Kathleen Kingsbury
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John Lewis, civil rights icon, sent me an essay shortly before he died of cancer on July 17. He wanted to deliver a final message to the nation and asked that we publish it on the occasion of his funeral. Today is that day. (1/x)
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When Bill Gates founded Microsoft in 1975, the top marginal tax rate on personal income was 70 percent . that did not dissuade Mr. Gates from pouring himself into his business, nor discouraged his investors from pouring in their money.
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There's a truth about climate change: We can’t stop it. It’s here. The only question is what we do to limit the damage. Today, my colleagues @nytopinion and I are proud to introduce "Postcards From a World on Fire," our latest major project.
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A preview of tomorrow's New York Times editorial page in print, calling on Congress to vote to impeach the president. Please read.
The NYT editorial board's essay in support of impeachment is in Sunday's print edition, and online now
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The @nytimes editorial board tonight announced we are endorsing Senators Amy Klobuchar and Elizabeth Warren for the Democratic nomination for president. We hope you’ll read our full endorsement. Here’s more on why we chose these two candidates.
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On Jan. 19, the @nytimes editorial board will publish our choice for the Democratic nomination for president. It won’t be the first time we’ve endorsed a candidate — we’ve been doing that since 1860 — but we aim to make it our most transparent endorsement process to date.
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Compromise by compromise, Trump has hammered away at what Republicans once saw as foundational virtues: decency, honesty, responsibility. He has asked them to substitute loyalty to him for their patriotism itself.
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Today, the @nytopinion editorial board is endorsing @JoeBiden for president. “He has the experience, temperament and character to guide the nation through this valley into a brighter, more hopeful future.” (1/x).
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His aide read me an early draft over the phone, and I couldn't help tearing up, thinking of the grief I knew would soon arrive for those who loved him. We began to plan our editorial in appreciation of his life, written by the incredible @BrentNYT. (2/x)
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Some news (belatedly). thank you to every one of you who has so kindly reached out.
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Nike tells women they can do anything — but refuses to ensure paid leave for female athletes during pregnancy and recovery. Very proud of @nytopinion video team, esp. @lindsaycrouse, for this powerful op-ed on Mother's Day. Please watch.
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This morning, @nytopinion published a special project explaining why President Trump is unfit for a second term in office. The Times editorial board condemns his record on the pandemic, the economy, immigration, foreign policy and more.
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A thread: Today, the @NYTOpinion Editorial Board launches our 9-part series on personhood laws and the criminalization of pregnancy. Couldn't be prouder of this work, put together by an extraordinarily talented team. Please read it. (1/x).
In the United States, pregnant women who fall down the stairs, who take legal drugs during pregnancy — drugs prescribed by their doctors — have been accused of endangering their children and charged with a felony. How did we get to this point?
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As the editing went on, I heard Mr. Lewis received his last rites. I woke up each morning afraid we’d run out of time. But the text was finalized the night before he died. I think now of the hope Rep. Lewis wrote about in his Op-Ed. (3/x)
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As the head of @nytopinion, over the past few days, I have been asked by many people about how and why the Times editorial board weighs in on political races. I hope this short video helps clarify that.
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In a first for @nytopinion, all presidential candidate interviews will be on the record and filmed. Next week, we'll be publishing the full, annotated transcripts online.
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Tonight, @nytopinion editorial board is endorsing Kathryn Garcia (@KGforNYC) as our pick to be the next mayor of New York City. The choice was an easy one.
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Mr. Lewis’s final words are a call to action. “Democracy is not a state,” he says. “It is an act, and each generation must do its part to help build what we called the Beloved Community, a nation and world society at peace with itself.” (5/x)
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We've included more on Rep. John Lewis and his legacy in our Opinion Today newsletter, which I hope you'll read. Ensuring that all Americans can exercise the right to vote was Lewis’s lifelong work. It’s up to the nation to finish it. -30-.
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John Lewis speaks of a hope sparked by all those who have protested, and are protesting. “While my time here has now come to an end, I want you to know that in the last days and hours of my life you inspired me,” he writes. (4/x)
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"Mark’s influence is staggering, far beyond that of anyone else in the private sector or in government. Facebook’s board works more like an advisory committee than an overseer.".
