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Nov 04, 2026
Americans showed that the power to choose their leaders belongs to them. Now they must remain vigilant until officials certify every race and the winners take office.
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Nov 04, 2026
What mattered most in these midterms?
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Nov 04, 2026
There was nothing inevitable about this comeuppance.
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Nov 04, 2026
"People hate the way that Trump is running this country," the columnist Michelle Goldberg argues. Her fellow columnists and the American electorate agree. Democrats had a great night, but what now? Eight Opinion columnists offer their views on what Democrats need to do next, and what Trump's final two years in office might hold.
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Nov 04, 2026
Every Senate win holds important lessons for Democrats.
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Nov 04, 2026
Abdul El-Sayed's victory answers several questions.
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Nov 04, 2026
One of the greatest survivors in U.S. politics finally falls.
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Nov 04, 2026
For Republicans, Texas has long been a dependable political anchor. Now, it's finally blue.
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Nov 04, 2026
One of the greatest survivors in U.S. politics finally falls.
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Nov 04, 2026
Michelle Cottle and David French wonder if there's a paradigm shift in American politics.
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Nov 04, 2026
For Republicans, Texas has long been a dependable political anchor. Its loss was a profound psychological blow.
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Nov 04, 2026
Americans showed that the power to choose their leaders belongs to them. Now they must remain vigilant until officials certify every race and the winners take office.
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Nov 04, 2026
Just months after his death, Mr. Grah Senate seat is gone and his Ukraine policy is diminished.
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Nov 03, 2026
If Democrats want to take back the White House, they should follow the Ohio senator-elect's playbook of focusing on economic issues while sidestepping cultural ones.
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Nov 03, 2026
What's stunning about his win is that it wasn't a surprise by Election Day.
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Nov 03, 2026
Michelle Goldberg and Matthew Yglesias talk about James Talarico, populism and taxes.
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Nov 03, 2026
Fighting corruption, the theme in his race, could work for Democrats in 2028.
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Nov 03, 2026
As much as any midterm race, the senator-elect affirmed the power of the right person waging the right campaign
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Nov 03, 2026
Fighting corruption, the theme in his race, could work for Democrats in 2028.
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Nov 03, 2026
Times Opinion writers break down the results from across the country and what they will mean for American politics in the years ahead.
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Nov 03, 2026
What does an opinion look like?
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Nov 03, 2026
An already dangerously erratic president is veering deeper and deeper into what amounts to hallucination.
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Nov 03, 2026
Readers respond to a news article, "In Texas, Minor Misdeeds Can Get a Young Student Arrested." Also: The elusive truth.
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Nov 03, 2026
The political winds are blowing in Democrats' direction. The question is: How strong are they?
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Nov 03, 2026
Electing Abdul El-Sayed would contribute to the normalization of the antisemitism that his candidacy has helped to produce.
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Nov 03, 2026
The political winds are blowing in Democrats' direction. The question is: How strong are they?
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Nov 03, 2026
There's something fundamental at stake in the midterms this year, beyond policy differences.
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Nov 03, 2026
Reforms that save 1 percent or 2 percent of health care costs quickly add up.
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Nov 03, 2026
Hey, no one said having all this freedom was going to be easy. Or survivable.
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Nov 03, 2026
The Trump administration has profoundly misread Latin America's political winds.
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Nov 02, 2026
China may see Trump's decision to hold up arms sales to Taiwan as a lasting concession, raising the stakes in a future confrontation over the island.
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Nov 02, 2026
History doesn't give us second chances.
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Nov 02, 2026
History doesn't give us second chances.
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Nov 02, 2026
Of all the Democratic appointees, if not all nine justices, Justice Kagan has a reputation as the most restrained and institutionalist. Until now.
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Nov 02, 2026
Readers offer some final thoughts before Election Day. Also: Hard times, or not; Halloween candy bliss.
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Nov 02, 2026
Of all the Democratic appointees, if not all nine justices, Justice Kagan has a reputation as the most restrained and institutionalist. Until now.
