The Opinions

Presidential immunity never existed in America. Until now.

Matthew Desmond takes you to a shelter designed with residents in mind.

Tuesday’s primary will test the limits of Trumpism.

A collection of stories on the challenges and joys of coming out later in life.

A mediocre high school record doesn’t have to define your life.

President Ronald Reagan’s daughter Patti Davis on addiction and the political spotlight.

To save a warming planet, both parties must change.

Lydia Polgreen on why Indian voters asked for change.

Why heat waves are the harbinger of what’s to come.

The class of 2024 is struggling to secure interviews, never mind entry level jobs.

Meet a former Republican trying to convince rural voters that the G.O.P. is no longer the party of freedom.

An ode to one creature’s brief time in the sun.

Why, after decades of conflict reporting, the columnist is still hopeful.

How Michael Cohen’s testimony could affect the outcome of the former president’s trial.

Paul Krugman on how burgers became the focus of a conspiracy theory.

Inside the courtroom, Jonathan Alter sees the evidence mounting.

Palisades Park is ending the tyranny of single-family homes.

Our medical systems are not adequately equipped to diagnose tropical diseases, and in a warming climate, that’s a problem.

What is the line between civil disobedience and lawlessness?

Zeynep Tufekci studied the U.S. response to Covid. Now she’s concerned about the nation’s response to bird flu.

Lessons from a tumultuous summer.

Ada Limón, the U.S. poet laureate, has a balm for your solastalgia.

Nicholas Kristof asks: Where has our moral president gone?

A former Supreme Court justice on how to disagree.

Jesse Wegman on why “the system is operating as intended.”

Emi Nietfeld didn’t have access to lacrosse or advanced placement classes, but she did have standardized tests.

Meher Ahmad on the importance of connecting with both her Muslim community and the wider world.

The columnist Michelle Goldberg reports on Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s coalition of the alienated.

Nicholas Kristof on why tech companies aren’t powerless over the spread of deepfake porn.

Silicon Valley was all about disruption. Turns out, that’s not all workers need.

The Republican Party is in disarray. The former president and his mounting legal woes are to blame.

A conversation on whether liberalism and Zionism can continue to coexist for American Jews.

Trash talk once made sports — and our lives — better. It’s time we bring it back.

Trump’s allies want to harness government, not shrink it.

A message for President Biden.

Should one person have that much power?

The United States is complicit in the nation’s political chaos. It’s time to change that.

David French on why “MAGA will not accommodate Reagan conservatism.”

Diagnoses like PTSD aren’t sufficient.

How films and culture help us imagine the unimaginable.

Nicholas Kristof on the most effective recovery program he’s ever seen.

She’s been forced to walk a tightrope on gender.

Here’s what just one detonation could do.

Why our definitions of what counts as “unhoused” aren’t adequate.

Michelle Goldberg on how a new activist campaign supporting a cease-fire in Gaza could hurt Biden in that swing state.

Nadya Tolokonnikova on the hope she still holds for Russia’s resistance movement.

Adelle Waldman on why a certain corporate loophole needs tightening.

Undecided swing voters explain why they’re more likely to vote for Donald Trump.

There are more planet-friendly ways to show your love.

How a day that was intended as a feminist celebration became alienating.

Poland voted out authoritarianism. Reproductive rights tipped the scales.

He was never just a presidential candidate.

The future of reproductive rights in America may hinge on the next election.

Thomas L. Friedman on what he hopes a “Biden Doctrine” for the region will look like.

True crime commodified my sister’s death. Then lawmakers weaponized it.

Instead of scapegoating social media, start regulating it.

In the face of terminal illness, medical aid in dying should be a right.

After New Hampshire, the Never-Trump voters could be looking for a new home.

On the eve of New Hampshire’s primary, David French makes a final plea.

The price of a Snickers bar versus that of a new couch.

Sounding the alarm on “the utter bleakness.”

The state’s historic weather is upending plans for everyone — candidates, reporters and voters.

On the internet, everything is polarized — even dog training.

Two Opinion editors help raise the caucus curtain.

Peter Beinart warns that the country is committing a sin that “cannot be atoned for.”

Effective treatments for addiction exist. We just need to use them.

And why your anxiety is not unfounded.

The yearning for the comfort of processed foods from my youth.

Two editorial board writers discuss.

Party small talk doesn’t have to be superficial, thanks to this life-changing hack.

They’re actually hotbeds for civil debate.

Three experts tell us how.

Why marrying in the 21st century can seem so difficult.

Carlos Lozada and Katherine Miller on Jan. 6, Kevin McCarthy and political fear.

Rachel Goldberg’s adult son is still being held hostage by Hamas. “I have no clue how I am able to function,” she says.

All it takes is 60 seconds, two people, paper and pens.

A decision by the F.D.A. this week could change care for thousands of Americans living with sickle cell.

Nicholas Kristof travels to the city for a firsthand look.

Why we’re captivated by the septuagenarian spectacle.

The ancient wisdom of Athens and Jerusalem can help us survive these cruel and challenging times.

The columnist on a possible path to resolution.

How one image captures the human toll of war in Gaza.

Gen Z and millennials aren’t hot on Biden — or government generally. But the Democrats can win them back.

Patti Davis reflects on what she sees as the root of addiction.

‘I am undone by empathy’: A Palestinian poet on the fight to exist.

For Halloween, try this parenting hack: Back off.

Nicholas Kristof reports from Tel Aviv.

The responsibility Israel’s prime minister bears for Oct. 7.

Become such a good listener, you’re “burning calories.”

What I learned after choosing not to post about the Israel-Hamas war.