In Opinion. Chris Hughes, a co-founder of Facebook, writes, "It is time to break up Facebook. We already have the tools we need to check the domination of Facebook. We just seem to have forgotten about them." .
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Today, Meghan Markle writes for @nytopinion about the simple power of reaching out to make sure someone who’s suffering is doing OK. “In being invited to share our pain, together we take the first steps toward healing,” she says.
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P.S. And yes, friendly reminder that @nytopinion is completely separate from @nytimes newsgathering operation. We do not speak for the newsroom.
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A mother is being kept from her dying child for what homeland security purpose? How is public safety improved by this? One heartbreaking consequence to the Trump travel ban.
Ali Hassan is ready to say goodbye to his 2-year-old son. But he can't let go until his boy's Yemeni mother can get to Oakland and hold him one more time before he dies. Trump's travel ban is making that impossible, the family says.
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Judge Kavanaugh’s biggest problem was not his demeanor but his credibility, which has been called in question on multiple issues for more than a decade, and has been an issue again throughout his Supreme Court confirmation process.
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Job news: I'm thrilled to announce I'll be joining the New York Times as Deputy Editorial Page Editor. (1/6).
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Read our endorsement, watch @theweekly, delve into annotated transcripts of the interviews and go behind the scenes in our podcast, The Choice. We hope to have helped shine a light on the issues animating this primary. May the best woman win. .
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The first Op-Ed page in The New York Times greeted the world on Sept. 21, 1970. Today, more than 50 years later, we at @nytopinion are retiring the name “Op-Ed.”. As the Opinion editor, I’d like to tell you why.
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Jimmy Lai wrote in May for @nytopinion: "I have always thought I might one day be sent to jail for my publications or for my calls for democracy in Hong Kong." Today, Lai, publisher of Apple Daily, has been arrested under China's new national security law.
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But these aren’t typical times. The 2020 election is beginning in the shadow of voter suppression, a presidential impeachment, not to mention climate change and escalating foreign conflicts. Voters have a lot to think about in this election cycle, and we want to help.
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The board comes to its decision by doing something very few in America get a chance to: sitting down with each candidate for over an hour, and asking them questions they haven’t answered before on the trail or the debate stage. Sometimes, it got personal.
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Great @maureendowd column reminding us how the Mueller report isn’t the Starr report. And that none of this is close to over yet.
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After sitting down with nine candidates, we found Senators @ElizabethWarren and @AmyKlobuchar to be the most effective advocates for these two different approaches.
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Our endorsement will be revealed on Jan. 19 episode of @TheWeekly on @FXNetworks, which will feature portions of candidates' interviews and the board’s deliberations. The written version will be published shortly after. And we’ll take you behind the scenes in a pop-up podcast.
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Charles Ogletree is a prominent Harvard Law professor + legal scholar who taught @BarackObama + @MichelleObama and once represented Tupac and Anita Hill. I hope he is found safe soon.
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“Remember, Mr. Trump is not just racist, ignorant, incompetent and undignified. He’s also a liar.”.Our latest editorial.
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OK, everybody, before the weekend hits — JOURNALISM JOBS ALERT. 🚨🚨🚨.@nytopinion + @PaulaSzuchman are hiring four important new audio roles, various levels, now. Help us fill them. Please spread the word. CC: @nabj @nahj .(Thought you all could use some good news.) 1/x.
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In the meantime, which Democrat would you endorse? (Asking for a friend.).
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If you'll indulge me a thread: We’ve spent a lot of time talking about what we stand for in @nytopinion following our publication last week of Tom Cotton’s Op-Ed. (1/x)
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@elizashapiro I'd argue it is slightly more complicated than that. A lot of the families I know who are keeping their kids remote, it is because "in-person" means Zoom in a room with no live instruction.
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In this ambitious project, we document how climate change is having an impact on all 193 U.N. member states. These postcards tell a story about what we consider to be the most existential issue facing the planet. It is also a call to recognize we need to adapt and quickly.
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Tomorrow, when you pick up your @nytimes paper, you will see a brand-new section. It’s called Sunday Opinion, and I encourage you to take a look.
