“Another thing that bothers me about the birthright case is that at the end of the term, assuming the administration loses, it will help make the Supreme Court seem more middle of the road than it is,” Emily Bazelon tells David French.
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“Tastelessness and classlessness are the least of my concerns when it comes to President Trump’s collaborators,” Frank Bruni tells Bret Stephens in their conversation this week.
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“Birthright citizenship provides certainty, and that certainty is what propels people to invest in their communities, to innovate and ultimately to create traditions that become unmistakably American,” Padma Lakshmi writes. www.nytimes.com/2026/04/01/opinion/padma-l...
"One does not have to be a criminologist to predict that people who commit a violent act and are absolved of any punishment might become repeat offenders," the editorial board writes. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/31/opinion/trump-j...
The character “Daryl Hannah” portrayed in the TV series “Love Story,” Daryl Hannah writes, “is not even a remotely accurate representation of my life, my conduct or my relationship” with John F. Kennedy Jr. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/06/opinion/daryl-h...
President Trump has revealed a deep malady within the U.S., Lydia Polgreen writes: “America’s unshakable faith in its ability to shape the world to its liking, indifferent to what others might want and supremely confident that its plan is the right one.”
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“The Republican effort to undermine the 2026 midterm elections is neither theoretical nor exaggerated,” writes Chuck Schumer, the Senate minority leader. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/23/opinion/chuck-s...
Naomi Klein, the author of “Doppelgänger,” saw the MAGA right emerging much earlier than many others. Now it’s our reality. On this episode of “The Ezra Klein Show,” she talks to Ezra about how we got here.
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For its latest focus group, Times Opinion spoke with 12 Gen Z white collar job seekers. “Rough,” “dry,” and “a scam” were just a few of the words our participants used to describe their experience of the job market thus far. www.nytimes.com/interactive/2026/03/19/opi...
“President Trump went to war against Iran without explaining his strategy to the American people or the world. It now appears that he may not have had much of a strategy at all,” writes the editorial board.
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“The war is a reminder that no city, no matter how go-go and glamorous, can buy its way out of the forces of history and geography,” writes Richard Florida. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/16/opinion/dubai-h...
What did the academy get right? Wrong? What was just weird? Three opinion writers break down the Oscars.
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James Fishback, a 31-year-old running for governor in Florida, “doesn’t represent the mainstream of the Republican Party today, but he’s showing us one vision of a post-Trump Republican future,” our columnist Michelle Goldberg writes. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/12/opinion/james-f...
Update: Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey has granted clemency to Sonny Burton. Last week, Elizabeth Vartkessian wrote, "In a state that rarely shows mercy to those behind bars, here is an opening. Let us hope Governor Ivey will take it." www.nytimes.com/2026/03/05/opinion/governo...
“If the United States relies less on oil, it can care less about the Persian Gulf,” Rosemary Kelanic writes. “That would be one more reason to bring home the tens of thousands of U.S. troops stationed there.” www.nytimes.com/2026/03/09/opinion/iran-wa...
The character “Daryl Hannah” portrayed in the TV series “Love Story,” Daryl Hannah writes, “is not even a remotely accurate representation of my life, my conduct or my relationship” with John F. Kennedy Jr. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/06/opinion/daryl-h...
“Donald Trump’s foreign policy vision is imperialism,” Peter Beinart writes. “It’s a global outlook that closely resembles Mr. Trump’s governing style at home — both feature spectacular violence and contempt for the restraints of law.” www.nytimes.com/2026/03/03/opinion/trump-i...
“The Iranian people are among the most naturally pro-Western in the region. If that impulse is allowed to surface and spread,” our columnist Tom Friedman writes, “we have the possibility for a much more inclusive Middle East.” www.nytimes.com/2026/03/02/opinion/trump-i...
President Trump's approach to Iran is reckless, the editorial board writes.
"He started this war without explaining to the American people and the world why he was doing so." nyti.ms/4rLhh0G
In attacking Iran, President Trump “is telling the American people and the world that he expects their blind trust. He has not earned that trust,” writes the editorial board. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/28/opinion/iran-at...
“The economy is not going to be a driving factor in this primary election,” Leah Hagan, a consultant in Houston, says about the upcoming Texas Senate Republican primary. “It’s a culture war. What does it mean to have a house when you don’t have a country?”
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After widespread anti-regime protests in Iran, Times Opinion contacted dozens of doctors and nurses working there, many of whom had begun to quietly document what they saw as they attempted to provide aid to demonstrators. www.nytimes.com/interactive/2026/02/25/opi...
With an uncharacteristically gratuitous paragraph in last week’s tariff ruling, Chief Justice John Roberts is sending a message to the waiting world, Linda Greenhouse writes, “that a reckless president is sowing chaos in America and around the globe.” www.nytimes.com/2026/02/24/opinion/tariffs...
Under President Trump, the FTC and FCC are “engaged in a hostile takeover of the marketplace of ideas,” writes the editorial board. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/24/opinion/fcc-ftc...
