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Kira Goldenberg

Kira Goldenberg is the former deputy US opinion editor.

December 2018

  • Blenlly helps with food prep. "Next Stop Vegan" is a Dominican vegan meal prep delivery service in the Bronx founded by chef Blenlly Mena and run with the help of her mother, sister, cousin and childhood friend.

    If you go vegan, can you take your meat-loving community with you?

    In Dominican food culture – as in so many others – meat has a central place but going meat-free doesn’t have to mean turning your back on tradition

July 2016

  • Museum of Ice Cream

    New York's Museum of Ice Cream: the stuff dreams are made of

    For the month of August, a space across from the Whitney Museum has been transformed into a place where visitors can swim in a pool of rainbow sprinkles

June 2016

  • Undated photo of Patient Entering Mri Scanner

    The bond between cancer survivors is strong. That's why it's so hard when we lose each other

    Kira Goldenberg
    When you’ve had cancer, you make friends with people who share your experience of changed priorities. But there’s a cost: fresh grief is never far away

March 2016

  • An anti-Trump rally

    It's not the 1930s. But Donald Trump should scare us all the same

    Kira Goldenberg
    Public figures have compared America now to Germany 80 years ago. While there are terrifying similarities, we can face them down
  • An Evening With Oprah - Sydney<br>SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - DECEMBER 12:  Oprah Winfrey is seen  on stage during her 'An Evening With Oprah' tour at Allphones Arena on December 12, 2015 in Sydney, Australia.  (Photo by Don Arnold/WireImage)

    Hillary Clinton not making your soul sing? How about Oprah for president?

    Kira Goldenberg, Mary Elizabeth Williams, Mary Valle, Michael Arceneaux, Matthew Cantor and Valerie Lapinski
    Bernie Sanders excited many democrats, but he’s unlikely to make it to the general election. We asked writers to imagine a fantasy replacement
  • Donald Trump

    The 2016 campaign, minute-by-minute
    Trump and Clinton net big wins but Sanders and Cruz also see gains – as it happened

    Clinton takes Louisiana after Sanders wins Nebraska and Kansas while Cruz wins Kansas and Maine and Trump takes Louisiana and Kentucky

October 2015

  • 2015 MAXIM Halloween Party

    Head to head
    Is Halloween the best night of the year – or tedious, obligatory costume chaos?

    Molly Weingart , Kira Goldenberg and Adam Gabbatt
    Love it or hate, (almost) nobody is neutral when it comes to 31 October

July 2015

  • breast cancer survivor

    The Planned Parenthood 'sting' video's first casualty? Women with breast cancer

    Kira Goldenberg
    When pro-lifers take down a breast cancer charity to punish Planned Parenthood, they reveal you can’t separate women’s breasts from their bodies

June 2015

  • Portland Head Light

    Summer in America
    Summer in America: the plentiful bounty of southern Maine

    Portland anchors this New England idyll – follow Kira Goldenberg’s advice and you’ll find craft beer, Beard award-nominated food and plenty of space for repose