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NYC must prioritize keeping its schools up and running. With current surge, that requires shutting down indoor dining, gyms, office work and more. 10pm, @andrewcuomo + @NYCMayor, is not enough.
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We know not everyone will agree with our endorsement or the thinking behind it. But our goal is to present an informed view through reasoned analysis and open debate. I hope you will tune in.
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Historically, endorsement interviews are off-the-record — meaning nothing said leaves the room, other than the board’s final judgement.
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You’ll get to meet the editorial board, journalists with years of experience covering elections, foreign policy, health care and law. They brought their expertise to bear on these interviews, in the hopes it'll help voters with Democrats’ complex choices this primary season.
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Who kills women + girls? Their husbands and boyfriends, mostly. Don't miss this powerful graphic by @stuartathompson for our editorial series, The Home Front.
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MSU president Lou Anna Simon needed to resign, but others at MSU and elsewhere must be held accountable, too.
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“For far too many Americans, it is easier to mourn the destruction of a series of chain stores, owned and operated by millionaires, than the death of a Black American. A stolen lamp is worthy of a kind of empathy that a black person could only dream of.”
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This year I have a first-grader. It's delightful— he is learning so much every day, gaining so much language. He recently learned what a knock-knock joke is. Today, I'm thinking of the first-graders and their teachers at Sandy Hook Elementary murdered on Dec. 14, 2012.
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A thread: Today, the @NYTOpinion Editorial Board launches our 9-part series on the dangers of domestic abuse and firearms. Couldn't be prouder of this work, put together by an extraordinarily talented team. Please read it. (1/x)
The country is deeply divided over guns, but it is united in its concern about domestic crimes. A series of editorials calls for simple changes to keep guns away from abusers to make Americans safer in their homes and safer as a nation.
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What a week! Today, Pope Francis writes for @nytopinion about his own illness and, many years later, the kindness and empathy going forward that he hopes the pandemic will birth.
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Tomorrow @nytopinion turns the editorial page over to the voices of the #Parkland survivors in support of all students who will walk out for gun safety. #WalkoutWednesday.
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This started as an incredible campaign by @marjoriepritch and other @BostonGlobe colleagues that now has 350+ participants. We at @nytopinion are proud to be a part of it, and hope you will read the editorials of our colleagues, big and small, nationwide. #FreePress.
Answering a call last week from The @BostonGlobe, The @NYTimes Editorial Board is joining more than 200 newspapers, from large metro-area dailies to small local weeklies, to remind readers of the value of America’s #FreePress.
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The @nytopinion editorial board spent more than a dozen hours meeting with leading contenders for the Democratic nomination. We understand our opportunity to endorse, a more than 150-year-old tradition, as a deeply serious, privileged one.
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For a witch hunt, Mr. Mueller’s investigation has already bagged a remarkable number of witches. Only the best witches, you might say. All the President’s Crooks.
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Does Google not care to direct people to Meghan Markle's own words? She shared her and Prince Harry's miscarriage in NYT so others could find connection, only to have her experience filtered through tabloids on search in UK?
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One vision believes we can return to a more sensible America. The other calls for radical overhaul. But in this moment when democracy is being sorely tested, both radical and realist models warrant serious consideration.
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Amanda Gorman wrote a new poem this week after the Uvalde shooting. @nytopinion has it today.
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"Hiring Manning [was] questionable, but firing her under pressure was disturbing." Strong @BostonGlobe editorial.
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At nearly 11,000 words, @nytopinion’s Sunday Review package “End Our National Crisis,” only scratches the surface in terms of damage that Donald Trump has done to the nation — and what damage another four years could bring. I hope you will read it. (1/x)
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Thank you, Sen. Cornyn. We @nytopinion look forward to you sponsoring the federal spending bill to make it happen.
Yes, this is the NYT editorial board: Reopening Schools Will Be a Huge Undertaking. It Must Be Done.
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Endorsements can help educate voters on national and local candidates and lead to better-informed decisions at the ballot box. The point is to inform our readers, not to help a candidate in the polls. We believe this endorsement is more helpful to a wider range of voters.
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We found ourselves torn, something we see among voters, too. Right now, the country is being presented with three different visions for America’s future. Democrats are choosing between two different visions, and the debate about which of this is the right one is unsettled.
