Times Opinion columnist M. Gessen has been awarded the 2026 Pulitzer Prize in opinion writing, for "an illuminating collection of reported essays on rising authoritarian regimes that draw on history and personal experience to probe timely themes of oppression, belonging and exile."

“Nick Reiner’s parents were not vengeful people; no one need be vengeful on their behalf,” writes the psychologist Andrew Solomon. nyti.ms/4aUnmkh

President Trump's approach to Iran is reckless, the editorial board writes. "He started this war without explaining to the American people and the world why he was doing so. Nor has he involved Congress, which the Constitution grants the sole power to declare war." nyti.ms/4rLzhbh

"Thirteen months into the second Trump administration, science, medicine and public health have been hijacked by a cadre of grifters and ideologues and by the politicians in obvious thrall to both," Jeneen Interlandi writes. nyti.ms/4qVGXX0

"The Pitt," Frank Bruni writes, is "a study of people under intense pressure — as they are when a pulse is fading, or when a nation is fraying — and the importance of muddling through and making things better, no matter the odds, no matter the obstacles." nyti.ms/4tTtAcG

We asked readers to tell us about the most memorable gifts they’ve received. Here are 13 that cost (almost) nothing: nyti.ms/3KXnlD9

Mark Zuckerberg has a vision for how A.I. could be used in Meta's universe. But the actor and filmmaker Joseph Gordon-Levitt is here to point out a flaw in the technology: an apparent lack of guardrails around how the company's chatbot interacts with underage users. nyti.ms/3ILwCNo

After ABC suspended Jimmy Kimmel from the airwaves, many called it censorship. As the journalist @mollyjongfast.bsky.social explains, it is censorship, but not the kind you might think. 🎥 Stephanie Shen, Emily Holzknecht and Marina King #nytopinion

@michaelrlowry.bsky.social, a hurricane expert who recently wrote a guest essay for Times Opinion on forecasting cuts, will be going live on Reddit today at 3 p.m. ET to answer all your disaster-related questions. Submit your questions here: bit.ly/4e7S36r

“When the unthinkable recedes at least a bit,” our columnist M. Gessen writes, “it’s easy to mistake it for proof that the dark times are ending. But these comparatively small victories don’t alter the direction of our transformation — they don’t even slow it down measurably.” nyti.ms/3Hg3GvQ

LIVE: @nytopinion.nytimes.com columnist @jamellebouie.net is answering all of your questions. Join the conversation: www.instagram.com/nytopinion/l...

What do President Trump’s first months in office tell us? Times Opinion writers will go live Thursday at 11 a.m. E.T. on Reddit to answer your questions. Submit them here: bit.ly/3XsSUaI

The Times's Damon Winter captured the pro-Trump scene at this year’s Conservative Political Action Conference, also known as CPAC, including the incredible variety of merch that incorporates President Trump and his movement into clothing, hats, posters, stickers and signage. nyti.ms/3XaFj7N

“Unless something changes, the specter of bird flu’s devastation will hang over the United States indefinitely — as will the threat of other emerging diseases,” Maryn McKenna writes. nyti.ms/41qqOj5

The climate writer and author David Wallace-Wells will go live on Thursday at 12:30 p.m. E.T. to answer all your questions about global warming and the Los Angeles wildfires. Submit your inquiries on Reddit beforehand: nyti.ms/3CvDawq

It is impossible to live in California "without being aware of the vast forces, incendiary and otherwise, that continue to shape the landscape; in every way that matters, they make the place what it is," writes David L. Ulin. nyti.ms/3Wg0MvU

For six months this year, Taryn Simon followed the political vapor trail to document the people, spaces and objects central to the messaging of the 2024 presidential campaigns. See the images here: nyti.ms/3BCN9zH

How to teach children to be brave, one school concert at a time. Watch: nyti.ms/41fKgPM

“Biden’s love for his son, as well as his anger about the way he was treated, was understandable, but the president’s consummate act of nepotism stained the record of the Biden presidency," writes Jeffrey Toobin. nyti.ms/3ZzguUL