Amanda Katz

Washington, D.C.

Amanda Katz is a senior assignment editor for Opinions, where she has worked since 2022. She was previously an editor at CNN, the Boston Globe and Bloomsbury Publishing, and has written for the New York Times, the Boston Globe, Slate and other publications.
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Ditch the free press? It could happen here, says a newspaper publisher.

Plus: Thanks for fighting against ethics! JD Vance’s toxic friend. ASL at the debate. Respecting Arlington National Cemetery.

September 5, 2024
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If Trump wins, it’s not going to be on character

Plus: Afghan refugees in Texas. Telegram’s founder is no free speech hero. More transparency from the Harris campaign.

August 30, 2024
Former president Donald Trump during a wreath-laying ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknowns at Arlington National Cemetery on Monday. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

When you work at a Russian-occupied nuclear plant, clocking out is hard

Plus: Pitch-black satire from Larry David. An illustrated history of new jobs. Why young workers can’t get ahead.

August 26, 2024
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Kamala Harris speaks, and the five-star ratings roll in

Plus: Hot ‘wife guys.’ How Democrats reclaimed ‘freedom.’ RFK Jr. (and his brain worm) endorse Trump.

August 23, 2024
Patrons at a bar and grill in West Philadelphia watch Thursday as Vice President Kamala Harris delivers her acceptance speech at the Democratic National Convention.

How Democrats snatched ‘freedom’ back from Trump and the Republicans

The GOP’s turn toward more restrictive, invasive policy left Harris a big opening — and she took it.

August 23, 2024
Vice President Kamala Harris at a campaign event at the Georgia State Convocation Center in Atlanta on July 30. (Demetrius Freeman/The Washington Post)

Should Trump serve time for his 34 felonies? Here are two proposals.

Plus: Anne Lamott would like to speak to the operator. Go see your friends. And Fauci conspiracies meet reality.

June 4, 2024
Former president Donald Trump, lower left, watches as a jury foreperson delivers guilty verdicts, with Justice Juan Merchan listening, in New York on Thursday.

80 years later, a World War II gunner remembers

Plus: Good vs. evil. Free speech and the NRA. And a Texas GOP that’s gone round the bend.

June 3, 2024
Mel Jenner, a veteran of the U.S. Army Air Corps and the Air Force, at his home in Orlando in March. (David Burnett/Contact Press Images)

Campuses are grappling with the Gaza war. So are our columnists.

On the newest episode of “Impromptu,” our writers wrestle with the impact of the nationwide protests.

May 2, 2024

Campuses are wrestling with the politics of war. So are we.

Campus protests across the country have renewed Americans' attention on the Israel-Gaza war and are scrambling U.S. politics, particularly on the left. Senior Opinions Editor Amanda Katz speaks with columnists Dana Milbank and Shadi Hamid about how their views have evolved since Oct. 7, whether there’s a double standard on free speech, and what the protests could foreshadow for the upcoming presidential election, particularly among young people. (Note: This episode was recorded Monday, April 29 and does not reference events that took place after)

May 1, 2024

What the ‘tradwife’ trend says about modern life

Why some young women are spurning feminism and embracing the “tradwife” lifestyle.

April 18, 2024