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@nytimes Shoot! The link is We hope you will read, thank you for watching, and please be sure to listen.
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Is crime genetic? Scientists don’t know because they’re afraid to ask via @BostonGlobe @GlobeIdeas.
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On a snowy day, indulge me a cautionary tale of the US barring immigrants: the story of Qian Xuesen, the Chinese rocket scientist. (1/x)
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As I’ve said before, not everyone will agree with our decision or the thinking behind it. Our goal from the beginning was to provide an informed view through reasoned analysis and open debate among the 15 opinion journalists who participated in the endorsement interviews.
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Things my partner and I discovered about one another this first Christmas away from family: He thinks “Santa” wraps gifts. Smdh.
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Congratulations to @zeynep, who, not even one year in as a Times columnist, is a Pulitzer finalist. We @nytopinion couldn’t be prouder!
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As it turns out, Mr. Pruitt is not just an industry lap dog but also an arrogant and vengeful bully and small-time grifter, bent on chiseling the taxpayer to suit his lifestyle and warm his ego.
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Meghan Markle’s essay is really about the power of connection to restore hope. “What we have learned is when people ask how any of us are doing, and when they really listen to the answer,” she writes, “that the load of our grief becomes lighter.”.
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To many Americans, this choice might seem obvious, “as plain as the mask on Mr. Biden’s face,” as I write in a special edition of our Opinion Today newsletter. Still, we hope our endorsement will be clarifying to readers. (2/x)
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If you’ve ever wanted to make a profound difference on the local level, nothing is more obvious (and wonderful) than this campaign by @ClaraJeffery over the past few days to help teachers and students. I’ve given, I hope you will, too. (Read to thread’s bottom.).
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Our editorial board endorsed @KamalaHarris for president on Sept. 30. We believe there is only one patriotic choice for president. Donald Trump is unfit to lead.
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If you were looking for an illustration of the idea that our elected officials haven’t yet quite grasped the nature or magnitude of the cornavirus threat, this will do nicely
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Ordering armed border guards to cruelly and needlessly rip children from mothers — in one case, while she was breast-feeding the child — goes against fundamental American values and undercuts its standing in the world.
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🚨JOB ALERT: @nytopinion is hiring an editor to oversee the weekly making of the Sunday Review. Must be a creative force, excited to collaborate, obsessed with print and visuals. Magazine experience a plus. Please help us find great candidates!
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About seven months ago, a source brought an enormous trove of data to Times Opinion, as we kicked off our @PrivacyProject. @stuartathompson + @cwarzel went to work, and what they reported out was terrifying. Plus, just wait until tomorrow's edition.
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For the life of me, I do not understand why the American people are not flooding into the streets demanding another economic relief package from Congress. The delay is outrageous. Is $908 billion good enough? No. But at least it is something.
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Wishing everyone a “Happy Thanksgiving” feels a little over-optimistic this year, but maybe it’s enough to ask, as Meghan does, “You’re doing OK?”
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What is left to say about a political party that would throw out millions of votes?
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No doubt @NickKristof is among the bravest reporters @nytimes has. He’s also one of the most generous, inviting a videographer with him to record Bronx covid-19 doctors + nurses. Result is great journalism (thanks, too, to our subscribers who help ensure Nick can do this work.).
“If people saw this, they would stay home.” . Doctors invited @NickKristof inside two hard-hit New York hospitals to observe first-hand the fight against the coronavirus.
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It’s my first @reddit AMA! I’ll be answering questions about @nytopinion, our new “Snap out of it, America!” project, the retirement of the “Op-Ed”, our podcasts, and anything else on your mind.
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Every American has a responsibility to look and listen and take the full measure of the man. Ignorance can no longer be an excuse. Trump is vandalizing the principles and integrity of our democracy.
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Later this month, the board will issue its verdict on Mr. Trump’s presidency. But for now, we offer this endorsement of @JoeBiden. He is the best choice for our country. -30-.
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Finally, we need to thank and honor the women and their families whose stories we’ve told. They were a constant reminder that the government can do more, should do more, to protect American families -- and that every vote matters in this country. Thank you for reading. (9/9).
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Re-upping my call for everyone to read this. Three days after I did, I still find myself constantly thinking about it.
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