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Opinion Today
June 5, 2026
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Notable

The White House’s latest provocation. “It’s important to see that this web page isn’t just a troll. It didn’t come out of nowhere.”

— M. Gessen, Opinion columnist

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Mexico can’t go on like this. “There is a way for Ms. Sheinbaum to use this fraught moment to her advantage: by turning Washington’s coercive demands into an opportunity to finally clean house within her party and beyond.”

— Carlos Bravo Regidor, a Mexican political analyst

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Why are college graduates so grouchy this year? “Wealthy old people telling you your future is being pulped by acres and acres of electricity-sucking, water-guzzling data centers feels dystopian because it is.”

— Molly Jong-Fast, contributing Opinion writer

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Spotlight

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A Shocking Betrayal of Black Americans

Mara Gay, an Opinion writer, says that the sweeping effort to dismantle Black-majority districts in the South will have far-reaching consequences for all Americans, and for our democracy.

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ICYMI

Why I liked “Hacks” so much. “You are the ones who wrecked our world. You are the ones who refuse to get out of the way.”

— David French, an Opinion columnist

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The New Right’s Very Old Vision of Men

The journalist Helen Lewis examines the ancient, angry gender politics of the New Right.

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Anna Paulina Luna Wants Everything Disclosed

Anna Paulina Luna on Epstein, J.F.K. and U.F.O.s.

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The British Used to Sound Like We Did

When they left, they changed.

By John McWhorter

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Guest Essay

The Boycott That Separated Me From My Neighbors

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By Rachel Timoner

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