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White supremacists at a rally in Charlottesville, Va., on Saturday.
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The A.C.L.U. Needs to Rethink Free Speech

Its conception of this right is unduly narrow. comment icon Comments

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Exporting Chaos to Venezuela

President Trump’s recklessness is felt around the world. comment icon Comments

CHARLES M. BLOW

The Other Inconvenient Truth

The Republican Party should acknowledge how it has fueled white supremacy. comment icon Comments

GAIL COLLINS

How to Handle Donald Trump

What we don’t need to hear is what’s really on his mind. comment icon Comments

LINDA GREENHOUSE

What We’re in Danger of Losing

On the campaign trail, Donald Trump asked black voters: “What the hell do you have to lose” by voting for him. Plenty, as it turns out. comment icon Comments

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Gandhi Won’t Leave India

Mahatma Gandhi’s legacy faces the challenge of neglect, obfuscation and co-option in contemporary India.

People in India still heap marigolds on images, like this, of Mahatma Gandhi.
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Is Chechnya Taking Over Russia?

The Kremlin relies on Chechnya’s leader as a loyal satrap, but — ominously for Vladimir Putin — Ramzan Kadyrov may be outgrowing the role.

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India’s Muslims and the Price of Partition

India’s Muslim population has begun to fear that the anxieties of the Muslims who fought for the creation of Pakistan could be coming true.

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Climate Lessons from California

The state faces big challenges but has also been particularly ambitious in its efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. comment icon Comments

Editorial

After Racist Rage, Statues Fall Quietly

Charlottesville, and Mr. Trump’s shameful response, has encouraged some communities to settle the fate of Confederate monuments without rancor.

Letters

Trump’s Fighting Words on Charlottesville

Readers offer strong condemnations of President Trump’s comments and berate lawmakers, advisers and citizens who continue to support him.

Letter

Free Speech and Assembly in Hong Kong

Hong Kong’s commissioner to the United States takes issue with an editorial.

A woman working at a collective farm near Moscow in 1955.
Red Century

Why Women Had Better Sex Under Socialism

Yes, there was repression behind the Iron Curtain. But it wasn’t sexual.

Op-Ed Contributor

Richard Trumka: Why I Quit Trump’s Business Council

He has no intention of following through on his promises to workers. And his words and actions may leave the country worse off. comment icon Comments

Letter

Health Care in New York

Assemblyman Richard N. Gottfried writes that we should get insurance companies out of the picture.

Editorial

The African Migration Tragedy in Yemen

Teenagers fleeing poverty and hunger in Somalia and Ethiopia must pass through the aptly named “gateway of grief.”

Op-Ed Contributor

How Roy Moore Won Alabama

Outsiders don’t get why state voters love their Ten Commandments-defending ex-chief justice.

Op-Ed Contributor

Donald Trump’s Hurricane Season

We already know the dangers of big storms and shortchanged relief efforts.

Business Leaders Finally Walk Away From Mr. Trump

The decision to lend their credibility to the president became too hard to justify.

LINDY WEST

Republicans, This Is Your President

A tweet isn’t enough to undo having stood by him until now. comment icon Comments

Opinion

Taylor Swift’s Priceless Dollar

The award, granted by a jury to the pop star in her suit against a man who groped her, is invaluable to victims of sexual assault.

The four features below have received nominations for the 2017 News and Documentary Emmy Awards.

Op-Docs

‘The Voter Suppression Trail’

Find out if your vote can survive the great, flawed adventure of American democracy.

Op-Docs

The Click Effect

Dive under the sea and listen to the language of dolphins and whales in virtual reality.

Op-Docs

4.1 Miles

In this short documentary, nominated for an Academy award, a coast guard captain on a Greek island is charged with saving thousands of refugees. comment icon Comments

PAMELA DRUCKERMAN

‘If I Sleep for an Hour, 30 People Will Die’

A World War II hero saved the lives of rebels and refugees. Now it’s our turn.

Op-Ed Contributor

Trump’s Comment on Venezuela Makes a Bad Situation Worse

The president’s irresponsible suggestion that the U.S. could use military force in Latin America makes life harder for diplomats and the opposition.

IVAN KRASTEV

Why Are American Liberals So Afraid of Russia?

Because it reminds them of the United States.

Op-Ed Contributor

Why Do Bangladeshis Seem Indifferent to Partition?

To my Muslim Bengali grandparents, East Pakistan in 1948 was not a land of exile, but a land of opportunity.

FRANK BRUNI

Can’t Eclipse the American Spirit

What’s happening in the heavens is a bonanza on earth. comment icon Comments

THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN

Charlottesville, ISIS and Us

Pluralism is America’s strength, both at home and abroad. comment icon Comments

Editorial

Let Prisoners Learn While They Serve

Inmates who participate in prison education programs are far more likely to stay out of prison once they leave.

ROSS DOUTHAT

Our House Divided

Is there a path from the Trump era to civil war? comment icon Comments

Disability

10 Things My Chronic Illness Taught My Children

I worried that my rheumatoid arthritis would harm them. Instead, it has helped them grow. comment icon Comments

Editorial

Mr. Trump Makes a Spectacle of Himself

Given one more chance to condemn white supremacists, the president takes up their talking points instead. comment icon Comments

Op-Ed Contributor

Why Confederate Monuments Must Fall

They aren’t about heritage or history. They are tools of white supremacy. comment icon Comments

Vietnam ’67: A Newsletter About the War

American soldiers watching helicopters landing as part of Operation Pershing in South Vietnam in 1967.
Patrick Christain/Getty Images

Examining America’s long war in Southeast Asia through the course of a single year.

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