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Paul Ryan speaking about the Republican health care proposal on Capitol Hill on Tuesday. One of its provisions would allow states to impose work requirements for Medicaid recipients.
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Op-Ed Contributors

Why Medicaid Work Requirements Won’t Work

Paul Ryan’s bid to win conservative votes for his health care plan would make it harder for some people to hold jobs. comment icon Comments

Editorial

President Trump’s Reckless Shame Game

Forcing local authorities to help round up unauthorized immigrants is wrong on both practical and constitutional grounds. comment icon Comments

FRANK BRUNI

Tweeting Toward Oblivion

Can Donald Trump ditch his imagined grievances and save his presidency? comment icon Comments

ROSS DOUTHAT

White Pride and Prejudice

When the alt-right adopts Jane Austen. comment icon Comments

THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN

Calling On a Few Good Men

An open letter to the adults in the Trump administration with the most integrity. comment icon Comments

Disability

‘Cure’ Me? No, Thanks

My core belief is that my brothers and sisters in disability are O.K. as they are. comment icon Comments

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The Bronx High School of Science, one of the “specialized high schools” in New York where admission is determined solely by an exam.
Op-Ed Contributor

The Truth About New York City’s Elite High Schools

Bad policy and a false narrative of inferiority are keeping black and Latino students out of some of the city’s best schools.

Editorial

A Republican Health Care Bill in Search of a Problem

The G.O.P. has no coherent idea or shared vision of what it wants to achieve, aside from killing Obamacare. comment icon Comments

Op-Ed Contributor

How a Trump Turnabout on Gay Rights Hurts Republicans

The president should resist the pressure from his far-right flank to allow discrimination by federal employees. comment icon Comments

Op-Ed Contributor

Why Trump’s N.I.H. Cuts Should Worry Us

The president’s stance on science funding could have serious consequences. comment icon Comments

Op-Ed Contributor

The Problems With Originalism

Judge Gorsuch’s preferred theory of constitutional interpretation is self-undermining.

Op-Docs

How Does Life Live?

Kelly O’Brien

“Where does the sun go? Can girls be robots? Why don’t worms have faces?” A little girl wants to know. comment icon Comments

Editorial

Rex Tillerson Has Shown No Illusions About North Korea

He has seemed to rule out negotiations, but there is little hope of moderating the danger without them.

Editorial

Mr. Trump Goes After Consumer Financial Protection Bureau

The bureau has been doing what the president pledged to do in his campaign: protecting Americans from a system that has “robbed our working class.”

Taking Note

Work Is My Self-Care

Corporate messages of self-care tend to preach idleness. I’m suspicious.

Op-Ed Contributors

Making Solar Big Enough to Matter

China’s solar industry is expanding in ways that make it imperative for the United States to up its game.

Op-Ed Contributor

Gorsuch, Abortion and the Concept of Personhood

The Supreme Court nominee explored the issue in a book, making it fair game for senators. The answer could tell us a lot about his take on Roe v. Wade.

Op-Ed Contributor

A Toast to David Rockefeller

The man who was a friend to many, including Uncle Stan.

Neil Gorsuch on the second day of his confirmation hearing.
Letters

Judge Neil Gorsuch, in the Senate Spotlight

A reader says hearings should not be held for the nominee of a president under a cloud of suspicion. Another suggests not fighting the nomination.

Letters

London Shaken by a Fatal Attack Near Parliament

Readers express sadness, resolve and fear upon hearing the news.

Letter

Rules of Counterterrorism

It is no surprise that the Trump administration would cast the removal of Obama’s constraints on counterterrorism as lawful, a reader writes.

Letters

Trump’s Threats to Recalcitrant Republicans

The president is channeling Don Corleone, by warning of payback if they oppose the health bill.

Letter

The A.M.A.’s Opposition to the Health Bill

A reader is not surprised because the doctors’ group has opposed previous efforts at health reform.

Letter

Eat Plants, Not Animals

Farm Sanctuary writes that “we can feed more people with fewer resources by eating plant foods.”

Letters

Capital Drama: Trump vs. Comey

Readers emphasize the issues at stake, for the country and the world.

PATRICK CHAPPATTE

The F.B.I. Is Investigating Trump’s Ties to Russia

James B. Comey, the head of the F.B.I., confirmed.

DAVID LEONHARDT

Gorsuch’s Legacy, and the Planet’s

Ultimately, some influential conservatives will surely decide they care about the health of the planet. Right?

Letter

Political Days of Yore

A reader bemoans the “turmoil” and “daily outrages” of the Trump presidency.

Letter

U.N. Report on Israel

A former United Nations official writes that President Trump’s anger at a study bodes ill for the relationship between the U.N. and the United States.

Letter

Trump’s ‘Plan’ for ISIS

Is it cynical to ask how many fighters and civilians have died because Mr. Trump has withheld his “extremely tough” plan?

Letter

Kitty Dukakis, on Veterans’ Mental Health

She praises a remedy that will help those veterans who have less than honorably discharges.

Op-Ed Contributor

Randy Rainbow: The Terrifying, Tolerance-Promoting ‘Beauty and the Beast’

Randy Rainbow

A gay character? This progressive open-mindedness will not stand!

Letter

Developing a Zika Vaccine

An official of Sanofi, the drug maker, emphasizes the importance of government-industry partnerships.

Letter

Derek Walcott’s Acts of Sexual Harassment

A former reporter for The Harvard Crimson describes the case brought by a Harvard freshman.

MIMI SWARTZ

‘W.’ and the Art of Redemption

Painting gave George Bush a deeper view of things. And me of him. comment icon Comments

Vietnam ’67

A Frontline Nurse for the Vietcong

As a young woman, Nguyen Thi Do saw the horrors of war up close. comment icon Comments

Exposures

The Gangs of L.A.

What ever happened to the “gangbanger”?

2016: A former gang member who is now a rapper, the K.A.S., a.k.a. Lil Kasper.
DAVID BROOKS

The Unifying American Story

The Exodus tale as a national creed. comment icon Comments

Editorial

U.N. Accepts Blame but Dodges the Bill in Haiti

It caused a cholera epidemic, but there’s no money behind its promises to eradicate the disease.

Op-Ed Contributor

How Trump Can Fix Health Care

The House G.O.P. plan to replace Obamacare has won few fans on the right or left. Here’s a proposal to unite them: catastrophic coverage for all.

Editorial

Comey’s Haunting News on Trump and Russia

The F.B.I. chief’s disclosure of an inquiry into possible election collusion makes a special prosecutor and a select congressional committee crucial. comment icon Comments

Editorial

Neil Gorsuch Faces the Senate

Here’s a good question for Judge Gorsuch: Why are you here? There’s only one honest answer: “I shouldn’t be.”

Fixes

Bonds That Combat the Isolation of Military Life

In an era when the military is all-volunteer, building communities helps warriors and their families bear all of the domestic hardships. comment icon Comments

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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