David French

A Christian Answer to Trump and Trumpism Is Finally Here

Pope Leo doesn’t want to be the anti-Trump. But he is.

John McWhorter

One Horror of Slavery That Until Recently Could Not Be Told

The evil of human bondage was more complex than many historians care to reckon with.

Ross Douthat

The Outstanding Question About Epstein and Trump

What unrevealed details have made Trump so intent on preventing further disclosure?

David Herzberg

I Am a Drug Historian. Trump Is Wrong About Fentanyl in Almost Every Way.

Everything the Trump administration is doing to stop the flow of drugs is just making the problem worse.

E. J. Dionne Jr.

Now We Know Trump’s Kryptonite

Democratic election victories should kill the myth that Trumpism is invincible.

Judge Says Justice Dept. May Have Committed Misconduct in Comey Case

The magistrate judge raised the question of whether “government misconduct” in the case might require dismissing the charges against the former F.B.I. director, James B. Comey, altogether.

Opinion | This Is How Our Economy Comes Crashing Down

Some of the pieces seem fine, but the base is increasingly fragile.

Chaos at the Justice Department

President Trump has transformed the agency. We look at what’s happening on the inside.

A Touchdown, Then Tragedy, for a Man Who ‘Gave All He Could Give’

Marshawn Kneeland spent nearly all of his 24 years working to get to the N.F.L. He died two days after scoring his first touchdown.

Her Father Wrote ‘On the Road.’ She Lived Her Own Version.

Jan Kerouac’s 1981 novel “Baby Driver” chronicles a fearless and windblown life entirely distinct from her famous parent’s.

In Pulpits and Pews, Catholic Churches Urge Compassion for Immigrants

Immigration was on the minds of priests and parishioners following a letter from the nation’s Catholic bishops decrying how immigrants are being treated.

‘We Walked in Silence for Two Blocks Until He Stopped’

A trip back in time at a Queens barbershop, shelter in a storm and more reader tales of New York City in this week’s Metropolitan Diary.

New Passport Rule Sends Blunt and Sweeping Message to Trans Americans

The Trump administration has said that the U.S. passports of transgender people must now reflect the sex on their original birth certificate, reversing a decades-old policy.