• Here’s how one man coaxes Americans to get their COVID shot

    Aaron Carroll’s job is to persuade Americans to get their COVID-19 shot. His technique? To listen and provide solid information. Read the full column here.

  • Northern Ireland offers an example of police reforms

    Violence against Black Americans has thrust U.S. police reforms to the fore. Northern Ireland has grappled with its own history of police prejudice. Read the full column here.

  • Opinion: While Boris Johnson fiddles, my Scottish emigre heart burns

    While Boris Johnson fiddles, fluffs and faffs about, threatening to yank Britain out of the European Union on Oct. 31 — “Do or die,” he said. "Come what may.” — my Scottish emigre heart burns with terror. Read the full column here.

  • Reflections on Noblesville shooting: Our schools shouldn't be war zones

    Once, I reported from war zones. Now, my children go to school in one.

    I know this because Twitter told me May 25 that an Indiana middle school got shot up and I felt that familiar lump in my throat, only bigger than usual: Was it ours? Read the full column here.

  • Lookouts on the watchtower

    “What if there is no pack? What if we don’t know what happened?” Elaine Monaghan reflects on the need for journalists on the front lines. Read the full column here.

  • An emergency hospital during the Spanish flu epidemic, Camp Funston, Kansas, circa 1918 (Wikimedia Commons/National Museum of Health and Medicine)

    Coronavirus crisis: Will we ever get through this?

    As the coronavirus crisis deepens, we confront a most basic question: Will we survive this? We tapped our correspondents for their thoughts. Read the full column here.

  • A change in road markings and tarmac designates the border between the Republic of Ireland (L) and Northern Ireland (R) near Londonderry, Britain, 1 March 2019 (EPA-EFE/Neil Hall)

    Hard Brexit conjures nightmares across Ireland

    If the UK leaves the EU, will authorities resurrect a border between Ireland and the province of Northern Ireland — ending two decades of peace? Read the full column here.