Guest Essays

A new bill will result in a ban of the app and a propaganda win for Beijing.

Who is more pleased with the course of the trial so far — the prosecution or the defense?

I was not naïve about the challenges in bringing a winnable and legally sustainable case against Weinstein.

Involuntary treatment too often requires a court order.

We need utilities to succeed now more than ever before. But the definition of success needs to evolve.

The seasonal allergy hill is now an all-year mountain.

His approach to foreign policy can be pragmatic or unpredictable — or both at the same time.

A flawed insider is called to provide detailed and direct evidence to the jury of the defendant’s alleged guilt.

Benefits programs force disabled adults who want to wed to choose between the support they need and the independence they deserve.

Gotham’s 400th birthday calls for a celebration worthy of the great metropolis it is.

He is focused on firming up his Democratic base, even though the election will come down to centrist swing voters in battleground states.

In long, quiet, rhythmic games of catch, my son and I found a new way to be together.

A beef between two rap titans isn’t just about egos. It’s about the future of the genre, as determined by the legacy of its past.

The film is easy to criticize. But we watched it again and again for Moreno and her “movidas.”

China’s economy has reached a dead end. Getting out will mean more trade friction with the United States.

Millions of birds have died because of bird flu. Human activity has helped make the virus more deadly.

Colleges cannot accede to student protesters’ demands that they jettison investments because of the war in Gaza.

We need to rethink the policy of preserving families, seemingly at all costs.

Britain’s Conservative Party is in crisis.

Judging by the war’s conduct to date, it’s more likely that in the end, the operation will do more damage to Israel.

Why is it that a substantial body of social science research finds that conservatives are happier than liberals?

As long as Iran is ruled by a government that puts ideology before its national interest, the Middle East will never know meaningful stability.

In an era of sexual decline, celebrities are dressing up in outfits that are barely there. But no one seems to be enjoying it much.

Now is our chance to rethink the centuries-old stories we’ve told about obesity and weight loss.

Before you decide to speak out about wrongdoing, you have to recognize it for what it is.

It does not have to be this way.

In the fractured, misunderstood world outside our windows, a cicada emergence is a gift, a reminder that we have not yet destroyed it all.

Politics is a competition to dominate. Liberals have their own tradition of it — and they should embrace it.

Anxiety about China is making American policymakers react in paranoid, repressive ways.

The conductor Daniel Barenboim explores the political and spiritual power of what many consider the greatest symphony.

We must be able to create a more civic-minded internet, with tools that would empower users to better control what they see.

Have you heard the advice to go where you can see yourself? Ignore it.

Three terms in, she’s exiting her political adolescence and coming into her own as a veteran operator.

Our biggest mistake would be to believe that Trumpism is a historical exception.

The U.S. is losing its terror-fighting presence in Africa. That’s not a bad thing if Washington uses the development to help African governments deliver more to their citizens.

The Staten Island branch of St. John’s University is more than just a school.

When authorities are seen as corrupt, we celebrate those who defy them.

These spaces have historically been tied to exclusion and injustice, but we can cultivate them to be ethical and environmentally beneficial.

The plan to deport asylum seekers to Rwanda promises to be an exercise in cruelty.

The oldest president is in big trouble with the youngest voters, especially men.

We need to start aggressively testing dairy workers for bird flu to safeguard their health as well as ours — now.

Getting into a selective college has always been a source of anxiety and stress for students, but this year seemed like academic Hunger Games.

Here we are, watching the narrow, tawdry version of the trial the nation ought to have had 50 years ago.

The Cybertruck looks edgy, that’s for sure, but it has serious problems.

She was a poet who didn’t write poetry, but felt it like a poet.

Though the notion would have been laughable a decade ago, Michigan is one promising national model for how state-level activists can retake power.

If old-school public-service journalism can make it anywhere, it can make it here.

With its TikTok bill, Congress sent a message to the world: You cannot disregard basic internet norms and expect to be treated like any other country.

Boring as it may sound, it is a case about business integrity.

Chinese pride and triumphalism have given way to malaise in the post-Covid era.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau of Canada and his Liberal Party are facing increasing unpopularity in an era of right-wing ascendancy.

