The best stories featured in the opinion section from the 2024 to 2025 school year. Last year, the opinion section returned after a two-year hiatus. This year, it thrived.

Sgt. William Carney, whose Civil War heroism was portrayed by Denzel Washington in the movie "Glory," will get his own comic ...

In 1900, a political writer described the “hill-billie” as someone who “talks as he pleases, drinks whiskey when he gets it ...

Figures like Du Bois, Hurston, and Baldwin stitched freedom into fabric—not out of vanity but vision. To revisit their style ...

On Major Economic Decisions, Trump Blinks, and Then Blinks Again President Trump has said his tariffs would force companies to build factories in the U.S. It’s far from clear that they will have ...