Ronald Brownstein
-
![]()
Samuel Corum / Getty The GOP’s Demographic Doom
Millennials and Gen Z are only a few years away from dominating the electorate.
-
![]()
Demetrius Freeman / Getty What the Rush to Confirm Amy Coney Barrett Is Really About
The Republican Party wants to shield itself from the growing Democratic coalition.
-
![]()
Getty / The Atlantic Why Kamala Harris Is Still Showing Up Tonight
The Biden campaign doesn’t want to shift any focus away from President Trump’s mismanagement of the pandemic.
-
![]()
Getty / The Atlantic Republicans Are Trapped on Preexisting Conditions
Their health-care plans’ lack of protections is a feature, not a bug.
-
![]()
Getty / The Atlantic Democrats’ SCOTUS Message Could Really Work in Swing States
The party may have an easier time taking back the Senate if it focuses voters’ attention on the Court’s impact on health care.
-
![]()
Getty / The Atlantic Why Republicans Still Don’t Care About Climate Change
Extreme-weather events represent an irresistible force for action. But an immovable object is in the way.
-
![]()
Mario Tama / Getty Democrats Won’t Cede the Streets This Time
The party learned a lesson from the 2000 recount fight: “We won’t have litigation on the left and thuggery and election disruption on the right.”
-
![]()
Getty / The Atlantic The Huge Snag in Trump’s Reelection Pitch
The president’s own volatility complicates his effort to convince Americans that he can stabilize their lives.
-
![]()
Brendan Smialowski / AFP The Flight 93 Convention
The GOP’s apocalyptic rhetoric echoes a conservative call to arms during the 2016 election.
-
![]()
Win McNamee / Getty / Shutterstock / The ... The Missing Piece in Biden’s Convention Speech
The Democratic Party took a gamble by not delivering a more targeted economic message to working- and middle-class families.
-
![]()
Mandel Ngan / AFP / Getty The Democratic Convention Is a Reality Check for Trump
Blue America is only growing.
-
![]()
Brendan Smialowski / AFP / Getty Just How Far Will Trump Go?
The president has dramatically accelerated the pace of his efforts to weaponize the federal government to his advantage.
-
![]()
Saul Loeb / AFP / Getty Kamala Harris’s Nomination Is a Turning Point for Democrats
It’s difficult to imagine the party nominating two white men for president and vice president ever again.
-
![]()
Kevin C. Cox / Joe Raedle / Pool ... The Pandemic Is Damaging the GOP Brand Everywhere
The 2020 election undoubtedly offers Democrats their best chance yet to reclaim state legislative chambers across the country.
-
![]()
Magnum / Arsh Raziuddin / The Atlantic America’s Cities Are Staggeringly Unequal
New data show how in every major metropolitan area, massive gaps still separate white people and people of color.
-
![]()
Andrew Caballero-Reynolds / AFP / Getty Trump Is Determined to Split the Country in Two
He’s trying to rally red America by portraying blue cities as a threat, and then positioning himself as the human wall against them.
-
![]()
Paul Schutzer / The LIFE Picture Collection / ... The End of the Filibuster—No, Really
Many activists will not tolerate a Democratic-controlled Senate that allows Republicans to block civil-rights legislation next year.
-
![]()
College to Congress / More Than Words / ... Real Reform Comes From Civic Stamina
For these social-justice groups, Americans’ protests against systemic racism represent the arrival of the cavalry.
-
![]()
Brendan Smialowski / AFP / Getty Trump’s America Is Slipping Away
He’s trying to assemble a winning coalition with a dwindling number of sympathetic white voters.
-
![]()
Covid Tracking Project / Getty / The Atlantic The Sun Belt Spikes Could Be a Disaster for Trump
Democrats were already gaining ground in the region before the pandemic hit.
/media/img/mt/2020/10/Atlantic_Kam_deb_v1/original.png)
/media/img/mt/2020/09/Atlantic_GOP_med_v1/original.png)
/media/img/mt/2020/09/Atlantic_rep_climate_v1/original.png)
/media/img/mt/2020/09/Atlantic_trump_chaos_1/original.png)
/media/img/mt/2020/07/Atlantic_ren_awards_v1/original.png)
