Lydia Polgreen

New York

Opinion Columnist at The New York Times

Podcast Co-Host at Matter of Opinion (NY Times)

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Polgreen: Trump wanted spectacle not statecraft with South Africa’s president

1 week ago | mercurynews.com | Lydia Polgreen

It might sound improbable in light of the bizarre encounter that unfolded in the Oval Office on Wednesday, but President Donald Trump and Cyril Ramaphosa, South Africa’s president, actually have quite a few things in common. Both are lavishly wealthy business tycoons who coveted, then achieved, rather late in life, the highest office in their land. Both share a taste for the refined leisure of the moneyed global elite — golf for Trump, fly fishing for Ramaphosa.
I Went to Syria, Where Our Era Began, and Found Something Deeply Moving

1 week ago | nytimes.com | Lydia Polgreen

This essay is part of The Great Migration, a series by Lydia Polgreen exploring how people are moving around the world today. T hese days, antipathy to migrants can seem akin to gravity - an obvious, eternal and immutable truth driven by the laws of human nature. But it's actually something that happened very quickly.
Trump Didn't Want a Deal With Ramaphosa. He Wanted a Humiliation.

2 weeks ago | nytimes.com | Lydia Polgreen

It might sound improbable in light of the bizarre encounter that unfolded in the Oval Office on Wednesday, but President Trump and Cyril Ramaphosa, South Africa's president, actually have quite a few things in common. Both are lavishly wealthy business tycoons who coveted, then achieved, rather late in life, the highest office in their land. Both share a taste for the refined leisure of the moneyed global elite - golf for Trump, fly fishing for Ramaphosa.
Two Opinion Columnists on Trump's Era of International Bullying

3 weeks ago | nytimes.com | Krista Mahr |Nicholas Kristof |Lydia Polgreen |Derek Arthur

Lydia Polgreen and Nicholas Kristof discuss why other nations are picking up what the president is punching down. With President Trump meeting with heads of state in the Middle East this week, the Times Opinion senior international editor Krista Mahr sat down with the columnists Lydia Polgreen and Nick Kristof to talk about how the president is emboldening leaders of all kinds worldwide, and what relationships they're most worried about.
Polgreen: Mexico becomes a beacon for the world

1 month ago | pressdemocrat.com | Lydia Polgreen

We know one type of migration well. It’s millions of people from poorer countries traveling mostly to wealthy countries — where they receive, increasingly, a hostile reception — in search of safety and opportunity. But there’s another type of migration taking place the world over.
Shipped out: One-click deportations that work like Amazon Prime

1 month ago | dtnext.in | Lydia Polgreen

A few weeks ago, I tried to return an item I had mistakenly ordered from Amazon. The website said I needed to contact customer service, but when I clicked the link, it took me to an artificial intelligence bot that provided no answers, just a link back to the place I started. This was a faceless and hopeless process with no clear avenue of appeal. Despite Amazon’s supposedly friendly logo — an arrow shaped like a smile — the process seemed designed to get me to give up, which I promptly did.
Mexico Is Becoming a Beacon

1 month ago | myheraldreview.com | Lydia Polgreen

We know one type of migration well. It’s millions of people from poorer countries traveling mostly to wealthy countries — where they receive, increasingly, a hostile reception — in search of safety and opportunity. But there’s another type of migration taking place the world over.
México se está convirtiendo en un faro

1 month ago | almendron.com | Lydia Polgreen

Este ensayo forma parte de La gran migración, una serie de Lydia Polgreen que explora cómo se desplaza la gente por el mundo hoy en día. Conocemos bien un tipo de migración. Se trata de millones de personas de países más pobres que viajan sobre todo a países ricos —donde reciben, cada vez más, una acogida hostil— en busca de seguridad y oportunidades. Pero hay otro tipo de migración que sucede alrededor del mundo.
Lydia Polgreen on What's Missing in Our Conversation About Immigration

1 month ago | nytimes.com | Patrick Healy |Lydia Polgreen |Jillian Weinberger

And what happens when your country becomes a place people no longer want to come to. In this episode of "The Opinions," the deputy Opinion editor Patrick Healy talks to the columnist Lydia Polgreen about the global panic around migration, and what President Trump's efforts to curb it mean for the United States and its position in the world. Lydia Polgreen on What's Missing in Our Conversation About ImmigrationAnd what happens when your country becomes a place people no longer want to come to.
México se está convirtiendo en un faro

1 month ago | nytimes.com | Lydia Polgreen

Este ensayo forma parte de La gran migración, una serie de Lydia Polgreen que explora cómo se desplaza la gente por el mundo hoy en día. C onocemos bien un tipo de migración. Se trata de millones de personas de países más pobres que viajan sobre todo a países ricos -donde reciben, cada vez más, una acogida hostil- en busca de seguridad y oportunidades. Pero hay otro tipo de migración que sucede alrededor del mundo.

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