With just about a week to go before the 2026 midterms, we asked six pollsters and pundits to predict who will win the House and the Senate. Their predictions offer a fairly optimistic outlook for Democrats. www.nytimes.com/interactive/2026/10/26/opi...
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The investigation into Ilhan Omar “is a chilling example of the federal government using its immense power to silence a critic,” the editorial board writes. “It is an affront to free speech, the rule of law and American ideals.” www.nytimes.com/2026/10/23/opinion/ilhan-o...
“If the Trump administration launches an effort to manipulate the outcome of the midterms, the economic impact could be felt immediately, and it could last long after Mr. Trump’s presidency ends,” the former U.S. Treasury secretary Robert Rubin writes. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/21/opinion/trump-m...
Since 1965, the number of Black members of Congress has grown from six to more than 60. Now, that representation is at risk. Six Black lawmakers spoke to Times Opinion about how gerrymandering threatens Black political power. www.nytimes.com/interactive/2026/10/14/opi...
"Sports might be the last remaining American cultural institution that spans our political divides," write Todd Rogers, Audrey Feldman and Ben Valenta.
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“The question facing AIPAC is not simply whether it can find a way to adjust to this new political world," Eric Alterman writes, “but more fundamentally, whether it can even see the changes demanded by these new circumstances?” www.nytimes.com/2026/10/05/opinion/aipac-i...
An upcoming U.S. Supreme Court case on freedom of religion “puts to the justices the question of whether they are satisfied with what they have accomplished so far,” Linda Greenhouse writes.
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On Wednesday, Tennessee will execute Christa Pike for a murder she committed at 18. At that age, many brain systems aren’t developed, Sophia Laurenzi says. “This matters when we decide whether the most irrevocable punishment is proportionate to the crime.” www.nytimes.com/2026/09/25/opinion/death-p...
Michelle Cottle, Tressie McMillan Cottom and Jessica Grose will be live on Reddit to discuss the past, present and future of conservative women on Wednesday at 12:30 p.m. E.T.
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“It’s kind of delusional, this misguided notion that if prominent people stay politically silent, they will encourage unity rather than division,” Roxane Gay writes on Ed Sheeran. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/21/opinion/ed-shee...
Trump’s efforts to ban news organizations from the White House is alarming for two reasons, the editorial board writes: “It continues both Mr. Trump’s attempt to prevent the free flow of information in American society and his utter disregard of the law.” www.nytimes.com/2026/09/21/opinion/trump-j...
“This is what it means to be the country’s paper of record: a great and imperfect newspaper steadfastly chronicling a great and imperfect nation,” A.G. Sulzberger writes on The New York Times’s 175th anniversary.
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Times Opinion asked six polling and politics experts for their thoughts on the 2026 midterm elections. Several had rosy predictions for Democrats. www.nytimes.com/interactive/2026/09/14/opi...
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“Nothing against such pleasures, but if they concentrate your vision of ultimate happiness, that’s something you may need to reconsider,” Mark Edmundson writes.
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“We have arrived in a new age of disorder,” Margaret MacMillan writes. “We must prepare ourselves, which begins with being honest about the seriousness of the moment we’re in, and accepting that our fragile system is faltering.” www.nytimes.com/2026/09/01/opinion/world-o...
In the 18th century the East India Company was the most powerful and dangerous corporation the world had ever seen — that is, until the A.I. giants turned up, William Dalrymple writes.
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Dolly Parton “didn’t see herself as a saint,” our columnist, Tressie McMillan Cottom, writes. “She identified as something we needed even more: a writer.” www.nytimes.com/2026/08/27/opinion/dolly-p...
Dolly Parton “used humor and charm to control every interview,” writes Jad Abumrad, creator of the podcast “Dolly Parton’s America.” “She was always two steps ahead of you. She never allowed herself to be a part of a story of which she was not the author.” www.nytimes.com/2026/08/25/opinion/dolly-p...
“No matter what you think about Harry and Meghan, race is the proverbial elephant in the room.” Roxane Gay writes. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/24/opinion/harry-m...
“The surest sign of democratic collapse is the unwillingness of an elected political party to leave office,” writes the Times editorial board. “President Trump has taken worrisome steps down this path since returning to office in January 2025.”
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“In a representative democracy, the people must have confidence in the health of their leader, and in the leader’s capacity to guide the nation,” Jonathan Reiner writes about President Trump’s health. “We have been kept in the dark too long.” www.nytimes.com/2026/08/12/opinion/trump-h...
“People who feel burned by the medical system are not eager to listen to it now” about antidepressant dependence, Camille Bromley writes. “Instead they often put their trust in online support groups.”
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What President Trump’s executive orders targeting the Smithsonian “promise to restore is a sense of comfort contained in the most reductive and sanitized stories about the United States — the bliss of ignorance,” our columnist M. Gessen writes.
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“Blaming Canada used to be such a fantastical idea that it was a joke,” Chrystia Freeland writes. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/28/opinion/canada-...
In talking with recent college graduates, Emi Nietfeld has found that “like job seekers of all ages, they feel terrified and discouraged,” she writes. “But one thing stood out: Many students told me that ambition as I knew it no longer makes sense." www.nytimes.com/2026/07/23/opinion/gen-z-a...
In President Trump’s prime-time speech Thursday evening, “there are a number of ways he can muddy the waters by abusing the powers of the presidency. He’s done it before,” Representative Jim Himes writes. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/16/opinion/trump-s...
“Responsible A.I. governance may really come down to something resembling a First Amendment approach,” writes Paul Ford.
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“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...