Opinion

He’s hiding who he really represents behind a can of Mountain Dew.

By Paul Krugman

Some financiers are seeing partisan corruption where it doesn’t exist.

By Peter Coy

On Trump’s comments to Christian voters and claims about his demeaning those with disabilities. Also: Retirement; coming out; youths in need; driver data.

All three men can help her, in different ways.

By Jonathan Alter

A declaration of victory by the Maduro regime is another case of how democracy is backsliding in Latin America.

By Michael Albertus

The future of the food supply is uncertain. Let’s look at solutions.

By Eliza Barclay

It’s a whole new era in presidential politics. Right?

By Gail Collins and Bret Stephens

Republicans once proudly proclaimed their reverence for the Constitution; in Milwaukee, they crowned as their leader a man who attempted to subvert it.

By Peter Wehner

When art changes opinions or opens hearts, it changes the world as profoundly as any legislation does.

By Margaret Renkl

Jane Coaston interviews anti-abortion activist Kristan Hawkins about Donald Trump, the changes in the G.O.P. and how activists are pushing from the outside.

By Jane Coaston

Its refusal to lower interest rates is a mistake.

By Jen Harris

Fishing the ocean’s twilight zone could unleash climate chaos.

By Porter Fox

Responses to a Science Times article. Also: The joys of a foreign language; Donald Trump’s platform changes; a Long Island militia; understanding sloths.

The Democratic Party must join the battle for the hearts and minds of young men.

By David French

Voters deserve transparency.

By Robert Klitzman

What do conservatives mean when they say that America is not “an idea”? The answer is key to understanding the 2024 election.

By Farah Stockman

Our food supply is more fragile than you think.

By David Wallace-Wells

Harris’s success and setbacks could make her the ideal candidate against a man who admits no mistakes, has no humility and is utterly unrelatable.

By Lydia Polgreen

Until we narrow the scope of what police officers can do, we’ll continue to see officers bring violence into situations that don’t require it.

By Tahir Duckett

She will need a message that reconnects the Democratic Party with the working-class voters it has alienated in recent decades.

By Michael J. Sandel

With the surge of support for her candidacy, you can sense an effort to overcome divisions on the left and to recover the unity of 2020.

By Ross Douthat

Women should bat JD around like a ball of twine.

By Maureen Dowd

Managing artificial intelligence without stifling it will be one of our biggest challenges as we adopt the most revolutionary technology since fire.

By Nicholas Kristof

Readers express their gratitude and frustration.

Michael February, a boundary-breaking surfer and the first Black South African on the World Surf League Championship Tour, embarks on a transformative journey.

By Sandra Winther and Michael February

Michael February, a boundary-breaking surfer and the first Black South African on the World Surf League Championship Tour, embarks on a transformative journey.

By Sandra Winther

To steer the economy well, a president must see beyond what keeps voters up at night.

By Peter Coy

Readers offer an array of suggestions to the presumptive Democratic nominee. Also: Secret Service women; evangelicals and MAGA.

He has a history of remaking himself to suit the men in his life.

By Michelle Goldberg

Ben Wikler, the chair of the Democratic Party of Wisconsin, discusses whether Kamala Harris can appeal to voters in the swing state.

By ‘The Ezra Klein Show’

Voters need a chance to see how the two candidates handle close public scrutiny in debates, interviews and informal events.

By The Editorial Board

Politics has become so much like entertainment that the first thing we do to make sense of the moment is to test it against a sitcom.

By Armando Iannucci

Let’s talk about the Democrats’ vibe shift.

By Ross Douthat, Carlos Lozada and Lydia Polgreen

We don’t let preadolescent kids work. Why do we let them appear in the most high-pressure athletic contests on a global stage?

By Linda Flanagan

The former president is praising the era when tariffs fueled the federal budget — and also caused social dislocation and financial instability.

By Steven R. Weisman

The streaming era turned on a fire hose of content that’s drowning viewers. We need TV that feels created by humans, not served up by an algorithm.

By Priyanka Mattoo

Organizers must reduce the event’s carbon footprint.

By Madeleine Orr

It is clear Venezuelans have chosen to oust President Maduro. Whether that will happen remains in question.

By María Corina Machado

The far right wants to turn the clock back on women’s rights.

By Paul Krugman

A strong politician in some ways, but also deeply flawed. Now, she’s ours.

By David Brooks

When it comes to people of mixed racial origin, our assumptions are sometimes strangely at odds with our ideals.

By John McWhorter

When we peer into the soul of America, we should always find both.

By Carlos Lozada

Readers react to Bret Stephens’s criticisms of Kamala Harris. Also: Gail Collins’s loss; barring felons from office; no taxes on tips?

Against the former misogynist in chief, Kamala Harris’s gender is an asset.

By Frank Bruni

Say what you will about Biden, but he is not a bully.

By Thomas L. Friedman

That nation’s first female Olympian argues that Taliban rule is disqualifying.

By Friba Rezayee and Derek Arthur

The G.O.P. has turned its own ignorance into a point of pride.

By Pamela Paul

She may yet add to her impressive Olympic legacy in Paris. But by changing the way we talk about mental health, Simone Biles has scored a different victory.

By Julie Kliegman

We have the tools we need to stop the disease in 2024. Let’s use them.

By Ina Park

China could seize control of a strategically vital waterway without firing a shot.

By Oriana Skylar Mastro

It’s tempting to salute him for courage, but that would overlook the deception about his deterioration.

By Bret Stephens

One of the great joys of a long marriage is how the personal and pragmatic moosh together.

By Gail Collins

MAGA won’t be content to beat the vice president. It’ll try to destroy her.

By Charles M. Blow

On Sunday the president selflessly let go of the reins but not before ensuring we were in good hands.

By Jeffrey Katzenberg

Consumer-facing A.I. has become a nuisance. But the big breakthroughs may be on the horizon.

By David Wallace-Wells

Readers object to Republican actions against migrants. Also: “Unpromising” students; romance fiction; sleep and longevity; scaffolding in New York.

In cobbling together a core constituency of voters who are both culturally conservative and financially hard-pressed, they are changing politics.

By Thomas B. Edsall

With Netanyahu’s visit, Congress can’t ignore its role in Gaza’s carnage.

By Megan K. Stack

When political violence is on the rise, accountability at all levels of society is the only way to stop it.

By Alex Kingsbury

The supreme gratification of watching Nancy Pelosi go to work.

By Jessica Bennett