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Intergalactic behemoths are changing how you’re shaped

Plus: What your beach read says about you. Opposing strongmen. Chronic school absenteeism.
By Drew Goins1 hour ago

Stemming youth crime is Job One for D.C. Will city leaders act like it?

By Colbert I. King2 hours ago

Readers speak: Are spirituality and science compatible?

By Karen Attiah7 hours ago

A perpetually surprised media isn’t doing its job

By Jennifer Rubin8 hours ago

Will the real Lindsey Graham please stand up?

By Kathleen Parker8 hours ago
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Gary Abernathy

Can an unbiased cable news channel succeed? Not while Trump is around.

June 20
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Danielle Allen

We hit rock bottom on civics education. Can we turn it around?

May 23
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Karen Attiah

Readers speak: Are spirituality and science compatible?

July 7
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Rana Ayyub

Modi’s political party has weaponized Bollywood

June 20
Perry Bacon Jr.

Two Black columnists discuss college after affirmative action

June 30
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Matt Bai

Biden won on the debt ceiling. Why doesn’t he want it to look that way?

June 1
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Max Boot

Don’t second-guess the Ukrainian counteroffensive. It’s just starting.

June 29
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Brian Broome

This Supreme Court pits us against them

June 30
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Paul Butler

I helped revise the D.C. criminal code. Biden and Bowser are wrong.

March 14
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David Byler

The GOP has a glaring Mormon problem

July 3
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Jonathan Capehart

What’s at stake in real money if Congress fails to raise the debt ceiling

May 26
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Kate Cohen

Taxpayers shouldn’t be paying for religious schools

June 27
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6 min
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Rokhaya Diallo

This Ramadan showed how France isn’t comfortable with Muslim athletes

April 22
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E.J. Dionne Jr.

If ‘Bidenomics’ works, it will be a very big deal

June 28
Christine Emba

Two Black columnists discuss college after affirmative action

June 30
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Abraham Jiménez Enoa

Cuba is far more fragile than you think

May 24
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Jim Geraghty

Merrick Garland runs into reality

July 7
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Hugh Hewitt

How to fight China’s memory-holing of the Uyghur genocide

July 3
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James Hohmann

Marco Rubio’s plan to wean America off its China addiction

March 9
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David Ignatius

Russia hasn’t stopped maneuvering for a role in internet oversight

July 6
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Theordore R. Johnson

Juneteenth is a holiday for all Americans. It’s our second independence day.

June 18
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Robert Kagan

The America trap: Why our enemies often underestimate us

January 19
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39 min
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Vladimir Kara-Murza

The West deserves much of the blame for Putin’s rise to unchecked power

June 21
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Colbert I. King

Stemming youth crime is Job One for D.C. Will city leaders act like it?

July 7
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León Krauze

The real tragedy is unfolding on the Mexican side of the border

May 16
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Charles Lane

U.S. institutions are polling about as well as King George III did in 1776

July 6
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Adam Lashinsky

San Francisco is a mess. But you’d be wrong to count it out.

June 27
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Heather Long

Here are President Biden’s debt ceiling options, ranked

May 23
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Christy E. Lopez

Why Justice’s report on Minneapolis policing is such a watershed

June 21
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Sebastian Mallaby

From bank runs to a credit crunch, the financial future looks bleak

March 17
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Ruth Marcus

Top court watcher: This term was marked by a broad expansion of judicial power

July 4
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Micheline Maynard

Why the senseless Michigan State shooting could spark real change

February 14
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Megan McArdle

Why there’s reason to believe American democracy has a bright future

July 3
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James McAuley

Macron remade French politics. Now he’s paying the price.

June 20
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Dana Milbank

How I learned to love toxic chemicals

June 30
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Michele L. Norris

‘Succession’ dulled Americans to the poison seeping into their lives

May 29
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Helaine Olen

Companies hate remote work — till it’s time to fire you

April 12
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Henry Olsen

Democrats, spare me your complaints about partisan justices

July 7
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Kathleen Parker

Will the real Lindsey Graham please stand up?

July 7
Sergio Peçanha

Type in your job to see how much AI will affect it

May 9
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Alexandra Petri

What your beach reading says about you

July 7
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Ramesh Ponnuru

Affirmative action should be illegal — not unconstitutional

July 2
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Catherine Rampell

How America can exploit China’s brain drain

July 6
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Rick Reilly

He has flown 23 million miles. Here are his travel secrets.

June 23
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Jason Rezaian

Press freedom’s unsung hero

June 5
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Keith B. Richburg

Let’s celebrate a rare democratic success story in Southeast Asia

May 24
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Amanda Ripley

We must give Tucker Carlson an exit ramp

June 7
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Molly Roberts

What internet jokes about the submersible disaster say about society

June 23
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Eugene Robinson

Why do colleges need affirmative action? America’s past and present.

June 29
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Josh Rogin

Biden tells Syrian activists he still thinks Assad must go

July 6
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Alyssa Rosenberg

Why Congress should pay grandma to mind the kids

July 3
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Jennifer Rubin

The most capable Trump primary opponent isn’t in the race

July 6
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Greg Sargent

Why MAGA elites are facing a fresh set of disasters

July 7
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Natasha Sarin

Why the commercial real estate crisis may not be as bad as you think

June 29
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Lawrence H. Summers

The affirmative action ruling is big. Now elite colleges need to think bigger.

July 1
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Ruy Teixeira

The evidence mounts: Hispanic voters are drifting toward the GOP

July 5
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Marc A. Thiessen

Affirmative action can’t fix racial disparities in education. This can.

July 5
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Karen Tumulty

America’s big cities have seen a crime surge. Not Dallas — thanks to its mayor.

June 14
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Bina Venkataraman

Is guilt-free meat possible?

July 3
David Von Drehle

What happened in Russia — and what happens next? Our columnists weigh in.

June 26
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Paul Waldman

The bizarre contradiction in the GOP’s view of America

July 7
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Leana S. Wen

Your questions about covid-19, answered by Dr. Leana Wen

Updated July 6
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Erik Wemple

What it takes to rupture Fox News’s wall of silence

July 6
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George F. Will

Reasons for ambivalence about the ruling on web design and same-sex marriage

July 7
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Jason Willick

Why a court’s ruling on Biden and social media matters for democracy

July 6
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Fareed Zakaria

Declaring war on Mexican cartels is popular. That doesn’t mean it’s smart.

July 7