The New York Times

After nearly four days of a partial government shutdown, the House voted to temporarily continue funding the Department of Homeland Security. Was it the right move? Times Opinion’s editor, Kathleen Kingsbury, argues that Democrats’ demands are reasonable, but they risk losing momentum before the next deadline.

A lack of community can be “devastating” not just for our social lives but also for our democracy, the conflict resolution facilitator Priya Parker tells Ezra Klein.

In our era of individualism, Priya Parker, the author of “The Art of Gathering,” reminds us on “The Ezra Klein Show” that “the individual also needs group life.”

“A Reddit for A.I.” social media platform has taken the internet by storm. But we’re not having the right conversations about it.