Ronald Brownstein
He is a two-time finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for his coverage of presidential campaigns and the author or editor of seven books. His most recent book, Rock Me on the Water: 1974—The Year Los Angeles Transformed Music, Movies, Television and Politics, was a New York Times best seller. Previously, he served as Atlantic Media’s director of editorial partnerships and as the national political correspondent and a columnist for the Los Angeles Times. He is a winner of the American Political Science Association’s Carey McWilliams Award, its highest honor for lifetime achievement in journalism.
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Tom Williams / Getty Why the GOP Wants to Rob Gen Z to Pay the Boomers
The budget clash, in many ways, represents the fiscal equivalent to the battle over cultural issues raging through Republican-controlled states.
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Illustration by The Atlantic. Source: Getty. Why Outspoken Women Scare Trump
Mocking the sexual-harassment reckoning is a feature of Donald Trump’s political persona.
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Bryan Anselm / The New York Times / … The Book-Bans Debate Has Finally Reached a Turning Point
Potentially the most consequential shift has come from the Biden administration.
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Illustration by The Atlantic. Sources: Brandon Bell / … Republicans’ Big Rich-City Problem
“State antagonism toward cities is not sustainable.”
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Samuel Corum / Getty Joe Biden Isn’t Popular. That Might Not Matter in 2024.
“They hate the other guy.”
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Illustration by The Atlantic The Tennessee Expulsions Are Just the Beginning
Red states are trying to make their own rules.
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Evan Vucci / AP The GOP’s ‘Abusive Relationship’ With Trump
The former president’s ability to surmount this latest tumult continues one of the defining patterns of his political career.
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Anna Moneymaker / Getty Trump’s Legal Problems Are Putting the GOP in a Vise
The investigations highlight all the aspects of his political identity that have alienated so many swing voters.
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Illustration by The Atlantic. Sources: Jamie Kelter Davis … The First Electoral Test of Trump’s Indictment
The most consequential election of 2023 is in Wisconsin.
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Chip Somodevilla / Getty How Working-Class White Voters Became the GOP’s Foundation
Republicans now control most of the House seats in districts where the median income trails the national level of nearly $65,000 annually.
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Illustration by The Atlantic The Four Quadrants of American Politics
Why Congress doesn’t work
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Jordan Gale / The New York Times / … The Topic Biden Keeps Dodging
With the exception of abortion rights, the president is working to downplay or defuse almost all cultural issues.
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Getty; The Atlantic Does Trump Stand a Real Chance to Repeat 2016?
The “party decides” theory faces its biggest test.
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Chip Somodevilla / Getty Why This Democratic Strategist Walked Away
Simon Rosenberg delivered a major surprise last week when he announced that he was shutting down NDN, the Democratic advocacy and research group he has led since the mid-1990s.
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David Dee Delgado / Getty The Contradictions of Ron DeSantis
He has ignited so many cultural confrontations that they’re difficult to keep track of, but he has acted most aggressively on education.
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Jacquelyn Martin / Getty Feisty Joe Biden Is Back
The president called for national unity around shared goals, particularly delivering economic benefits to working families.
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Apu Gomes / Getty; Anna Moneymaker / Getty; … Who Will Replace Dianne Feinstein?
California Democrats haven’t seen a Senate primary as energetic as the one now developing since 1992.
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Jim Watson / AFP / Getty; Georges Gobet … The Logic Behind Biden’s Refusal to Negotiate the Debt Ceiling
The president’s current posture on the issue has a history.
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Joanne Imperio / The Atlantic Abortion Pills Will Be the Next Battle in the 2024 Election
The fight over nationwide abortion rights is only just beginning.
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Kevin Lamarque / Reuters Biden’s Blue-Collar Bet
The president hopes to cut many ribbons throughout the next two years.
