Opinion Video

The stakes in Thursday’s debate are high, and so is the risk of failure.

From love and pride to discomfort and hate, 10 people describe their feelings about their own periods.

Dr. Samer Attar, an American surgeon, shows the unfathomable brutality of the war in Gaza.

We need to be smarter about how we talk about mental illness.

These are their exit interviews.

Hundreds of thousands of people are homeless. This filmmaker wants you to see them.

Meet the unsung heroes making our country great.

Politicians from both sides used to agree on immigration policy. What happened?

There’s more than one way for workers to organize.

The 10 videos that will stick with us far past 2023.

The N.H.S. is one of Britain’s proudest achievements, and it’s unraveling.

Once a hope for the future of Israel and the Palestinians, “the two-state solution” can now feel like a hollow phrase.

Presidential candidates’s meetings weren’t always so hostile.

Two years ago, filmmakers asked children in Gaza about their dreams for the future. These were their responses.

Survivors of the Oct. 7 Hamas attacks grapple with what can be recovered and what is lost forever.

Social media demands that you’re with us or against us.

Emergency rooms are among the most dangerous workplaces in the United States.

When it comes to my pregnancy, the only opinion I’m interested in is my doctor’s.

The Supreme Court of Brazil is deciding a case that could make history by decriminalizing abortion.

Two siblings learn to balance love and self-preservation.

They benefited from legacy admissions, and they want it to end.

Pain patients have become the unintended victims of a national crackdown on opioid prescribing.

These men have spent their entire adult lives in prison. How much punishment is enough?

Every day, Ukrainian children lose fathers in Russia’s assault on their country. A grief camp is fighting to protect their youth.

Ukrainian citizen-soldiers are in a fight for survival — and they don’t have time to travel for training.

Now that Yevgeny Prigozhin has left the battlefield, who will tell Russians the truth?

We’re told education can end poverty. The truth is more complicated.

Seeking help, L.G.B.T.Q. members of religious communities may end up in conversion therapy without even realizing it.

They’re among the most effective ways to reduce destructive drinking. What are politicians so afraid of?

We made this video for the three people who can end an absurd workplace nightmare for millions of Americans.

It’s time to completely rethink how we measure economic success.

Twenty years ago, Bush did something amazing. Hint: It wasn’t the Iraq war.

In Lebanon the economic collapse is forcing citizens to take extreme measures to get their savings.

“It’s really, really hard to live when you’re constantly focused on how you look.”

For Jerod Draper, horrifying video footage wasn’t enough to force police accountability.

For hospitals, pediatrics isn’t as lucrative as adult health care — and we’ve been underinvesting in kids for decades.

In wartime Russia, following your conscience can come at a heavy cost.

More than a year after the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan, a network of volunteers is still trying to evacuate Afghan allies. But this commitment has come at a great cost.

It’s never been harder to oversee America’s classrooms, and it’s driving educators out en masse.

Millions suffered, hundreds died, and Greg Abbott is likely to get a third term. 

And your chances of surviving on it, too.

A pastor in St. Louis explains in a sermon what’s at stake for the Black population in the abortion debate.

Innovation is important, but Elon Musk’s impractical transit inventions do nothing to help solve today’s problems.

The residential programs that families and kids turn to for help are in desperate need of reform.

Imagine a legal January 6. It’s bureaucratic, boring, invisible, and it might actually succeed.

With Liz Truss as its next prime minister, Britain is about to get a second helping of the policies that created its current crisis.

When you can’t rely on facial recognition, you look beyond the obvious.

Stuttering is considered an issue with speech. What about the listener?

It’s time to expand our definition of blindness.

Lawns are bad for you, your pets and the planet. It’s time to move on to greener pastures.

Across the country, thousands of hospitals have largely ignored price transparency laws.

“Net-zero emissions” sounds like an ambitious goal, but for most corporations, it’s just kicking the can down the road.

How the United States treats refugees is one of the greatest tests of the American experiment.

Self-managed abortion is not a substitute for having full reproductive rights. But it’s one of the best tools we have right now.

While befriending a former rival, Jay Dickey became one of the rare politicians to change his stance on gun control.

Some Russians who oppose the war in Ukraine are experiencing an existential crisis marked by sorrow and regret.

And heartbreak and lions and infinite hallways.

It was a naïve gamble: If we were nice to Putin, maybe he would be nice to us.

In some regions of Ukraine, there are virtually no hospitals left. 

An Opinion Video investigation reveals the Taliban have been on a crusade of revenge killings against former U.S. allies.

Britain is having a hard time quitting its addiction to Russian money.

Not every killing connects with the culture and activates a mass movement. This one did.

Climate-conscious cooking means getting creative.

Modern poultry farming keeps chicken cheap but steals the dignity of both animal and farmer.

To help make sense of the scandal surrounding Britain’s prime minister, we enlisted the help of satirical newscaster, Jonathan Pie.

American agriculture is ravaging the air, soil and water. But a powerful lobby has cleverly concealed its damage.

Nurses would like to set the record straight on the hospital staffing crisis.

The comedian and journalist Jeff Seal takes to the streets to rally support for a little-known bill that would protect millions of New Yorkers from unjust evictions. But a powerful lobby stands in its way.

How do we mourn everything we’ve lost to Covid?

Our kids are at the mercy of tech companies, with only an outdated law to protect them.