Guest Essays

One way to quantify the value of a product is to find out how many of the people who use it wish it had never been invented.

By Jonathan Haidt and Will Johnson

Why it’s too early to join the “it’s over” chorus.

By Kristen Soltis Anderson

Political rhetoric isn’t the only problem — it’s access to weapons.

By Gabrielle Giffords

In my lowest moments, I look to the people who have devoted their lives to pursuing justice no matter what.

By Margaret Renkl

How one drug might work for weight, fertility and dementia.

By Daniela J. Lamas

Israel’s annexation of the occupied West Bank is not a future prospect; it is a fact of life. Israelis and Palestinians live in a one-state reality.

By Hagai El-Ad

Residents rarely learn how data centers and their noise and energy and water use may affect their lives until it’s too late.

By Sean Patrick Cooper

The vice president should triple down on the issue to clinch this race.

By Cecile Richards

The Wellstone tradition of left-populism, once so central to the Democratic Party’s brand, must be recovered.

By Ross Barkan

China is ending international baby adoptions but for those who were sent overseas as infants, the search for belonging and identity goes on.

By Cindy Zhu Huijgen