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Best Of: The Aesthetic That Explains American Identity Now
Aug 27, 2026
Why country and cowboys have a hold on our culture and our political imagination.
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The Right Is Rethinking MAGA. The Left Is Rethinking ‘Woke.’
Aug 22, 2026
What will the Republican Party become after President Trump? And how can the Democrats rehabilitate their toxic brand? On this episode of “The Opinions,” the Opinion political writer Michelle Cottle…
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How Are the Democrats’ Midterm Dreams Shaping Up?
Aug 15, 2026
Democratic divisions, polling misses and Ocasio-Cortez’s egg freezing: the week in politics.
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A.I. Hype Is Running Into Reality
Aug 12, 2026
And what a hedge fund’s $35 billion loss reveals about the state of the industry.
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Hello, Democrats? Are You Listening?
Aug 08, 2026
Michigan presents as much a warning as it does an opportunity.
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Have We Turned Personality Into Diagnosis?
Aug 05, 2026
We’ve reached peak self-diagnosis culture.
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The Working Class Is Fleeing Trump
Aug 01, 2026
Democrats have an anger problem. Republicans have a Trump problem.
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The Silicon Valley Health Trend Making Doctors Nervous
Jul 29, 2026
People are tracking more and more of their health metrics. Are they optimizing their health, or just hunting for disease?
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The New Tactic Trump Thinks Will Rally Voters
Jul 25, 2026
Three Opinion writers discuss whether the president’s Red Scare strategy will work.
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The ‘Devil’s Bargain’ at the Heart of American Politics Now
Jul 18, 2026
This week: the Todd Blanche hearing, Lindsey Graham’s legacy and progressive infighting.
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Is This the Fastest Opinion Shift in American Politics?
Jul 15, 2026
David Wallace-Wells and Robinson Meyer discuss whether the gathering coalition of Americans against data centers could be the next Occupy Wall Street movement or Tea Party.
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‘Platner Is Vile.’ McConnell Is Missing. Welcome to American Politics.
Jul 11, 2026
What America’s embarrassments have in common.
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The American Economy Isn’t as Bad as You Might Think
Jul 08, 2026
Influencers may be “Chinamaxxing,” but the U.S. is still the world’s economic powerhouse.
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Best of: Jill Lepore: ‘Most Forms of Tyranny Do Come to an End’
Jul 01, 2026
The Harvard historian on why change requires “determination and imagination.”
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Three Opinion Writers on Trump’s Latest Faceplant
Jun 27, 2026
Three Opinion writers on Trump’s latest face-plant.
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Thomas Friedman on the Clash at the Core of the Iran Deal
Jun 24, 2026
The divide between Iran and America is, the Opinion columnist Thomas L. Friedman argues, ultimately about the difference between “Kushnerism” (named for the president’s son-in-law Jared Kushner) and…
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‘A Deeply Anxious Personality’: Three Opinion Writers on JD Vance’s New Book
Jun 20, 2026
In JD Vance’s second memoir, “Communion,” the vice president reveals himself to be a deeply anxious person searching for certainty, the Opinion national politics correspondent Michelle Cottle argues…
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The Spectacle of Trump at 80
Jun 13, 2026
What does it say about President Trump — and America — that the soon-to-be octogenarian plans to celebrate his 80th birthday with a series of U.F.C. matches on the White House lawn? On “The…
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The A.I. Bubble Is Coming for Your Retirement Account
Jun 10, 2026
David Wallace-Wells speaks with the economist and law professor Natasha Sarin about what the coming A.I. I.P.O.s could mean for your retirement account.
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Graham Platner and the Rise of the ‘Dirtbag’ Democrat
Jun 06, 2026
And what the Maine candidate reveals about politics today.
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Sorry, Republicans, Trump Doesn’t Love You Back
May 30, 2026
The president is acting as if the midterms no longer matter.
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America Has a Masculinity Crisis
May 29, 2026
A much-needed, nuanced conversation about masculinity and feminism today.
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Has Trump Gone Full ‘Mob Boss’?
May 23, 2026
The president’s $1.8 billion slush fund is causing further cracks in the Republican Party.
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MAHA Is No Longer Useful to Trump
May 21, 2026
Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s MAHA movement has reshaped the public health debate. But if the coalition behind it begins to fracture, what comes next?
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The Great Political Realignment of 2026
May 16, 2026
The country seems to be tiring of the Trump era. Now what?
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How Strongmen Like Trump Get in Your Head
May 14, 2026
M. Gessen and Rachel Louise Snyder on the parallels between authoritarianism and domestic violence.
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High Gas Prices Are Just the Beginning
May 09, 2026
How the economic shock waves of Trump’s Iran war will be felt globally.
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