Opinion | Will 2024 Be the Year American Democracy Dies?

The Capitol riot has been described as both a bullet dodged and a dress rehearsal for a more successful attack on American elections.

Opinion | Biden Is Taking a Page Out of Trump’s Immigration Playbook

The president promised a “humane” immigration policy. Images of U.S. agents menacing Haitians at the border tell a different story.

Opinion | Do We Need to Shrink the Economy to Stop Climate Change?

The degrowth movement argues climate change isn’t a problem we can simply innovate our way out of.

Opinion | The Global Vaccine Drive Is Failing. Can It Be Saved?

Nine months after the first Covid vaccine was approved for use, most of the world’s 7.8 billion people have yet to receive even a single shot.

Opinion | Do We Need Booster Shots More than the World Needs Vaccines?

As rich countries ponder the marginal utility of third doses, billions of people around the world are still waiting for their first.

Opinion | Climate Disaster Is the New Normal. Can We Save Ourselves?

There are only two options: adapt or suffer.

Opinion | Has Texas Spelled the End of Abortion Rights in America?

The answer depends on what Democrats do next.

Opinion | The Red Tape That Could Cost Millions of Americans Their Homes

Congress allocated enough money to stave off a wave of evictions, but it’s not being sent to renters fast enough.

Opinion | Is There a Nuclear Option for Stopping Climate Change?

Once the bête noire of environmentalists, nuclear power is now being hailed by some as a solution to a warming world.

Opinion | How OnlyFans Became the Latest Casualty of the War on Porn

Companies like Mastercard are cracking down on adult content. Are they doing more harm than good?

Opinion | Covid Isn’t Going Away. So What Now?

The pandemic will end, eventually. But how soon that happens is anybody’s guess.

Opinion | Did America Betray Afghanistan?

The country is in many ways worse off than it was 20 years ago. What does America owe the Afghan people?

Opinion | Covid Vaccine Mandates: Is It Time?

The era of trying to entice the unvaccinated with free beer and doughnuts seems to be coming to an end.

Opinion | Can Ranked-Choice Voting Cure American Politics?

It’s gaining popularity around the country. But like every voting system, it has its downsides.

Opinion | Did the Coronavirus Come From a Lab?

18 months after the virus emerged, we still don’t know its origin story.

Opinion | Should the Olympics Be Canceled?

They could prove a much-needed symbol of global solidarity — or a superspreader event.

Opinion | Stop Saying ‘Post-Pandemic’

For much of the world, it’s far from over: The coronavirus has already killed more people in 2021 than it did in all of 2020.

Opinion | Why Elon Musk Has a Lower Tax Rate Than You

A new investigation confirms that the ultrarich don’t pay taxes like the rest of us. Should they?

Opinion | 3 Lessons the AIDS Pandemic Taught Us About Covid

While the world trained its epidemiological attention on the coronavirus last year, another pandemic virus infected 1.5 million people and killed 690,000.

Opinion | What Does a Future Without Herd Immunity Look Like?

Many experts now say that the fixation on herd immunity as the only path back to normalcy is misguided.