T/obama

  1. The Secretive Office Approving Trump’s Boat Strikes Opinion, Today

    Our government is once again committing human rights abuses on the ostensible authority of a legal opinion that is being kept secret from the public.

  2. No Kings Means No Kings. No Wonder Trump Hates It. Opinion, Yesterday

    Who’s the patriot now?

  3. The Costs of Protecting Campus Speech Opinion, October 21

    Readers respond to a guest essay by Danielle Sassoon about her experience at N.Y.U. Also: A crackdown on science; a plea to the former presidents.

  4. The Civil Rights Movement Changed America. We Glorify It at Our Peril. Books, October 19

    Rejecting prevailing views of the movement as either exemplary or ineffectual, Brandon M. Terry offers a bold new vision of our history.

  5. The ‘Obamalisk’ Rises on Chicago’s South Side Arts, October 18

    A look inside Barack Obama’s “living, breathing cultural and gathering space” (with an N.B.A.-size basketball court). Not everyone is cheering.

  6. Marc Maron on the End of His Landmark Podcast Arts, October 13

    The comedian, actor, and former podcaster discusses his decision to bring “WTF” to a close after 16 years and interviewing its final guest, Barack Obama.

  7. Trump Fires Black Officials From an Overwhelmingly White Administration U.S., October 8

    Separately, in the administration’s first 200 days, only two of 98 Senate-confirmed appointees to the most senior jobs in government were Black.

  8. Stopping Zohran Mamdani Won’t Save the Political Old Guard Opinion, October 6

    Dismissing candidates like Zohran Mamdani simply because of their youth is no longer viable. Millennial and Gen Z Americans will only gain more political influence.

  9. They Celebrated Vigilante Justice on the Battlefield. Then They Brought It Home. Magazine, September 30

    Pete Hegseth’s advocacy for service members accused of war crimes, and Trump’s pardons of them, have helped usher in an era of military aggression and disregard for the rule of law.

  10. How War-Crime Accusations Against Green Berets Were Denied and Buried Magazine, September 30

    As cases of lawless behavior and extrajudicial killings mounted, the Special Forces had to decide how to respond — and whom to protect.

  11. Which Federal Benefits and Services Continue During a Government Shutdown? U.S., September 29

    Without a deal in Congress by Tuesday, the government will run out of funding.

  12. An Assault on Speech, Followed by Silence Opinion, September 26

    Readers discuss President Trump’s attacks on free speech. Also: Pentagon secrecy; a call to ex-presidents; medical advice from the president; mandatory friendliness.

  13. We Were Friends for Years. Trump Tore Us Apart. Op Ed, February 4

    Politics drive a wedge between even the longest of friends.

  14. Don’t Let Inflation Bury the Memory of a Government Triumph Op Ed, July 20

    We got our economic response to the coronavirus right. Why would we let go of that success?