Ideas

Who Wants to Be Seen With Trump Anymore?

Some Republican officials have apparently concluded that standing too close to the president can be hazardous.

• David A. Graham
• 3:00 PM ET

Releasing People From Prison Is Easier Said Than Done

As the pandemic threatens the lives of those behind bars, the country must confront a system that has never had rehabilitation as its priority.

• Barbara Bradley Hagerty
• 9:50 AM ET

The Backlash Against PPP Is Why the U.S. Can’t Have Nice Things

A government program intended to put money in the hands of workers is now being faulted for the breadth of its success.

• David A. Graham
• July 7, 2020

Trump Is Campaigning on a Platform of Abject Failure

The president’s argument for his reelection is not the kind of argument you make if you’ve done a good job.

• Quinta Jurecic and Benjamin Wittes
• July 7, 2020

A Better Fall Is Possible

States with low rates of the virus are in a position to reopen their schools this September—but they should do so very carefully, and with a focus on younger kids.

• Sarah Cohodes
• July 7, 2020

Donald Trump’s Lost Cause

The president rode to power by exploiting racial grievance—and now the backlash against his inflammatory acts may doom his reelection chances.

• David A. Graham
• July 7, 2020

Reopening Schools Was Just an Afterthought

Americans found out the hard way that education is essential infrastructure.

• Juliette Kayyem
• July 6, 2020

How I Became a Police Abolitionist

When people dismiss abolitionists for not caring about victims or safety, they tend to forget that we are those victims, those survivors of violence.

• Derecka Purnell
• July 6, 2020

Our Minds Aren’t Equipped for This Kind of Reopening

As states ease restrictions on businesses, individuals face a psychological morass.

• Tess Wilkinson-Ryan
• July 6, 2020

Unbundling the Police in Venice Beach, California

You shouldn’t have to call 911 for problems related to homelessness.

• Conor Friedersdorf
• July 6, 2020

COVID-19 Won’t Change Us Forever

Let’s give ourselves some credit.

• Ken Budd
• July 5, 2020

How Mass Protests End

When the current wave of demonstrations dies down, the movement won’t go away.

• Mark Engler
• July 5, 2020

What Camp People Are Losing This Summer

At camp, I learned how to be myself, on my own terms.

• David Himmel
• July 5, 2020

How Revolutions Happen

Revolutionary imagery is ubiquitous right now. But real structural change involves more than the toppling of statues, and what happens next is a matter of chance.

• Rebecca L. Spang
• July 4, 2020

Du Bois Gave Voice to Pain and Promise

A century after the publication of Darkwater, its message has never been more relevant.

• Chad Williams
• July 4, 2020

We Returned to Normal

My wife, kids, and I left our apartment in Brooklyn for my wife’s home country of Iceland, where the coronavirus is mostly under control. What we found is what Americans will not have for a long time: ordinary life.

• Adam Roy Gordon
• July 4, 2020

Trump Is Turning America Into the ‘Shithole Country’ He Fears

The president’s mindless nationalism has come to this: Americans are not welcome in Europe or Mexico.

• Anne Applebaum
• July 3, 2020

The NFL Can’t Fight Racism When Owners Support Trump

The league’s rhetoric conflicts with plutocrats’ political commitments.

• Jemele Hill
• July 3, 2020

Annexation, Apartheid, and Me

I ran away from institutional racism; I cannot watch while my adopted country moves toward it now.

• Hirsh Goodman
• July 3, 2020

Our Complacent Commander in Chief

Trump’s failure to act on the news about Russian bounties sends a message to U.S. soldiers and our Afghan allies that nobody has their back.

• Timothy Kudo
• July 3, 2020