Drew Goins

Honolulu, Hawaiʻi

Newsletter writer and editor in the Opinions section

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

Drew Goins is a newsletter writer and 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.
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Harris won the debate. How much will that matter?

Plus: Barney the purple dinosaur, post-rehab. Republicans are bad for insurance rates.

September 11, 2024
Vice President Kamala Harris responds to a question during her debate with former president Donald Trump in Philadelphia on Tuesday. (Demetrius Freeman/The Washington Post)

Have Harris and Trump tried hugging it out?

Plus: America’s highest-rated organization. Mpox resurgence. The worst writer ever.

September 10, 2024

How to keep your butt above your socks (and other lessons from Maine)

Plus: A national-vs.-local primary. Doing more for kids with the care economy.

September 9, 2024
A giant boulder looms over the side trail to the Safford Notch campsite in the Bigelow range, on the Appalachian Trail in Maine.

A thousand feet underground, a hero you never heard of

Plus: Near-Earth asteroids. Poisoned college football.

September 4, 2024
Christopher Mark at a mine in Alabama. (Courtesy of Christopher Mark)

Live simply and lovingly. You’ll die just fine.

Plus: Western restrictions on Ukrainian weapons. Setting Harris and Trump side by side.

September 3, 2024
(Andrea Levy/The Washington Post)

Vladimir Kara-Murza’s wild ride to freedom

Plus: democracy-blocking judges. Germany’s far right. Apprenticeships.

August 29, 2024
Russian dissident Vladimir Kara-Murza attends a news conference in Bonn, Germany, on Aug. 2 after being freed in a prisoner swap. (Leon Kuegeler/Reuters)

Dying is so much busier than you realize

Plus: Uber drivers and EVs. Behind-schedule presidential transitions. Abortion initiatives.

August 28, 2024
Jonathan Clements, 61, at his home in Philadelphia on Aug. 8. Clements was diagnosed with stage-four cancer in May. (Hannah Yoon for The Washington Post)

Think AI can’t make real music? Listen to this.

Plus: Policy and pandering. The danger of lab leaks.

August 27, 2024

Neil Gorsuch needs to get his stories straight

Plus: Walz’s speech. Withdrawal from Iraq. HVAC podcasts?

August 22, 2024
Supreme Court Justice Neil M. Gorsuch speaks at the Nixon Presidential Library & Museum in Yorba Linda, Calf., on Aug. 9. (Paul Bersebach/The Orange County Register/AP)

It was Doug’s party for a minute. Then the Obamas took the stage.

Plus: Democratic conformity. Underwhelming protests. A fact-checking farce.

August 21, 2024
Doug Emhoff, Vice President Kamala Harris’s husband, speaks at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago on Tuesday. (Caroline Brehman/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock)