The left is often criticized for shutting down debate. But is productive debate even possible when we can't agree on the terms?

The New York Times' publisher challenged the president for waging war on the media. Trump pretended to care. Nothing will change.

Even without BuzzFeed’s explosive report about Michael Cohen, the evidence shows that the president has persuaded his associates to lie to Congress and the feds.

Sarah Jeong's tweets pale before the astonishing insensitivity of her critics.

The latest issue of New York Times Magazine offers a surprising, controversial answer.

Why are some major news outlets still covering extreme weather like it's an act of God?

Is the country's leading paper too harsh on them, or are Bill and Hillary just paranoid and defensive?

The paper's opinion section reflects elite establishment consensus much more than it does the reality of America's political divisions.

The paper has been accused of everything from electing Trump to normalizing neo-Nazis. Are its liberal critics right or unreasonable?

Backlash against an obituary of its late prophet Thomas S. Monson reveals the existential doubts gnawing at the modern church.

The New York Times's profile of Tony Hovator shows how rhetoric is fascism's real battleground.

The president is taking conservative media to its evolutionary endpoint. Is there any way to stop him?

Two blockbuster stories reveal that securing basic workplace rights for mothers requires an insane amount of labor.