Ronald Brownstein
Ronald Brownstein, a two-time finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for his coverage of presidential campaigns, is Atlantic Media's editorial director for strategic partnerships, in charge of long-term editorial strategy. He also writes a weekly column and regularly contributes other pieces for the National Journal, contributes to Quartz, and The Atlantic, and coordinates political coverage and activities across publications produced by Atlantic Media.
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Jacquelyn Martin / AP Paul Ryan Personifies the Devil's Bargain the GOP Struck With Trump
The outgoing House speaker, more than any other lawmaker, paved the path for congressional Republicans’ subjugation to the president.
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Bettmann / Getty Images Why Big Business Isn't Defending Amazon Against Trump
Many of the administration’s policies have been favorable to corporate America. The tradeoff? A president committed to publicly stoning companies that cross him.
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Youth Empowerment Project 'We Cannot Move Forward if These Kids Are Left Behind'
These local grassroots groups are trying to close the income, wealth, and education gaps between families of color and their white counterparts.
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Joshua Roberts / Reuters Has Trump Already Sealed the GOP's Fate in 2018?
Party leadership is sending an unmistakable signal to voters: So long as Republicans hold the congressional majority, they will not act to meaningfully constrain, or even oversee, the president.
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Brendan McDermid / Reuters Conor Lamb Chips Away at Trump's Coalition
His strong showing in Pennsylvania suggests Republicans could face a stiffer challenge than they expected in at least some blue-collar districts where the president is relatively popular.
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Lee Jin-man / AP The Health-Care Gap Between Red and Blue America
States have a surprising degree of autonomy to block President Trump’s changes to Obamacare—and liberal-leaning states are already making their move.
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Kevin Lamarque / Reuters Democrats' Biggest Threat in 2018
Unless the party can effectively challenge the GOP on economic grounds, it risks making the same mistakes it did in 2016.
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J. Scott Applewhite / AP Where Gun-Control Advocates Could Win in 2018
There’s a clear path to rebuilding a House majority that supports restrictive measures. It runs through America’s suburbs.
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Saul Loeb / Getty Images The Congressional Stalemate Over Guns and Immigration Isn't Going Away
It's the result of cultural, demographic, and economic divides that are only going to grow.
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Rich Pedroncelli / AP Could Amazon Flip a State?
Democrats could gain politically if the company chooses a city in a battleground state for its second North American headquarters.
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Brian Snyder / Reuters White Women in the Rustbelt Are Turning on Trump
Support from majorities of white, working-class women powered Trump’s midwestern wins, but those voters are souring on him in office—providing Democrats with a complicated opportunity in 2018.
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Will McNamee / Getty / Zak Bickel / ... Trump Is Making 2018 Much Harder for Republicans
The three main ways the president is shaping congressional races, as seen in his first State of the Union
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Dennis Van Tine / Star Max / AP A New Group Wants to Elect More Veterans—From Both Parties
The organization, With Honor, believes veterans are the key to making Congress work across partisan lines.
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Evan Vucci / AP 'The Purpose of This From the Beginning Has Been to Cut Legal Immigration'
Senators Tom Cotton and David Perdue claim their bill would increase the number of high-skilled immigrants in the United States. But it would do the opposite.
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Jim Watson / Getty Images The Voters Abandoning Donald Trump
According to previously unpublished findings, the blue-collar whites at the core of his coalition have lost faith over his first year in office.
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J. Scott Applewhite / AP There's No Way Congress Is Going to Fix Entitlements
The GOP’s tax cuts obliterated any hope of bipartisan reform, at least in the near future.
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Joshua Roberts / Reuters The Double-Edged Sword of a Party-Line Victory
Republicans insist their tax bill’s popularity will increase as Americans feel the benefits. But Democrats used the same argument after passing Obamacare—and got burned.
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Jonathan Bachman / Reuters 'We Are in a Trump-Driven Worst-Case Situation Right Now'
The president is the common thread between the recent Republican losses in Alabama, New Jersey, and Virginia.
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Justin Sullivan / Getty Images The Closing of the Republican Mind
The tax debate offers a clear measure of how deeply insular the GOP has become. It’s now governing solely of, by, and for Red America.
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Chip East / Reuters An 11th-Hour Raid by the Wealthiest Baby Boomers
The Republican tax plan would stick young people with the bill, right as political influence is shifting to America’s diverse younger generations.
