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President Trump’s Island Mentality
By THE EDITORIAL BOARD
The repeated emphasis on “America First” worries allies, threatens global trade and hurts immigrants. 
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FRANK BRUNI
Donald Trump vs. the Food Snobs
Condiments should be a safe space, even for the sauciest of presidents. Comments
MAUREEN DOWD
Mad Trump, Happy W.
Give me my crazy straight up. It’s easier to guard against. Comments
NICHOLAS KRISTOF
She’s 17 and Needs Birth Control. Do We Turn Our Backs?
The battle over women’s health is being felt in clinics. Comments
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Travel Abroad, in Your Own Country
Could a year of national service heal America’s divisions? Comments
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When Statehouse Politics Embarrass the Nation
By THE EDITORIAL BOARD
Some Republican ideas: make jail more likely for protesters and parole harden to attain.
Opinion
Is the Pope the Anti-Trump?
By AUSTEN IVEREIGH
The world’s two most compelling populists have more in common than some might admit. Comments
Opinion
How Our Strategy Against Terrorism Gave Us Trump
By JON FINER and ROBERT MALLEY
A bipartisan obsession with Islamist terrorism has distorted America’s understanding of its interests and poisoned our politics.
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Sing, O Muse, of the Mall of America
By MARY LAURA PHILPOTT
Consumerism and creativity aren’t such strange bedfellows.
MOISES VELASQUEZ-MANOFF
What Biracial People Know
Lynnie Z.
The research on the benefits of diversity does not bode well for our mostly white, mostly male administration. Comments
Gray Matter
Why We Believe Obvious Untruths
By PHILIP FERNBACH and STEVEN SLOMAN
The problem is that the forces underlying bogus and real knowledge are similar.
Opinion
How Low Can the ‘Presidential’ Bar Go?
By JESSICA BENNETT and AMANDA DUARTE
A look at Oval Office-worthy behavior, then and now.
Opinion
This Is the Russia You’re So Afraid Of?
By MARIA ANTONOVA
Vladimir Putin projects Russian might, but a decaying provincial town tells a different story.
News Analysis
From Raising Consciousness to Raising Hell
By SUSAN CHIRA
Activism today is “still women sitting in a circle with each other.”
Should We Stay or Should We Go?
By JAKE HALPERN and MICHAEL SLOAN
A Syrian refugee family faces life under President Trump.
Opinion
How Donald Trump Wins by Losing
By TIM WU
Donald Trump has waged almost continual warfare against his critics. The result: more people are paying attention to the president than ever. Comments
The Public Editor
The Declining Fortunes of Women at The Times
By LIZ SPAYD
Women have skidded down the power structure at the paper since a shake-up at the top three years ago. It’s improved, but there’s a long way to go. Comments
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Abortion and Feminism
Readers react to an article by an abortion opponent who feels excluded from the women’s movement.
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Long Live Benjamin
By ALLEN HIRSCH
Piero Ribelli
What happens when man’s best friend is a capuchin monkey? Comments
STEVEN RATTNER
Tax Credits Are No Substitute for Obamacare
Republican plans to replace Affordable Care Act subsidies with tax credits would shortchange millions of working class Americans.
Editorial
Treading Water in a Tide of Homelessness
By THE EDITORIAL BOARD
Mayor de Blasio has a sensible plan but it will take only a small step toward solving the problem.
Editorial
Home Alone in the Trump Administration
By THE EDITORIAL BOARD
Mr. Trump has lost interest in creating a federal government, a management failure he passes off, characteristically, as good management.
Editorial
The Pope on Panhandling: Give Without Worry
By THE EDITORIAL BOARD
Francis offers a permanently applicable solution to dealing with outcasts: give. Comments
Op-Ed Contributor
Ever Heard of Bill Cosby?
By ANDREW GUTHRIE FERGUSON
Instead of importing jurors from another county, rely on big data for a stronger jury pool.
Why Our Champions Are Getting Older
By DAVID EPSTEIN
Brady, Federer, Phelps, the Williams sisters — there’s no physiological reason athletes’ bodies should fall off a cliff in their 30s.
The Feud That Sank Saigon
By SEAN FEAR
In 1967, South Vietnam had a chance at democratic stability. Instead, two rival generals tore it apart. Comments
Op-Ed Contributor
Against Protests, Republicans Must Stand Strong
By SCOTT WALKER
G.O.P. politicians should defy the protesters and return authority to the states on health care — and more. Comments
Letter
Free Rein for Wall Street?
A retiree worries that deregulation could lead to another recession.
American Dreamers
Clockwise from top left: Luis Roberto Ursua Briceno; Gloria S. Rinconi; Anayancy Ramos; Nayelli Valdemar
Stories from young people who, under the Obama administration, were spared deportation and permitted to work. Now, their status is in jeopardy.
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