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3 weeks ago | 
nytimes.com | Katherine Miller |Kristen Soltis Anderson |Adrian Rivera
What is one word you'd use toWhat is one word describe how you feel things are goingyou'd use to describehow you feel thingsare going in thecountry these days? in the country these days? For many Democrats, this year has been agonizing: a dispiriting mix of institutional failures in the face of an incredibly active, aggressive Trump presidency and a Democratic Party that can seem lost and ineffectual.
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Jan 16, 2025 | 
nyti.ms | Patrick Healy |Adrian Rivera |Kristen Soltis Anderson
What’s a word that describes how you feel things are going in America? What’s a word that describes how you feel things are going in America? “Optimistic.” “Challenging.” “In need of a change.” America has lost its way when it comes to men: the lessons they are taught as boys, the behavior expected of them at work and socially, the expectations of what being a man are.
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Jan 16, 2025 | 
nytimes.com | Patrick Healy |Adrian Rivera |Kristen Soltis Anderson
What’s a word that describes how you feel things are going in America? What’s a word that describes how you feel things are going in America? “Optimistic.” “Challenging.” “In need of a change.” America has lost its way when it comes to men: the lessons they are taught as boys, the behavior expected of them at work and socially, the expectations of what being a man are.
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Aug 1, 2024 | 
nytimes.com | Patrick Healy |Margie Omero |Adrian Rivera
How would you describe Vice President Harris in one word? How would you describe Vice President Harris in one word? Why have many Democrats embraced Kamala Harris as their presidential nominee, despite not knowing much about what she believes? We spoke to 14 Democrats as part of our latest Times Opinion focus group, and the answer was clear: Most had been deeply anxious about President Biden, and once he bowed out of the race, they needed a nominee fast.
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Dec 13, 2023 | 
ediblebrooklyn.com | Adrian Rivera |Adrian Rivera
Lives In: Crown HeightsWorking Toward: Equity in the Cannabis IndustryIn September 2021, New York legalized recreational marijuana. With legalization came the promise of both tax revenue and justice; people in communities that had been unfairly targeted for prosecution under Rockefeller Drug Laws were intended to be among the first to receive recreational dispensary licenses. Getting the legal recreational weed industry off the ground, however, hasn’t been easy.
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Nov 21, 2023 | 
opiniontoday.substack.com | Thomas Silver |Margie Omero |Adrian Rivera |Hispanic Americans
Text within this block will maintain its original spacing when publishedIf you haven’t already done so, become a paid subscriber and receive the full Opinion Today briefing first thing each morning, Monday-Friday, plus an expanded edition on weekends. Text within this block will maintain its original spacing when publishedText within this block will maintain its original spacing when publishedAmerica in Focus: Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson? Ocasio-Cortez? Mark Cuban? 12 Democrats on the Leaders We Need.
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Nov 21, 2023 | 
nytimes.com | Laura Reston |Margie Omero |Adrian Rivera
Pick an animal that best describes the Democratic Party. Pick an animal that best describes the Democratic Party. “A moose.” Christopher, 31, white, Calif. “A bison.” Mary-Beth, 72, white, Mo. “A kangaroo.” Emil, 71, Black, N.Y. The party of the people. The Democracy. The New Dealers. The Democrats have gone by many names over the years, and what they stand for — what it means to be a Democrat — has changed, too.
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Oct 20, 2023 | 
nytimes.com | Adrian Rivera |Patrick Healy |Kristen Anderson
What’s making you lean toward Trump? What’s making you lean toward Trump? “I felt safer.” Amy, 51, white, S.C. “He unbalanced a corrupt system.” Cristian, 35, multiracial, Nev. “Business background.” Carol, 69, white, Iowa There may still be a contest for the Republican presidential nomination underway — the Iowa caucuses aren’t until Jan. 15 — but to say it is Donald Trump’s to lose is an understatement.
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Oct 20, 2023 | 
nyti.ms | Adrian Rivera |Patrick Healy |Kristen Anderson
What’s making you lean toward Trump? What’s making you lean toward Trump? “I felt safer.” Amy, 51, white, S.C. “He unbalanced a corrupt system.” Cristian, 35, multiracial, Nev. “Business background.” Carol, 69, white, Iowa There may still be a contest for the Republican presidential nomination underway — the Iowa caucuses aren’t until Jan. 15 — but to say it is Donald Trump’s to lose is an understatement.
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Sep 26, 2023 | 
nytimes.com | Adrian Rivera |Patrick Healy |Margie Omero
If opinion polls are to be believed, Donald Trump has the 2024 Republican presidential nomination in the bag. But in a recent Times Opinion focus group with 13 Republican voters who are looking at candidates other than Mr. Trump, the idea that the race was all but over sounded off base, either because they don’t know any other Republicans who want Mr. Trump back in office or because he seems beatable for the nomination.