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Nov 02, 2026
Will Americans decide this week that character does, after all, matter?
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Nov 02, 2026
China and the U.S. need mutually assured collaboration to quash the threat of A.I.-empowered bad actors, even while their economic differences sharpen.
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Nov 02, 2026
Seldom have political food fights been this ridiculous.
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Nov 02, 2026
$20 million from the Social Security Administration. $8 billion from the Department of Agriculture. Have you received a check from the Trump administration? According to the Opinion contributor Cristian Farias, an "alphabet soup of agencies" have been deputized by President Trump to bribe his way through the midterms and, he argues, to "interfere with the democratic process."
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Nov 02, 2026
Medicine has developed many tools for suppressing suffering, but fewer for cultivating meaning or peace.
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Nov 02, 2026
Will Americans decide this week that character does, after all, matter?
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Nov 02, 2026
What does an opinion look like?
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Nov 02, 2026
China and the U.S. need mutually assured collaboration to quash the threat of A.I.-empowered bad actors, even while their economic differences sharpen.
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Nov 01, 2026
The history of triumphal arches is long and messy. Where does Donald Trump's proposed edifice fit in?
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Nov 01, 2026
The history of triumphal arches is long and messy. Where does Donald Trump's proposed edifice fit in?
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Nov 01, 2026
Readers discuss the city's policies and offer their own suggestions. Also: An A.I. monster?
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Nov 01, 2026
A decade after the Pizzagate theory began, the Epstein files give the conspiracy theory a new life.
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Nov 01, 2026
It's not an idle philosophical question.
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Nov 01, 2026
The Department of Justice is in a state of moral collapse.
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Nov 01, 2026
The pontiff draws on his missionary background for a show of fortitude.
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Oct 31, 2026
Gerrymandering, Gilded Age-style.
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Oct 31, 2026
Horror isn't just scary — it can draw people together, especially when they've struggled to connect.
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Oct 31, 2026
The future of American politics runs through the South.
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Oct 31, 2026
Doctors like Annie Andrews, Amy Acton and Abdul El-Sayed remind us that Americans don't trust Republicans with their nation's health.
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Oct 31, 2026
Democratic sweep or not, politics are about to change.
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Oct 31, 2026
It's become screamingly obvious who represents billionaires and unchecked plutocratic power.
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Oct 31, 2026
Gerrymandering, Gilded Age-style.
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Oct 31, 2026
With the midterms just days away, Times Opinion writers are taking stock of key races and the themes emerging from them. The columnist Jamelle Bouie sees a "politics of morality" taking shape in the messaging of popular Democratic candidates, like Jon Ossoff and James Talarico. He's hopeful that it signals a larger shift away from the grievance-filled politics of Donald Trump.
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Oct 31, 2026
Horror isn't just scary — it can draw people together, especially when they've struggled to connect.
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Oct 31, 2026
The Democrats have been searching for a way to counteract the toxic masculinity of the right.
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Oct 31, 2026
One news report that morning conveyed an eternal truth: Commuters will be delayed.
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Oct 31, 2026
Democratic sweep or not, politics are about to change.
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Oct 30, 2026
"Both sides have raised the anxiety level," around the midterm election, the law expert Rick Pildes said on "Interesting Times" earlier this fall. Pildes argued that what he calls "election pornography" has shaped a narrative that our elections are more vulnerable to fraud than they actually are.
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Oct 30, 2026
What does the world's richest man believe in?
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Oct 30, 2026
Elon Musk is obsessed with the "woke mind virus." On "The Ezra Klein Show," Quinn Slobodian, a co-author of "Muskism," explains the roots of this meme and how it has influenced Musk's politics.
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Oct 30, 2026
Why did Musk donate about $450 million to the elections? On "The Ezra Klein Show," a co-author of "Muskism," Quinn Slobodian, argues that Musk is insulating himself by making his businesses too essential for any future administration, Democratic or Republican, to rein in.
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Oct 30, 2026
Readers vent their frustrations and offer suggestions. Also: A public health scandal; giving in to Vladimir Putin.
