Jonathan Alter

Jonathan Alter, a columnist for The Daily Beast and an MSNBC political analyst, is at work on a biography of Jimmy Carter.

Carlo Allegri / Reuters

The Death of Newsweek

The U.S. is losing something as the publication disintegrates—a magazine with guts and heart.
- Jonathan Alter
- February 8, 2018
Tim Klein

Meet the New Boss

Tattered finances, broken schools, rampant crime—Rahm Emanuel is taking on an entrenched bureaucracy and a legacy of corruption to fix the problems that American voters care about most deeply. Can the mayor of Chicago make the city that works work?
- Jonathan Alter
- April 2012 Issue