Donald Trump’s Debasement of American Democracy Donald Trump’s Debasement of American Democracy
Jill Lepore on Trump and history.
Oct 26, 2018 / Jon Wiener
Trump Wants to Restart the Failed War on Drugs Trump Wants to Restart the Failed War on Drugs
There’s a better way to lessen the deadly impact of drug abuse.
Oct 26, 2018 / Michelle Chen
If You Build a Left Movement, the Candidates Will Come If You Build a Left Movement, the Candidates Will Come
The “what” and “why” of politics are more urgent than the “who.”
Oct 26, 2018 / Column / Gary Younge
‘If We Won’t, Then Who Will?’: An Interview With Chloe Maxmin and Canyon Woodward ‘If We Won’t, Then Who Will?’: An Interview With Chloe Maxmin and Canyon Woodward
Maxmin, 25, is running for state representative in the most rural county in the most rural state in the country—at a time when young political candidates are having their moment.
Oct 25, 2018 / StudentNation / StudentNation
Populism’s Promise: Can Germany’s ‘Rise Up’ Unite the Democratic Masses? Populism’s Promise: Can Germany’s ‘Rise Up’ Unite the Democratic Masses?
This new left formation is trying to win back the blue-collar and middle-class voters who have drifted into the far right’s camp.
Oct 25, 2018 / Paul Hockenos
Letters From the November 19-26, 2018, Issue Letters From the November 19-26, 2018, Issue
Fact in fiction… AOC prepares for DC… Performing patriarchy…
Oct 25, 2018 / Our Readers and Elias Rodriques
Congress’s History of Violence Congress’s History of Violence
A new history of the antebellum years reminds us that politics on Capitol Hill has never been civil.
Oct 25, 2018 / Books & the Arts / Andrew Delbanco
Elizabeth Warren Meets the Left’s Circular Firing Squad Elizabeth Warren Meets the Left’s Circular Firing Squad
The release of her DNA test might not have been the best idea, but it shouldn’t be disqualifying.
Oct 25, 2018 / Column / Katha Pollitt
With Kavanaugh on the Supreme Court, How Far Will the State’s Attacks on Women Go? With Kavanaugh on the Supreme Court, How Far Will the State’s Attacks on Women Go?
Another reader asks about weathering a public #MeToo event with PTSD.
Oct 25, 2018 / Liza Featherstone
We Have a Problem With White Men: They Support Trump We Have a Problem With White Men: They Support Trump
Kai Wright on misogyny and racism, Jill Lepore on Trump’s place in history, and Michael Kazin on Hubert Humphrey.
Oct 25, 2018 / Podcast / Start Making Sense and Jon Wiener