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There’s a Reason Even ‘Smart’ People Surrender to Trump
The deputy editor of Opinion, Patrick Healy, speaks with the columnist M. Gessen about why so many people and institutions, including Democrats, have…
1 year, 8 months ago
I Survived a Kidnapping in Mexico. Now I Tell the Stories of Those Who Didn’t.
In June 2020, Manuel Bayo Gisbert, a visual anthropologist and artist, was abducted by members of a drug cartel outside of Mexico City. He was beaten…
1 year, 8 months ago
This Supreme Court Philosophy Could Constrain Trump
The biggest challenge to President Trump’s executive orders may be the American judicial system. In this episode, the Times Opinion columnist David F…
1 year, 8 months ago
Trump Is Failing the Marshmallow Test. Again.
The New York Times Opinion writer Binyamin Appelbaum has been writing and thinking about President Trump’s economic policy since his first term in of…
1 year, 8 months ago
A.I. Isn’t Coming for Moe the Bartender. Not Yet, Anyway.
In this episode, the actor Hank Azaria, known in part for his numerous roles on “The Simpsons,” confronts how A.I. is already shaking up the vocal ac…
1 year, 8 months ago
There’s a Reason Trump Is Going After Birthright Citizenship
On his first day back in office, President Trump signed an executive order to end unconditional birthright citizenship. Lawsuits immediately began po…
1 year, 8 months ago
Kash Patel as F.B.I. Director Could ‘Destabilize the Whole System’
President Trump’s pick for F.B.I. director, Kash Patel, is no stranger to controversy. And despite a vigorous Senate hearing on Thursday, he appears …
1 year, 8 months ago
Maureen Dowd on Trump the Narcissist, Act II
Maureen Dowd got her start in journalism during the Nixon era. Over her decades in Washington, she’s developed a keen understanding of how presidents…
1 year, 8 months ago
Make America 1897 Again
What can the 1890s tell us about 21st-century problems and a second Trump administration? According to the Opinion columnist Jamelle Bouie, quite a l…
1 year, 8 months ago
My Sister’s Murder Isn’t for Your Entertainment
In 1993, Polly Klaas was kidnapped and murdered at the age of 12. Following her death, Polly’s tragic story became a plotline in true crime podcasts,…
1 year, 8 months ago