times,” asks the Minneapolis activist Francisco Segovia what legitimate immigration enforcement might look like.

Trump wants Greenland? Its previous colonizer has some thoughts.

Readers react to the unrest in Minnesota. Also: Parallels to the past; the Nobel Peace Prize medal; nuclear power; Bob Weir and the Grateful Dead.

My visit with Scott Adams, who anticipated Donald Trump with his comic strip.

Our thoughts are an ever-changing swirl of fears, feelings, desires, impulses, memories and body sensations that interact to form a single mind.

Trump wants Greenland? Its previous colonizer has some thoughts.

Documenting ICE is dangerous. This man wants you to do it anyway.

In the MAGA imagination, white women are supposed to be helpmeets, not harpies.

The conservative political analyst Yuval Levin gives Ezra Klein his review of Trump’s first year back in office.

Documenting ICE is dangerous. This man wants you to do it anyway.

The conservative political analyst Yuval Levin gives Ezra Klein his review of Trump’s first year back in office.

Trump wants Greenland? Its previous colonizer has some thoughts.

The bulwark of Iranian oppression is fear. The latest round of demonstrations shows it has been breached.

The electricity may go off, but islanders see a glimmer of hope in Maduro’s departure.

“When I look at the ICE operation in Minnesota,” says the Opinion columnist Jamelle Bouie, “I see a White House that is panicking and that is losing.”

Readers respond to articles about the U.S. threats against Greenland. Also: A woman’s aging face.

This is the thanks Denmark gets?

This is neither law nor order, and the consequences can be deadly.

We are the bystanders this time.

The general sense of the world being chaotic does not necessarily help Trump.

For presidents of both parties, Latin America has served as a wellspring of perpetual reinvention and the source of much of their ideological creativity.

Despite the successes of 2025, the party still needs a radical shake-up.

An ICE killing in Minneapolis can be the impetus for finally closing a gaping hole in our constitutional protections.

One reason for the toxicity of American politics may be that our quality of life is slipping behind our peers’.