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Garance Franke-Ruta

Garance Franke-Ruta - Garance Franke-Ruta is a senior editor at The Atlantic, where she oversees the Politics Channel.
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She was previously national web politics editor at The Washington Post, and has also worked at The American Prospect, The Washington City Paper, The New Republic and National Journal magazines. At The Prospect she won the 2007 Blog Hillman Prize awarded to its group blog, "Tapped."

In 2006, she was fellow at the Joan Shorenstein Center on the Press, Politics and Public Policy at the Harvard Kennedy School in Cambridge, Mass., and in 2007, a summer fellow with The Iowa Independent, based in Des Moines, Iowa.

She has lectured at the Kennedy School, the Harvard Art Museums, Williams College, Wellesley College, and Brandeis and Georgetown Universities. She also has made numerous appearances on national and regional television and radio programs.

Born in the South of France, Garance grew up in San Cristobal de las Casas in Chiapas, Mexico; New York City, New York; and Santa Fe, New Mexico. She has resided in Washington, D.C., since graduating from Harvard in 1997.
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The Year in Preview: The Top 10 Politics Stories to Watch in 2012

By Garance Franke-Ruta

Dec 28 2011, 10:21 PM ET Comment

From the presidential contest to the evolution of Americas newest social and political movements -- the Tea Party and Occupy Wall Street -- it's going to be a hectic year on the political front. But even in uncertain times, some things are as predictable as winter. There will be ongoing difficult fights over the budget and deficit reduction in Congress. The Supreme Court will issue a decision on Obama's health-care overhaul law. Immigration fights at the state level will continue and continue to be litigated in the courts. The political climate seems unlikely to change dramatically before November 2012 elections, even if the squalls that come upon us each appear as sudden developments.

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