This episode of “The Opinions” was produced by Vishakha Darbha. It was edited by Kaari Pitkin. Mixing by Isaac Jones.

How is it possible that the former president has a reasonable chance of winning the election despite all that voters now know ...

Millions of people could soon be eating fonio if the food industry took a page from the playbook of another fantastically ...

After Joe Biden called Vice President Kamala Harris to tell her that he was dropping out of the race for president, “one of ...

In 2006 Hezbollah launched a guerrilla raid into Israel. It led to a 34-day war that devastated Lebanon, traumatized Israel, ...

Here are two abortion stories. Both are mine. Both came with heartache and upheaval — and both prevented heartache and ...

Trump’s backers in tech see him as a fellow victim of the state and a shield they need to escape accountability.

In a bygone era, N.B.A. teams enforced an unofficial quota on Black players, apparently fearing that a “too Black” team might ...

Mr. Trump notched his narrowest margin of victory in North Carolina in 2020, and this year, local Democrats believe they can ...

Eradicating poverty is at the top of the U.N.’s stated goals. But their measure of poverty is only half the story.

Readers discuss an essay by a parent who gave her daughter a $100 reward. Also: Donald Trump and the psychiatrists; a second ...

Federal prosecutors can come ahead with a lengthy filing containing evidence backing their argument that the indictment of ...