Opinions P.M.: How the U.S. can choose to be on the right side of history on Haiti

There's only one way for Democrats to beat back the GOP war on democracy; The public needs more answers on the children lost to Native American boarding schools; In South Africa, Zuma's imprisonment is a victory for the rule of law; Grand Old McCarthyism; Awards buoyed former New York Times editor who mistreated freelance photographers; Readers critique The Post: Two days after the Surfside condo collapse was the wrong time for speculation; Mitch McConnell, naked and afraid; Liberal democracies are running out of time to save the rest of the planet from covid; For years, I cared for ailing parents. Respite shouldn't have come only with their deaths.; How a hidden Biden victory could deal a big blow to Trumpian nationalism; Richmond's Lee statue, after 131 years, is an unpardonable insult; Memo to celebrity candidates: It's not as easy as you think; What Maryland can learn from the IRS on the state's new tax program; Sociologist Philip N. Cohen says generation labels are meaningless — and we should quit using them; Georgetown's role in slavery is not tied to whether it was a slave port; In D.C.'s Ward 8, we are shifting the locus of power in health care; The time has come to save baseball by changing the rules ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌

Sign up for this newsletter Read online Your afternoon dose of Post commentary and guest opinions.     (Joseph Odelyn/AP) How the U.S. can choose to be on the right side of history on Haiti If it continues to stand behind this corrupt government, the Biden administration will be aligning itself with the gangs that Moïse had empowered over the wishes of Haitian citizens and civil society. By Rosy Auguste Ducena ●  Read more »   There's only one way for Democrats to beat back the GOP war on democracy Inspiring speeches won't do it, federal legislation is in semi-permanent limbo, and the courts are stacked against them. By Paul Waldman ●  Read more »   The public needs more answers on the children lost to Native American boarding schools It is long past time for answers and the reckoning and reconciliation that hopefully can come with an honest accounting. By Editorial Board ●  Read more »   In South Africa, Zuma's imprisonment is a victory for the rule of law His jailing on a court order nevertheless sends an important message. By Editorial Board ●  Read more »   Grand Old McCarthyism A cartoon by Michael de Adder. By Michael de Adder ●  Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT   Awards buoyed former New York Times editor who mistreated freelance photographers David Furst, who served as international picture editor at the New York Times, had power. And he misused it. By Erik Wemple ●  Read more »   Readers critique The Post: Two days after the Surfside condo collapse was the wrong time for speculation This week's Free for All letters. By Letters to the Editor ●  Read more »   Mitch McConnell, naked and afraid McConnell is not a man you'd want in your foxhole — or on your desert island. But his treachery would make for good TV. By Dana Milbank ●  Read more »   Liberal democracies are running out of time to save the rest of the planet from covid Do not ignore the warnings of covid catastrophe. By Robert Zoellick ●  Read more »   For years, I cared for ailing parents. Respite shouldn't have come only with their deaths. President Biden's home-care expansion would provide necessary relief to caregivers — especially minorities, and especially women. By Stacy Torres ●  Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT   How a hidden Biden victory could deal a big blow to Trumpian nationalism On a key globalization challenge, right-wing nationalists don't have real answers. By Greg Sargent ●  Read more »   Richmond's Lee statue, after 131 years, is an unpardonable insult The proliferation of Confederate memorials was but a symbol of the victory of the Lost Cause campaign of the South in rehabilitating notions of white supremacy. By Jeffrey Boutwell ●  Read more »   Memo to celebrity candidates: It's not as easy as you think Trump made being a politician look easy. But that's not reality. By Matt Bai ●  Read more »   What Maryland can learn from the IRS on the state's new tax program The state's new program to catch tax cheats is a good first step, but it needs to be strengthened. By Ari Yampolsky and Michael Ronickher ●  Read more »   Sociologist Philip N. Cohen says generation labels are meaningless — and we should quit using them Marketers love them. Journalists often use them. But do generation labels like "baby boomer" and "millennial" mean anything? Cohen, who researches social identity, says no — and he and other sociologists want the Pew Research Center to stop using them. Podcast ●  By James Hohmann ●  Read more »   Georgetown's role in slavery is not tied to whether it was a slave port A memorial is proposed for the Georgetown waterfront, where enslaved people may or may not have embarked. By James H. Johnston ●  Read more »   In D.C.'s Ward 8, we are shifting the locus of power in health care A health-care model that centers the community rather than the medical establishment is one that can inoculate a population against a virus. By Jehan "Gigi" El-Bayoumi ●  Read more »   The time has come to save baseball by changing the rules Reasonable behavior based on abundant accurate information has sent the quality of the game as entertainment into decline. By George F. Will ●  Read more »     We think you'll like this newsletter Check out Follow Eugene Robinson for email alerts every time Eugene publishes a new opinion column. Sign up »

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