This Pastor Thought Being Gay Was a Sin. Then His 15-Year-Old Came Out.
It was the worst thing that ever happened to Bill White — and then it became the best.Changing your mind can be a difficult thing to do, especially when it also means reconsidering the foundation of y...
6 Aug 202519min
Is There a Smart Way to Cede Power to Donald Trump?
Three Opinion writers debate whether universities should make a deal with the administration.In this episode of The Opinions, David Leonhardt, an editorial director in Opinion, debates his colleagues ...
5 Aug 202526min
Why Starvation in Gaza Has Reached a Tipping Point
And what it could mean for the future of the conflict in the Middle East.As Gazans starve, some of Israel’s supporters and global allies, including President Trump, are beginning to change their views...
2 Aug 202536min
Thin, White and Right: The Ideal Christian Woman
Conservative Christian influencers are reshaping beauty standards and promoting diet culture — and their messages are resonating with women. In this episode of “The Opinions,” the Times Opinion editor...
30 Juli 202521min
‘African American’ Is Awkward. It’s Time to Use ‘Black.’
The linguist John McWhorter on how language around racial identity is evolving.Trump urged the Washington Commanders to revert to their former name. They dropped “Redskins” in 2020 following years of ...
29 Juli 202524min
What the Democratic Party Still Doesn’t Get About Deportations
This week on “The Opinions,” the national politics correspondent Michelle Cottle and the columnists Jamelle Bouie and Michelle Goldberg discuss the growing anger over President Trump’s mass deportatio...
26 Juli 202533min
I’m a Genocide Scholar. I Know It When I See It.
Omer Bartov grew up in Israel and served in the Israel Defense Forces. He went on to study the Holocaust and genocide as a historian. In this conversation, he tells the Opinion editor Daniel J. Wakin ...
23 Juli 202526min
There Is Hope for Democrats. Look to Kansas.
David Leonhardt, an editorial director for Opinion, talks to the Opinion correspondent Michelle Cottle about her recent reporting trip to Kansas. Cottle argues that Democrats should look to moderate g...
22 Juli 202524min
