The Democratic Party’s rallying around Kamala Harris — the speed of it, the intensity, the joyfulness, the memes — has... more

An open convention or a coronation aren’t the only two options. Mentioned: “Democrats Have a Better Option Than Biden” by The... more

This year’s Republican National Convention was Donald Trump’s third as the party’s nominee, but it was the first that felt... more

The Trump campaign isn’t just expecting to win this election; it’s expecting to win it in a landslide. And top... more

When Donald Trump on Monday chose Senator J.D. Vance of Ohio as his running mate it excited populists — and... more

It was once a fringe opinion to say President Biden should drop his re-election bid and Democrats should embrace an... more

If Joe Biden steps aside for the Democratic presidential nomination — still a very big if — the favorite to... more

After President Biden’s rough performance at the first presidential debate, the question of an open convention has roared to the... more

Top Democrats have closed ranks around Joe Biden since the debate. Should they? Mentioned: “This Isn’t All Joe Biden’s Fault” by... more

I joined my Times Opinion colleagues Ross Douthat and Michelle Cottle to discuss the debate — and what Democrats might... more

Donald Trump has made inflation a central part of his campaign message. At his rallies, he rails against “the Biden... more

The biggest divide in our politics isn’t between Democrats and Republicans, or even left and right. It’s between people who... more

On Tuesday I got back from an eight-day trip to Israel and the West Bank. I happened to be there... more

There’s something weird happening with the economy. On a personal level, most Americans say they’re doing pretty well right now.... more

After Donald Trump was convicted last week in his hush-money trial, Republican leaders wasted no time in rallying behind him.... more

The steady dings of notifications. The 40 tabs that greet you when you open your computer in the morning. The... more

A.I.-generated art has flooded the internet, and a lot of it is derivative, even boring or offensive. But what could... more

“The Jetsons” premiered in 1962. And based on the internal math of the show, George Jetson, the dad, was born... more

The international legal system was created to prevent the atrocities of World War II from happening again. The United Nations... more

Drug policy feels very unsettled right now. The war on drugs was a failure. But so far, the war on... more

Ultimately, the Gaza war protests sweeping campuses are about influencing Israeli politics. The protesters want to use economic divestment, American... more

A decade ago, I was feeling pretty pessimistic about climate change. The politics of mitigating global warming just seemed impossible:... more

Salman Rushdie’s 1988 novel, “The Satanic Verses,” made him the target of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, who denounced the book as... more

In our recent series on artificial intelligence, I kept returning to a thought: This technology might be able to churn... more

There is so much we need to build right now. The housing crunch has spread across the country; by one... more

Back in 2018, Dario Amodei worked at OpenAI. And looking at one of its first A.I. models, he wondered: What... more

The internet is in decay. Do a Google search, and there are so many websites now filled with slapdash content... more

There’s something of a paradox that has defined my experience with artificial intelligence in this particular moment. It’s clear we’re... more

Donald Trump can seem like a political anomaly. You sometimes hear people describe his connection with his base in quasi-mystical... more

We’ll be back on Friday with a new episode. In the meantime, we wanted to share one of our favorite... more

American policy is uniquely hostile to families. Other wealthy countries guarantee paid parental leave and sick days and heavily subsidize... more

For a long time, the story about the world’s population was that it was growing too quickly. There were going... more

President Biden gave a raucous State of the Union speech last Thursday, offering his pitch for why he should be... more

When the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, it scrambled the landscape of abortion access in America, including in ways... more

Marilynne Robinson is one of the great living novelists. She has won a Pulitzer Prize and a National Humanities Medal,... more

Joe Biden’s presidency has been dominated by two foreign policy crises: the wars in Ukraine and Gaza. The funding the... more

We received thousands of questions in response to last week’s audio essay arguing that Democrats should consider choosing a candidate... more

Last week on the show, I argued that the Democrats should pick their nominee at the Democratic National Convention in... more

Biden is faltering and Democrats have no plan B. There is another path to winning in 2024 — and I... more

For years, Agnes Callard has been on a mission to take ethical philosophy out of the ivory tower. She examines... more

“If only we had a partner for peace.” That’s been the refrain in the Israel-Palestinian conflict for as long as I’ve... more

Around 40 percent of people who marry eventually get a divorce. Almost half of children are born to unmarried women.... more

Political analysts used to say that the Democratic Party was riding a demographic wave that would lead to an era... more

If you’re a Democrat, how worried should you be right now? It’s strangely hard to answer that question. On the... more

It’s been just over 100 days since Hamas’s attack on Israel, and the costs of the war are staggering. In... more

The fact that Donald Trump is the front-runner for the G.O.P. nomination in 2024 has created a chasm in our... more

There’s this incredible dissonance at the center of our politics right now. On the one hand, all the polling suggests... more

Being on the internet just doesn’t feel as fun anymore. As more of our digital life is driven by algorithms,... more

I’m convinced that attention is the most important human faculty. Your life, after all, is just the sum total of... more

“We rarely think about chips, yet they’ve created the modern world,” writes the historian Chris Miller. He’s not exaggerating. Semiconductors power... more