On hiring military spouses like me, the U.S. government has work to do
Military families can't make ends meet without dual salaries, but military spouses have trouble finding work.
By Melissa A. SullivanAt private school, my family’s income sets me apart more than ethnicity
The elite prep school has plenty of students of color. They just happen to mostly come from wealthy homes.
By Nataly DelcidCovid flipped the introvert-extrovert script. And I hate it.
As we emerge from our most restrictive covid precautions, I — an extrovert — feel weirdly mismatched to the world's expectations.
By Rebecca MakkaiThe Fed’s ‘stress tests’ overlook the dangers facing banks
The Fed is grading on a steep curve — and that's risky.
By Sheila BairThe man who’s flown ‘more miles than any human’ answers travel questions
He knows the biggest mistake travelers make. Here's how to avoid it.
By Washington Post StaffI love hip-hop. But I’m so over the ‘ride-or-die’ chick.
We can’t call hip-hop inclusive when it’s acceptable for the music to devalue half the Black population.
By Shanita HubbardHow the Biden administration sealed the Sweden deal with Erdogan
It wasn't cheap, and it wasn't easy. But the required horse-trading was worth it.
By Asli AydintasbasMitch McConnell: Neither party can count on the Supreme Court to be its ally
The escalating attacks from Democrats betray a fundamental misunderstanding of the court’s structure and purpose.
By Mitch McConnellWith the counteroffensive underway, 12 charts show the latest from Ukraine
Much hinges on how the war proceeds over the next few weeks.
By Michael O’Hanlon, Constanze Stelzenmüller and David WesselThere’s a model for Ukraine’s future Euro-Atlantic integration: The Baltics
Eight foreign ministers write about their countries' experience following the Cold War, and their joint readiness to help Ukraine on its European path.
By 8 foreign ministers of Baltic and Nordic statesThe best PTSD treatment you’ve never heard of
It's fine to treat any promising new treatment with scrutiny, but too many in the PTSD community are ignoring RTM.
By Garry TrudeauCIA Director Burns: What U.S. intelligence needs to do today — and tomorrow
The post-Cold War era is over. Our task now is to shape what comes next.
By Washington Post OpinionsHere’s why supplying Ukraine with cluster munitions would be a terrible mistake
Providing Ukraine with cluster munitions would compromise the war effort morally and politically
By Patrick Leahy and Jeff MerkleyWhy are government social media takedown requests secret? Make them public.
The political world responded in its usual bipolar way to the preliminary injunction against the Biden administration. But there's a middle ground available.
By Michael W. McConnellI’m a physicist. Last week’s gravitational waves announcement sent me reeling.
Hum from gravitational waves gives a completely new and audacious view of the universe.
By Katie MackD.C.’s broken promises to small businesses
Removing parking from Connecticut Avenue service lane and the introduction of 30-minute meters shows that DDOT doesn’t care about our survival.
By Robert Kotchenreuther, Naod Ejigu and Mark RosenmanA growing rivalry in the Arctic? Talk about a cold war.
Climate change, military competition and the search for natural resources are turning the frozen north into a hotbed of global rivalry.
By Kenneth R. RosenHere’s the inside story of how Congress failed to rein in Big Tech
How broken is Congress? Its failure to rein in Big Tech is a portrait of lawmakers' fear and dysfunction.
By Steven PearlsteinHow covid — and two babies — changed the way I walk my city
In Paris before the pandemic, I was a carefree flâneur. Now, with two children, so much is different.
By Kate GavinoOur two-party political system isn’t working. The fix? More parties.
More and better parties will make our democracy healthier.
By Lee Drutman