Ronald Brownstein
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Michelle Gustafson / Bloomberg / Getty The Tool That Joe Biden Refuses to Use
The president’s speech about the sanctity of the vote did not go far enough.
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Getty; Adam Maida / The Atlantic The Democrats’ New Voting-Rights Obstacle
Following the Supreme Court’s recent Arizona decision, voting-rights activists know they have to act fast.
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Saul Loeb / AFP / Getty Democrats Have 1 Option Left
Today’s 6–3 Supreme Court decision is a hinge point for American democracy.
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Getty; The Atlantic The Most Complete Picture Yet of America’s Changing Electorate
Republicans and Democrats have amassed divergent coalitions that will make coming elections especially competitive—and bitter.
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Tasos Katopodis / Reuters; Tom Williams / CQ-Roll … Manchin and Sinema Now Face the Weight of History
Democrats are racing to revive their voting-rights bill.
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Mark Wilson / Getty How to Hold Trump Accountable
The extent of the former president’s corruption may be too great for Americans to fathom.
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Alex Wong / Getty Democracy Is Already Dying in the States
Republicans around the country are proving Joe Manchin wrong.
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Adam Maida / The Atlantic Watch What’s Happening in Red States
In states where Republicans control the legislature, American life is rapidly changing.
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Courtney Pedroza / Getty Democrats Are Running Out of Time
Voting-rights advocates are scared that the White House isn’t taking Republican threats to the ballot seriously enough.
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Joseph Prezioso / AFP /Getty Don’t Sleep on Asian American Voters
The bloc’s power is growing fast. That could be bad news for the GOP.
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Adam Maida / The Atlantic / Getty The Trouble With the Gavin Newsom Recall
The California law that gives voters the power to remove a sitting governor doesn’t make sense in an era of unrelenting partisan conflict.
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Alex Wong / Thomas D. Mcavoy / The … Bidenomics Really Is Something New
The president is willing to take on political fights that Obama and Clinton considered unwise, if not unwinnable. Will that strategy pay off?
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Jim Watson / Getty / The Atlantic Can Democrats Avoid a Wipeout in 2022?
Biden’s plan: Go big or go home.
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Jensen Walker / Getty The New Swing Voters
Neither party should feel confident about how Latinos are going to vote in 2024.
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Adam Maida / The Atlantic The GOP Is Voting Against Its Base
Republicans are making a risky bet by opposing Biden’s infrastructure plan.
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CBS / Getty The Show That Changed Television Forever
All in the Family was the first program to genuinely reckon with the cultural upheaval of 1960s America. TV would never be the same.
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Mark Harris / Getty / The Atlantic The Biden Agenda Doesn’t Run Through Washington
How the president can partner directly with America’s biggest cities and suburbs—even in the reddest states
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Mandel Ngan / Getty / The Atlantic The Biggest Thing Kamala Harris Could Do This Year
The voting-rights cause needs a prominent leader who can draw national attention to Republican suppression efforts.
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The Atlantic Democrats’ Only Chance to Stop the GOP Assault on Voting Rights
If the party doesn’t pass new protections, it could lose the House, Senate, and White House within the next four years.
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Bloomberg / Getty / The Atlantic Why Democrats Are Fighting Over an Obscure D.C. Bureaucrat
Progressives and moderates are split over Michael Barr, the president’s likely nominee to become one of the banking industry’s top regulators.
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