https://www.nytimes.com/section/opinion en-us Copyright 2026 The New York Times Company Sat, 26 Sep 2026 08:52:23 +0000 Sat, 26 Sep 2026 02:11:10 +0000 https://static01.nyt.com/images/misc/NYT_logo_rss_250x40.png https://www.nytimes.com/section/opinion https://www.nytimes.com/video/opinion/100000011172027/abdul-el-sayed-on-the-israeli-palestinian-conflict.html https://www.nytimes.com/video/opinion/100000011172027/abdul-el-sayed-on-the-israeli-palestinian-conflict.html What should America’s Israel policy look like? On “The Ezra Klein Show,” Dr. Abdul El-Sayed, the Democratic Senate candidate for Michigan, argues that America needs to focus on facilitating a peace process for Israelis and Palestinians, rather than trying to dictate a specific outcome like the two-state solution. Fri, 25 Sep 2026 21:23:18 +0000 El-Sayed, Abdul Michigan Senate https://www.nytimes.com/video/opinion/100000011172026/abdul-el-sayed-responds-to-right-wing-vitriol.html https://www.nytimes.com/video/opinion/100000011172026/abdul-el-sayed-responds-to-right-wing-vitriol.html Dr. Abdul El-Sayed’s Senate campaign has been a target of Islamophobic right-wing attacks. On “The Ezra Klein Show,” he shares what he has made of these attacks, and how he hopes to refocus the conversation. Fri, 25 Sep 2026 21:05:06 +0000 El-Sayed, Abdul Michigan Senate https://www.nytimes.com/video/opinion/100000011166609/are-the-current-laws-enough-to-regulate-ai.html https://www.nytimes.com/video/opinion/100000011166609/are-the-current-laws-enough-to-regulate-ai.html On “The Ezra Klein Show,” Jensen Huang, the chief executive of Nvidia, thinks that the frontier A.I. companies don’t need new regulations or regulatory exemptions to slow down development. Fri, 25 Sep 2026 21:01:03 +0000 Huang, Jen-Hsun NVIDIA Corporation Artificial Intelligence https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/25/opinion/book-awards-dei.html https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/25/opinion/book-awards-dei.html Readers respond to a column by Bret Stephens that argues that they are. Also: Climate change grief; endangered humans; a warning in Germany. Fri, 25 Sep 2026 17:17:05 +0000 Books and Literature National Book Awards Writing and Writers Race and Ethnicity Diversity Initiatives Nepal Floods Global Warming Endangered and Extinct Species Germany Alternative for Germany Neo Nazi Groups https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/25/opinion/midterms-arizona-nevada-georgia-michigan.html https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/25/opinion/midterms-arizona-nevada-georgia-michigan.html Four swing states will soon elect the official who will run the 2028 presidential election. The candidates are alarming. Ellen Kurz Fri, 25 Sep 2026 22:50:36 +0000 United States Politics and Government Midterm Elections (2026) Arizona Georgia Michigan Nevada Presidential Election of 2028 Voting Rights, Registration and Requirements Voter Fraud (Election Fraud) Presidential Election of 2020 Democratic Party Republican Party Trump, Donald J Kolodin, Alexander Marchant, Jim (1956- ) Forlini, Anthony G Fleming, Timothy K https://www.nytimes.com/video/opinion/100000011172497/the-ai-boom-is-built-on-theft.html https://www.nytimes.com/video/opinion/100000011172497/the-ai-boom-is-built-on-theft.html A.I. models were created by “stealing enormous amounts of intellectual property,” Binyamin Appelbaum argues on “The Opinions.” He says it’s time to end the immunity Silicon Valley has been granted and hold the A.I. industry to the same rules and legal obligations as everyone else. Fri, 25 Sep 2026 12:54:11 +0000 Artificial Intelligence Silicon Valley (Calif) Data-Mining and Database Marketing https://www.nytimes.com/video/opinion/100000011166038/how-to-regulate-ai.html https://www.nytimes.com/video/opinion/100000011166038/how-to-regulate-ai.html Most Americans want government oversight of artificial intelligence. On “The Opinions,” Binyamin Appelbaum lays out how that could work: an oversight commission, clear labeling for chatbots and an A.I. “constitution” shaped by the public, not by tech companies. Fri, 25 Sep 2026 12:50:35 +0000 Artificial Intelligence Silicon Valley (Calif) Regulation and Deregulation of Industry United States Politics and Government https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/25/opinion/death-penalty-young-brain-development.html https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/25/opinion/death-penalty-young-brain-development.html Our brains don’t finish developing until we’re well into our 20s. That matters when deciding who gets the death penalty. Sophia Laurenzi Fri, 25 Sep 2026 17:44:21 +0000 Capital Punishment Age, Chronological Children and Childhood Teenagers and Adolescence Brain Psychology and Psychologists Child Abuse and Neglect Pike, Christa (1976- ) Lee, William Byron (1959- ) Tennessee Juvenile Delinquency https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/25/opinion/ezra-klein-podcast-abdul-el-sayed.html https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/25/opinion/ezra-klein-podcast-abdul-el-sayed.html The Senate nominee talks about his view for the future of the Democratic Party. 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