Opinion | Cheer Up, Liberals. You Have the America You Wanted.

America in 2021 is the country that liberals in the Bush era pined for.

Opinion | Cancel Culture: Are We Overreacting?

Readers mostly disagree with a column by Michelle Goldberg that suggests that we are, and she responds to their critiques.

Biden Pulls Back on Infrastructure Bill, Tying It to Social Policy Measure

After pressing toward a vote, Democratic leaders accepted “reality” that the bill could not pass before a broad climate change and safety net measure comes together.

Opinion | The World Lost a Great Philosopher This Week

A tribute to Charles W. Mills.

Opinion | The Middle-Aged Sadness Behind the Cancel Culture Panic

It’s painful to feel repelled by the sensibilities of the young.

Opinion | The Fight Over Tenure Is Not Really About Tenure

It’s a proxy for a larger debate about the meaning of academic freedom and the priorities of higher education.

Opinion | The Economic Mistake the Left Is Finally Confronting

The left needs to think as much about supply as it does about demand. 

Opinion | When Dictators Find God

We’re in an era of post-religious holy wars.

Opinion | One Thing We Can Agree On Is That We’re Becoming a Different Country

Tolerance and intolerance are taking on many different guises.

Opinion | The Right-Wingers Who Admire the Taliban

For some reactionaries, a victory over "liberalism" is something to gloat about.

Opinion | Can the Left Regulate Sex?

Cultural progressives need to choose between using their new power for liberation or regulation.

Opinion | ‘Lean Into It. Lean Into the Culture War.’

Is it Democrats or Republicans who are tearing us apart?

Opinion | How Did a Socialist Triumph in Buffalo?

The backlash against 'defund the police' didn't stop India Walton.

Opinion | The Left Needs the A.C.L.U. to Keep Defending Awful Speech

Yes, the civil liberties group is divided. What else is new?

Opinion | Is Wokeness ‘Kryptonite for Democrats’?

Republicans sure seem to think so. They are not alone. 

Opinion | The Crisis of Anti-Semitic Violence

A disaster for Jews and a gift to the right.

Republicans Move to Limit a Grass-Roots Tradition of Direct Democracy

Through ballot initiatives, voters in red states have defied legislators’ wishes and produced liberal outcomes in recent years. Republicans want to make the practice harder, or even eliminate it.