Opinions

The rationale for the mandate was weak, both legally and as a policy matter.

More centrist Democrats argue that the president swung too far to the left. More liberal Democrats argue that Biden is not progressive enough.

We need more reporting on forgotten conflicts — and more stories that spotlight how war ravages people and leads to atrocities.

Alcohol-related deaths have surged in recent years. We need to focus on excessive drinking.

James Madison was the fourth president of the United States, and his Montpelier estate was maintained by about 300 enslaved people over more than 140 years. In this conversation recorded on April 14 for Washington Post Live, James French, chair of the Montpelier Descendants Committee, joins Jonathan Capehart to discuss.

Companies that once skirted social issues such as abortion bans are taking positions to protect their bottom lines.

Some legislators have called the Crown Act — which would protect against hair bias — trivial. They're wrong.

The State Department should make it so trans people don’t have to out ourselves at the airport.

The political backlash against Disney is a monster of corporate America’s own creation.

Could Chinese President Xi Jinping take a page from Theodore Roosevelt’s playbook to end the war in Ukraine?

We have a moral duty to welcome refugees and asylum seekers. But as recent events show, the U.S. is woefully ill-equipped to take them in.

The brutality should motivate the West to do anything within its lawful power to stop Russia from achieving its ends.

Maryland is investing in upgrading the area near the current field. That's smarter than Virginia's plan to shovel taxpayer funds to build a stadium for a billionaire who doesn't need the help.

Police reform and public safety are not an either/or choice. Confidence and trust in police mean safer communities.

The IRS is currently limping along without enough staff or funding.

Maryland soil may have the potential to sequester 20 times more carbon than the state calculates, a difference equivalent to the emissions from 2.25 million passenger cars.

Many current teachers are eyeing the exits, and very few college students are now pursuing careers in education.

The Fairfax County School Board’s attempts to “reform” the admissions process at Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology are unfair and perhaps unconstitutional.

Our elected leaders have had two years to innovate in public safety, to make good on their promise that we can do things better.