Drew Goins

Washington, D.C.

Assistant editor in the Opinions section

Education: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, BA in journalism and Hispanic linguistics

Drew Goins is an assistant editor in the Opinions section. He came to the paper as a summer intern on the news multiplatform desk in 2016 and worked on the news side for two years before coming to Opinions. Prior to The Post, he edited for the Virginian-Pilot in Norfolk, as well as the U.S. Department of Education.
Latest from Drew Goins

There’s a cartoon for everything. Edith Pritchett will show you.

Plus: Theatergoing. Churchgoing. Screen time for babies.

August 29, 2023

What the 1960s taught one student, and Joe Biden, about race in America

Plus: The coming child-care cliff. Ukraine’s counteroffensive. Wildfire risks. And a word from Joe Biden.

August 28, 2023

The Republican candidates have picked a new victim

Plus: Trump’s mugshot. Chips and AI. The toll of war in one Ukrainian city.

August 25, 2023

What Prigozhin’s probable demise means for Russia and the world

Plus: Learning the arts, and the trades, and respect for kids. The GOP debate.

August 24, 2023

The odds of getting squashed by screaming-hot space debris

Plus: GOP debates. Alzheimer’s. 4-H.

August 22, 2023

America needs more church. Just without the religion.

Plus: Dark Smithsonian secrets. White college voters. Mexico and Taiwan.

August 21, 2023

The real ‘Rich Men North of Richmond’ are laughing in their boardrooms

Plus: Asian cooperation. Trump indictments. College football.

August 18, 2023

Today’s weed is crazy strong. Get it under control.

Plus: Disqualifying Trump. Argentina’s elections. Orange County, Calif.

August 17, 2023

Why everybody started talking like their therapist

Plus: Shohei Ohtani. Dissent in Russia (and Ukraine). The Jan. 6 small fries.

August 16, 2023

The word that might help heal our politics — if we stop saying it

Plus: Interdependence is good for kids, too. The peril faced by U.S. allies still in Afghanistan.

August 15, 2023