Perspectives

On the Road With Rahm Emanuel: He Embodies His Party’s Past. Could He Also Be Its Future?

By David Montgomery

October 23, 2026 01:02 p.m.
Dana Milbank: No Attack Is Too Vile for JD Vance

By Dana Milbank

October 22, 2026 05:00 a.m.
Matt K. Lewis: Mike Johnson Really Needs to Stop Insisting the Polls Are Wrong

By Matt K. Lewis

October 21, 2026 11:06 a.m.

Dana Milbank: How Big a Wave? This Minnesota Math Teacher Could Be the Democrats’ High-Water Mark.

October 14, 2026 05:00 a.m.
Dana Milbank: We Have a Chance to Break Out of Our National Doom Loop in 2028. Here’s How.

October 07, 2026 11:51 a.m.
Dana Milbank: Ballparks in Our National Parks? Trump’s Plundering Is in a League of Its Own.

October 02, 2026 05:00 a.m.

Matt K. Lewis: Don’t Bet on JD Vance in 2028

October 08, 2026 01:13 p.m.
Matt K. Lewis: I Almost Never Vote for Democrats. I’m Making an Exception This Year.

September 30, 2026 09:37 p.m.
Matt K. Lewis: How Trump Blew Up His Coalition, Group by Group

September 22, 2026 03:50 p.m.

Robin Givhan: Stop Belittling Kamala Harris

By Robin Givhan

October 09, 2026 06:10 p.m.
How ‘Hamilton’ Became Cool Again

By Anusha Mathur

September 25, 2026 10:53 a.m.
Robin Givhan: The Complicated Masculinity of Abdul El-Sayed

By Robin Givhan

September 12, 2026 05:00 a.m.
The Ballad of Scott Brown Is the Story of the Republican Party in 2026

By Bill Donahue

September 03, 2026 03:01 p.m.

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Forum: Sen. Bill Cassidy, Rep. Al Green and 16 Other Candidates on Losing Their 2026 Primaries.

October 14, 2026 02:44 p.m.

What Washington Gets Wrong About Education — According to 12 Teachers From Across the Country

September 30, 2026 04:03 p.m.
Five Reflections on 9/11 — By People Who Were Born After 9/11

September 11, 2026 01:16 p.m.
Under-the-Radar Ideas to Improve American Energy Policy that Could Pass Congress this Year

July 24, 2026 04:15 p.m.
What Is the Most Significant Gap in the Social Safety Net for American Families?

June 26, 2026 04:56 p.m.
What Washington Gets Wrong About Religion, According to 14 Religious Leaders and Experts

June 12, 2026 03:15 p.m.

Which issue, trend or crisis will dominate global economic news in the year ahead?

January 23, 2026 05:00 a.m.
Name an under-the-radar idea that could pass Congress this year and have a big impact on the country.

January 16, 2026 05:00 a.m.
Will history vindicate or condemn the capture of Maduro?

January 09, 2026 05:00 a.m.
Is AI good for democracy?

January 06, 2026 05:00 a.m.
What is one Trump action that has received little to no attention yet will have long-term consequences?

December 19, 2025 05:00 a.m.
Why 2026 Will Be the Year American Politics Finally Returns to Normal

December 12, 2025 05:10 a.m.
Name a Supreme Court decision in the current term that will prove consequential.

December 12, 2025 05:00 a.m.
Name and describe one state or local policy that should be tried across the country.

December 05, 2025 05:00 a.m.
Name one philanthropic area that should get more attention and funding. Name one that should get less.

December 02, 2025 05:00 a.m.
Michelle Obama Is Wrong: Women Can Win.

November 21, 2025 05:00 a.m.
What will the situation in Russia and Ukraine look like five years from now?

November 21, 2025 04:50 a.m.
If you could change one thing about how American health care is structured, what would it be?

November 14, 2025 05:40 a.m.
What is the single thing that has surprised you most about the second Trump administration?

November 07, 2025 05:40 a.m.
The Washington Post Got 21,000 Emails After It Didn’t Endorse. I Read Them All.

November 07, 2025 05:40 a.m.
What issue poses the biggest long-term threat to the unity of Trump’s MAGA movement?

November 06, 2025 05:50 a.m.
What is the biggest fix the U.S. needs when it comes to housing policy?

October 31, 2025 05:45 a.m.