We live in a complex world. We can’t afford to make art that serves up only simple moral lessons.

Radical Christians are working to erase L.G.B.T.Q. visibility from schools and ultimately, South Korean society.

Instead of continuing the environmental legacy they were once known for, Republicans have ceded the fight against climate change to Democrats.

Turning the page on the man — and on the politics he has fostered — will require fundamentally changing the text of our founding document.

Motherhood often feels at odds with a research career.

To win a political campaign, you want to put your candidate in a setting that provides a chance to excel. For Trump, that’s the trial.

A ruling in the emergency abortion case heard at the high court on Wednesday could turn out abortion rights supporters to the polls.

A visit to Ukraine and Russia would allow my son to see that his mother’s native language wasn’t a quirk of hers but something normal for millions of people.

Skepticism and distrust of health practitioners is on the rise. How are doctors supposed to restore patient trust?

It is difficult, if not impossible, to attempt to counter polarization at a time when partisan sectarianism is intense and pervasive.

The new alliance structure Washington is pursuing in Asia won’t guarantee peace and stability — and may raise the risk of stumbling into a conflict.

The court’s delay may have stripped citizens of the criminal justice system’s most effective mechanism for determining disputed facts: a trial.

We need history to support our foundations. But it can only do that with integrity if it exposes the failings.

Will the court go out of its way to disregard statutory language and create ambiguity where none exists?

It’s not the crime; it’s the cover-up. But it’s still a highly flawed case.

Moldova is a cautionary tale for Ukraine.

Ironically, the most conservative voices in the House are getting shut out.

We have become so separate from the natural world that we don’t feel safe in the presence of well maintained trees.

“Saving the planet” is the wrong goal.

She has seen the deep state up close and knows what needs to be done.

Giorgia Meloni is the model for the continent’s far right.

If delay prevents this Trump case from being tried this year, our system may never hold the man most responsible for Jan. 6 to account.

A ban on camping in public places faces a Supreme Court test.

In the last two weeks, the president worked to avoid an immediate disaster. But it’s his own policies that have set the region on its current dangerous trajectory.

A surveillance law referred to as Section 702 is needed to protect us from foreign threats.

To reduce the risk PFAS pose, we need far more comprehensive mandates that test, monitor and limit the entire class of chemicals.

The Bible insists we turn our pain into understanding, love and empathy.

Here’s how America should build on the end of Roe v. Wade

Humility can be a bulwark against arrogance, absolutism, purity and zeal, and an antidote in our age of grievance.

A number of new tech companies want to solve the opioid crisis with algorithms. It’s a flawed and potentially harmful proposition.

The current politically-driven suppression of theater productions in high schools has a grim historical precedent.

The return of Trump to the White House would be disastrous for the planet.

He wants China to win the race to provide climate solutions and assume the global leadership that would come with it.

Prison time is a possibility. It’s uncertain, of course, but plausible.

The nuclear industry has a long history of failing to deliver on its promises.

India’s many problems can’t be solved by his radical Hindu nationalism.

For a kid from Queens who never quite conquered Manhattan, this trial is a fitting homecoming.

Barring outside journalists from Gaza and the killings of those covering the war must stop.

We need to grapple with the many hidden and little-understood but highly damaging effects of climate change.

The best way for Washington to limit the expansion of the Israel-Iran conflict is to clearly signal its intention to support an Israeli counterattack.

The global community must draw bright lines for combatants in future conflicts by creating specific protections for power grids.

They are the signs of life that I look for when spring arrives.

The selection process and the can-do attitude of jurors result in a fair jury almost all the time.

History isn’t just learned through textbooks; everybody has a story, big or small, that tells us about America.

Tiger Woods said he owes his career to Charlie Sifford, the first Black member of the P.G.A. But the golf world has done far too little to promote Black players.

The nation’s detention and prison systems have grown side by side, buttressed by the same logic and practice.

Mental illness isn’t a crime, and jail isn’t the answer for those experiencing it.

Many exemptions are very hard, perhaps impossibly hard, to defend on either practical or moral grounds.

What really matters is what the court does or doesn’t do.