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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Life under Israeli bombardment in Lebanon

Plus: We found an agency for Trump to destroy. Expand the senior volunteer force. Pardoning Hunter Biden.

December 2, 2024
A man walks near the site of the historic Al-Manshiya building damaged in the aftermath of Israeli strikes, near the Roman ruins in Baalbek, Lebanon, on Thursday. (Thaier Al-Sudani/Reuters)

This Thanksgiving, we’re just glad we agree on the reality of the potato

Plus: An audio visit to the Justice Department. How RFK Jr. could destroy access to vaccines.

November 26, 2024
A nonpartisan garlicky roast potato mash. (Tom McCorkle for The Washington Post; food styling by Lisa Cherkasky for The Washington Post)

How we’re celebrating a half-century of George Will

Plus: Biden should pardon Trump. Advice for Harris voters. Democratic gains on social issues.

November 25, 2024
George F. Will in his Georgetown office in September 2021. (Jesse Dittmar for The Washington Post)

Assessing RFK Jr.’s health proposals

Plus: The battle over D.C. bike lanes says a lot about who the city is for.

November 20, 2024
Similac Alimentum Hypoallergenic Infant Formula, imported from Puerto Rico, on sale at a grocery store in Yonkers, New York, in June 2022. (Ted Shaffrey/AP)

Are Trump’s Cabinet nominations more like a car crash or a reality show?

Our columnists debate the right metaphor. Plus: Slimming down the Marine Corps.

November 15, 2024
Matt Gaetz at the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee on July 17. (MIke Segar/Reuters)

A nation of meanness and kindness, seen from the Appalachian Trail

Plus: Blame the pandemic, not Biden, for inflation. And how to stop an extremist trifecta.

November 14, 2024
Bake Oven Knob shelter near Palmerton, Pennsylvania, on Oct 30. It's one of many Appalachian Trail shelters built and maintained by volunteers. (Rusty Foster)

How MAGA is Trump’s new team? Our columnists are watching.

Plus: Senate leadership. Elon Musk, learning math and dropping space junk. The January Seventh Test.

November 13, 2024
Sen. John Thune (R-South Dakota) at a news conference on Wednesday after being elected as majority leader. (Craig Hudson for The Washington Post)

Wanted: Senate majority leader. Must love recess appointments.

Plus: Fluoride in water isn’t an unalloyed good, and how the reality-based media can fight back.

November 12, 2024
The U.S. Capitol in July. (Michael A. McCoy for The Washington Post)

Veterans in D.C. get a federal holiday but not federal representation

Plus: What we’re thinking about Trump II on Day 6 of the election result. The threat of bioweapons.

November 11, 2024
Jason J. Swain walks through the World War II Memorial before a Veterans Day ceremony in D.C. on Monday. (Matt McClain/The Washington Post)

What’s at stake in this existential election’s final hours

It’s just freedom, prosperity and security — how big a deal could it be?

November 5, 2024
Voters wait in line to vote outside a polling site in Philadelphia on Tuesday. (Caroline Gutman for The Washington Post)