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Oct 30, 2026
I like that our DVD player is neither smart nor intelligent. You put in the disc, and the movie appears.
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Oct 30, 2026
Unless you — and your audience — are avowedly and solidly Trump-supporting, it seems to make no sense to play the venue.
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Oct 30, 2026
Forget California's billionaire wealth tax. The economist Natasha Sarin believes there are better ways to make billionaires pay up.
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Oct 30, 2026
A lack of sex education is a bigger problem than pornography, according to the adult filmmaker Erika Lust. She argues on "Interesting Times" that a healthy outlook on sex begins by talking about it at an early age.
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Oct 30, 2026
Connecting to other people is hard. Watching porn might be easier. We asked a pornographer whether porn is to blame for the sex recession on "Interesting Times."
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Oct 30, 2026
Elon Musk and Donald Trump both embody the "Ayn Randian superman" trope in American politics, argues the Opinion columnist Ezra Klein. On "The Ezra Klein Show," Quinn Slobodian, a co-author of "Muskism," complicates this image of Musk and asks, "How can you dethrone Musk?"
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Oct 30, 2026
I'm in ‘You Can See Everything.' Here's my side of the story.
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Oct 30, 2026
Anthropic's I.P.O. is about more than just one company raising boatloads of cash.
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Oct 30, 2026
I like that our DVD player is neither smart nor intelligent. You put in the disc, and the movie appears.
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Oct 30, 2026
What does the world's richest man believe in?
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Oct 30, 2026
Forget California's billionaire wealth tax. The economist Natasha Sarin believes there are better ways to make billionaires pay up.
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Oct 30, 2026
American capitalism may never be the same again.
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Oct 29, 2026
A round table discussion decoding the election results.
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Oct 29, 2026
Remember the infectious joy of the Knicks's championship? As a new season begins, the team's owner seems intent on souring that celebration.
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Oct 29, 2026
A round table discussion on what the future holds for Israel and its government.
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Oct 29, 2026
Suddenly, Empathy Isn't So Toxic
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Oct 29, 2026
Readers react to the Alaska controversy. Also: Punishing critics of President Trump; victories for democracy; help for farmers; a women's health agenda.
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Oct 29, 2026
Remember the infectious joy of the Knicks's championship? As a new season begins, the team's owner seems intent on souring that celebration.
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Oct 29, 2026
Trump's new diesel deal with Russia is a dark sign of his new American agenda, argues the Opinion columnist M. Gessen. The agreement, along with Ukraine's accusation that the United States withheld military intelligence, points to a new story in this war: "If Vladimir Putin's plan is to starve Ukraine into submission this winter, then Donald Trump is going to help Putin do that."
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Oct 29, 2026
An adult filmmaker and conservative Catholic discuss sex and pleasure.
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Oct 29, 2026
What are the key differences between now and two years ago? Between now and 2016?
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Oct 29, 2026
It's time to take stock. Here are 12 takeaways from the last 10 years.
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Oct 29, 2026
Deport immigrants? Oh yes. But not this guy.
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Oct 29, 2026
What are the key differences between now and two years ago? Between now and 2016?
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Oct 29, 2026
If you're worked up about what billionaires pay, wait till you hear about the millionaires.
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Oct 29, 2026
A pornographer and conservative Catholic discuss sex and pleasure.
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Oct 29, 2026
The protests roiling the continent express feelings of generational futility.
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Oct 28, 2026
We can learn a lot from a long-dead labor leader about how to reckon with technology that threatens our jobs.
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Oct 28, 2026
We investigated Watergate. The former president and his henchmen got what they deserved.
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Oct 28, 2026
Algorithms are making politicians focus more on positive messaging in short video.
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Oct 28, 2026
We can learn a lot from a long-dead labor leader about how to reckon with technology that threatens our jobs.
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Oct 28, 2026
Readers discuss an editorial about ending gerrymandering. Also: Africa's progress; A.I. mirrors humans.
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