Readers criticize President Trump?s tirade against Somali immigrants. Also: A cruel deportee deal; beyond tech bans.

Having a baby without any medical help is the logical outcome of a centuries-long medical freedom movement.

Jewish Currents is fighting the good fight.

A singer?s almost totally relatable look at the woes of aging.

In the right hands, the pardon power is too strong. In the wrong hands, it is disastrous.

Even if the wisdom of releasing the files is a nuanced issue, the president?s behavior has been indefensible.

Progressives have an opportunity to start thinking boldly again about how to conceive of and use public authority for Americans.

Centrist governments are failing badly in Europe?s leading economies, setting the stage for a far-right sweep.

Our problems run deeper than debates about affordability.

Federal lawmakers have ample powers to uncover and end administration abuse.

Don?t let Trump sell out its freedom for business deals with Putin.

Readers discuss the aftermath of a U.S. attack on a boat in the Caribbean. Also: Fixing Penn Station; Trumpism after Trump.

Free buses would be transformative not only for riders, but for the ecosystem of the city as a whole.

Why country and cowboys have a hold on our culture and our political imagination.

Suburban professionals want amenities, not austerity.

An ultra-Orthodox Jewish filmmaker asks members of her community about the silent anxieties surrounding intimacy on their wedding nights.

A field guide to the MAGA movement and its future.

He was, in the very best way, the Ralph Lauren of architects.

Compared to human drivers, Waymo cars were involved in 91 percent fewer crashes that resulted in serious injuries.

An ultra-Orthodox Jewish filmmaker asks members of her community about the silent anxieties surrounding intimacy on their wedding nights.

The Japanese leader?s candor over Taiwan brought the shared regional stakes out into the open, and the U.S. must stand behind its ally.

Olivia Nuzzi doesn?t seem to recognize that her collaboration with Robert Kennedy was a grave professional betrayal.

?If America hasn?t broken your heart, you don?t love her enough,? Cory Booker tells David Leonhardt in this episode of ?The Opinions.?

Jack Conte, the chief executive of Patreon, a platform for creators to monetize their art and content, outlines his vision for an internet that puts people, not ad revenues, first.

Readers discuss the shooting of two National Guard members in Washington. Also: Being Latino in the U.S.; wonderful mentors.

Victory will belong not to the side with more resources, but to the side with the stronger, more adaptive and unyielding will to win.

Winter won?t hold forever, and when it comes, a spider will disappear from the corner where she has made her home.

A North Carolina organization delivers salvation on four legs.

I help to build A.I. systems, and even I know there are real reasons to be concerned about how A.I. affects our children.

It may be tempting to memory hole what happened in Gaza. That would only compound the mistake of ignoring, or rationalizing, an intolerable reality.

Mandatory arbitration, underfunded enforcement and corporate malfeasance have eroded Americans? trust in institutions. It?s time for government to fight back.

Changes to the vaccine recommendation could be disastrous.

Latin Americans have proved surprisingly acquiescent to U.S. aggression ? but that won?t last forever.

Readers respond to a column by David Brooks about Christian nationalism. Also: A hope for a different kind of president; a view of Meta as not a monopoly.

Four years ago, my husband and I made an increasingly common choice: We hugged, apologized for our shortcomings and freed each other.

When ICE arrived in Chicago, this group had an answer.

A doctor grapples with a patient?s incomprehensible medical decision.

Instead of going to therapy for $100 a week, I began to invest in an astrological session every few months.

The New York Times Communities Fund has partnered with charities that invest in education at critical junctures across people?s life spans.

Apocalyptic predictions may actually serve as comforting fantasies, at which point our future freakouts become an excuse for inaction.

It is not only classical musicians who are being harmed by the search for perfection. It is harming many aspects of our lives and sectors of our society.

The organization provides critical support to families of sick newborns, making a lonely and devastating experience a little less so.

I needed to stop thinking that I knew more than the author and give in to whatever ride they had spent years planning.

Although nature is sometimes very fragile, decades of conservation rhetoric have perhaps overstated that fragility.

In a world taken over by the digital, hard-copy, handwritten diaries are a way to fight back.

The U.S. first had a federal education department in 1867 ? not 1979. Its history is critical in understanding the federal role in schools.

Readers respond to an editorial about access to abortion. Also: A citizenship test for our leaders.

Shopping has always been a game. And now it?s being rigged against you.

Our love of his plays have led to a centuries-long fascination with the writer. So why does each new fictional iteration get his life so wrong?

Shopping has always been a game. And now it?s being rigged against you.

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