The Supreme Court decision on tariffs “is definitely bad for the economy,” writes Natasha Sarin, “just not for any of the reasons Mr. Trump had in mind. And in the long run, it’s likely a lot better than where we were otherwise headed.” www.nytimes.com/2026/02/20/opinion/trump-t...
Times Opinion assembled 13 Democratic and Democratic-leaning voters to ask how the party is handling the moment, what changes and reprioritizations they want to see, and what kinds of Democrats are standing out. Here's what they said. www.nytimes.com/interactive/2026/02/17/opi...
With its latest layoffs, The Washington Post is “attempting to shrink its way into relevance — not with its audience but with its unfathomably wealthy, highly distracted owner,” our columnist Lydia Polgreen writes. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/14/opinion/jeff-be...
“Americans should not accept vague excuses for protecting the identities of Mr. Epstein’s associates,” the editorial board writes. “A two-tiered justice system that coddles the powerful and revictimizes the vulnerable is a violation of American values.” www.nytimes.com/2026/02/14/opinion/bondi-e...
Too often over the past year, the Department of Homeland Security’s behavior has been lawless, the editorial board writes. “The current crisis isn’t just a test of the balance of powers. It’s a test of the Bill of Rights.” www.nytimes.com/2026/02/12/opinion/ice-con...
“I don’t believe ads are immoral or unethical,” writes Zoë Hitzig, who recently quit her job as a researcher for OpenAI. “A.I. is expensive to run, and ads can be a critical source of revenue. But I have deep reservations about OpenAI’s strategy.” www.nytimes.com/2026/02/11/opinion/openai-...
“The reach of the Epstein files is truly international,” writes Moya Lothian-McLean. “But one country, America aside, is worst afflicted: Britain.” www.nytimes.com/2026/02/10/opinion/epstein...
Trump “aims to elbow his way into the everyday lives of an ungrateful nation, even — especially — in places that don’t much care for him,” writes Michelle Cottle. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/10/opinion/trump-u...
“Bad Bunny’s performance isn’t just the story of the ascendancy of a single performer, or of one genre,” Noah Shachtman writes. “It’s the sign of something bigger still. America’s pop culture is today multilingual, polycultural and international.”
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“We liberals need to wake up to the reality that we are being outperformed on education, opportunity and racial equity — supposedly our issues,” our columnist @NickKristof writes. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/09/opinion/red-sta...
“It seems etymologically, metaphysically, geologically and ethically impossible that President Trump could reach a new low. But he has,” our columnist Maureen Dowd writes. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/07/opinion/trump-o...
The @nytimes editorial board published an index tracking 12 categories of democratic erosion in October. The ICE crackdown has pushed America closer toward an autocracy. www.nytimes.com/interactive/2026/02/06/opi...
“It’s easy to stick by your values when times are good. Guardrails are necessary only when something is slamming against them,” our columnist Carlos Lozada writes about the cuts at The @washingtonpost, where he worked for 17 years. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/06/opinion/washing...
"This country should be proud that it can feel so routine for a citizen to drop a ballot in the mailbox or walk down the street to cast a vote," writes the editorial board. "In 2026, we should guard that tradition."
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“We urge the Department of Homeland Security to adhere to the Constitution and end the practice of conducting forcible entry into homes without judicial warrants,” six former Department of Homeland Security general counsels write. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/02/opinion/ice-dhs...
“During Trump’s first administration, he had minders,” writes Frank Bruni. “For his second, he wanted a pep squad.”
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“The Trump administration has said barely anything about New START’s expiration next Thursday, a day that will mark the end of a half-century of collaboration between the world’s two largest nuclear powers,” W.J. Hennigan writes.
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“We need to rip ICE down to the studs and start over,” Senator Tina Smith of Minnesota writes. “In the wake of this catastrophe, there is no reason we can’t come up with a way of enforcing our laws that doesn’t trample on our values and our Constitution.” www.nytimes.com/2026/01/29/opinion/ice-tru...
“To adopt the language of Second Amendment enthusiasts, perhaps the only thing that can eventually stop a bad guy with a gun is a good guy with a camera,” writes @JuliaAngwin. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/26/opinion/minneso...
Young people “have fallen out of love with Harry Potter because they have fallen out of love with the worldview the series represents,” writes @Louise_m_perry. “Which is to say that young people have fallen out of love with liberalism.” www.nytimes.com/2026/01/26/opinion/harry-p...
“When the government kills, it has an obligation to demonstrate that it has acted in the public interest. Instead, the Trump administration is once again engaged in a perversion of justice,” writes the @nytimes editorial board. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/25/opinion/alex-pr...
Whether it’s masked agents in Minneapolis or militants in the Middle East, we are seeing what happens when leaders prioritize “fire, ready, aim” over the rule of law, our columnist Tom Friedman writes. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/25/opinion/minneap...
“I find myself being angry and simply looking for fellowship among other infuriated citizens. There is a community that has formed not by hope but by loathing,” writes @esaumccaulley. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/25/opinion/ice-rag...
The Trump administration seeks to induce “constant fear — a fear of violence from which some people may at a given moment be spared, but from which no one will ever be truly safe,” writes @mashagessen. “State terror has arrived.” www.nytimes.com/2026/01/24/opinion/state-t...