Reihan Salam
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Kevin Lamarque / Reuters How Trump Can Strike Back at the Deep State
If the president fears his own appointees are working against him, he needs to offer a clear agenda that will force them to follow his lead—or else resign.
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Lucas Jackson / Reuters A Better Way to Absorb Refugees
Affluent city dwellers are some of the most vocal champions of refugee admission—and they’re in a position to assist.
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Yuri Gripas / Reuters ‘Medicare for All’ Is a Fantasy
But the surge in support for the idea gives Republicans the chance to offer a coherent alternative.
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Gregory Bull / AP Trump and Mexico Need Each Other
From immigration to trade, the interests of the U.S. are broadly congruent with the agenda of Andrés Manuel López Obrador.
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Carlos Barria / Reuters The Master of Negation
Trump makes clear what he’s against. But unless congressional Republicans can explain to voters what they stand for, they face bleak prospects in November.
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Edmon de Haro The Next Populist Revolution Will Be Latino
Democrats are betting on a diversifying electorate to secure their party’s future, but second-generation Latinos won’t willingly accept a deeply unequal society.
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Brian Snyder / Reuters The Utility of White-Bashing
It’s a rhetoric that serves a purpose—which is why it’s not likely to disappear.
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Aaron Bernstein / Reuters Trump Is Squeezing the Koch Network Out of the GOP
Caught between surging populism on the right and the rise of democratic socialism on the left, the libertarian donor group has plenty of cash, but little popular support.
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Athit Perawongmetha / Reuters Pakistan’s Post-Ethnic Election
For the first time, the nation could be governed by a party not beholden to any one group.
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Daniel Acker / Reuters Trump Pulls Off a Surprising Victory on Trade
Just when it seemed the president had backed himself into a corner, a Luxembourgish Eurocrat comes to the rescue.
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Benoit Tessier / Reuters The Coming Split in NATO
Trump wants our European allies to build their military strength. What will it look like if they do?
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Kizel Cotiw-an / Shutterstock The Other Side of Janus
The Supreme Court’s ruling against government-employee unions may usher in a new golden age of public-sector innovation.
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Mary Altaffer / AP Where Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Parts Ways With Bernie Sanders
The two self-avowed democratic socialists share a lot in common—but disagree on immigration.
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Damir Sagolj / Reuters Normalizing Trade Relations With China Was a Mistake
Lawmakers wanted to turn a potential enemy into a friend—instead, they squandered their leverage, in ways that shortchanged both nations.
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Adrees Latif /Reuters Taxi-Driver Suicides Are a Warning
Technology has pushed a vulnerable, largely immigrant, population into an economically precarious situation—even as its prospects of upward mobility dwindle.
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Bryan Woolston / AP The GOP’s Public-Education Dilemma
A conservative teacher’s surprise victory in the Kentucky legislature indicates that rural voters expect more from the party that presents itself as their champion.
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Aaron P. Bernstein / Reuters Campaign-Finance Reform Can Save the GOP
As the Republican Party tilts toward populism, its donor base is drying up.
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Manuel Balce Ceneta / AP Trump's 'Animals' Remark Explains Why He's Losing the Immigration Debate
The president can still advance his restrictionist agenda—but first he must accept that a large-scale amnesty is the only way to make it a reality.
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Jae C. Hong / AP Trump's High-Pressure Economy
The Trump administration is abandoning conservative economic orthodoxy to create a tighter labor market.
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J. Scott Applewhite / AP The GOP's Path to Economic Populism
As the Republican Party works to attract and retain blue-collar voters alienated by social liberalism, it’s likely to embrace universal social-benefit programs.
