Saahil Desai
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The Atlantic Politics Daily: Pet Issues
Political pets can be tied up in complicated ways with public perception of the politician. Plus: Meet the Bernie bros turned Liz lads.
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The Atlantic Politics Daily: Judge Report
The Supreme Court gets a lot of attention—rightfully so. But it’s always worth looking at the president’s other judicial appointments. Plus: The Bennet baffler.
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The Atlantic Politics Daily: Eat Meat, Not Too Much, Mostly Plants
Is eating meat following plastic straws onto the front lines of the country’s various culture wars? Plus: The question Elizabeth Warren didn’t want to answer.
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The Atlantic Politics Daily: Welcome to the Electability Primary
Are Democratic voters backing the 2020 candidate they themselves like best, or backing the candidate they think their fellow voters would support? Plus: a debate 3.0 preview
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Al Drago / Reuters The Atlantic Politics Daily: For Those Too Young to Remember 9/11
Something like a quarter of Americans today weren’t even born on 9/11. Plus: The Trump administration considers a national ban on flavored e-cigarettes.
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The Atlantic Politics Daily: The Battle of the Dans
In some ways, the last election of 2018 has become the first election of 2020. Plus: President Trump and John Bolton rarely agreed.
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The Atlantic Politics Daily: All the President’s Tempers
What really prompted the president to call off Afghan peace talks? Plus: American Factory is a complex human story playing out against the backdrop of some of the most pressing trends in American politics.
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Carlos Osorio / AP / Shutterstock / The ... Why 2020 Campaign Workers Are Suddenly Unionizing
Democratic presidential candidates are virtually required to court the labor vote. But their own staffers haven’t historically been part of a union—until this year.
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Rebecca Cook / Reuters Pete Buttigieg: Racism Isn’t Something That ‘Happened a Long Time Ago’
The midwestern mayor was among a handful of 2020 candidates to address the National Association of Black Journalists’ annual convention in Miami today.
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Brian Snyder / Reuters It’s the Policy, Stupid
Some Democrats are scrapping their playbooks and reenvisioning what may be politically possible in the Trump era.
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The Atlantic Daily: The ‘American Taliban’ is Leaving Prison. Now What?
Just as the the U.S. is talking peace with the Taliban. Plus: who’s afraid of impeachment, office temperatures are too damn low, the lonely dining table, and more
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Edgar Su / Reuters The Atlantic Daily: How the Huawei Drama Benefits American Tech
But what about China? Plus: the 2020 candidate with the most actualized policies so far, and waiting for George R. R. Martin to conclude The Game of Thrones.
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The Atlantic Daily: Oh, the Places You’ll Go
When paying off $40 million in tuition debt for these graduating seniors still only does so much. Plus: how this space object ended up with a dark nickname, abortions or adoptions, and more
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Yuri Gripas / Reuters The Atlantic Daily: A March to War, or Business as Usual
Both the U.S. and Iran are sending confusing signals. Plus: states move on Roe v. Wade, eyes on Greenland, the American obsession with serial-killer lore, and more
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Phil Noble / Reuters The Atlantic Daily: Moon Money, Moon Problems
Trump asks for $1.6 billion for NASA to get astronauts back on the moon by 2024. Plus: the rise of long distance, why American breakfast foods are boring, and more
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Remo Casilli / Reuters The Atlantic Daily: When China Strikes Back
1, 2, 3, 4, he declared a trade war. Plus: Huawei’s new Europe-inspired corporate campus, and a food revolution has transformed our eating habits—just not for the better.
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Brendan McDermid / Reuters The Atlantic Daily: A Risky Business
Uber pitches its vision to Wall Street. Plus: who—or what—is responsible for funding K-12 schools, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s war on intellect, and more
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The Atlantic Daily: Should One Platform Have All That Power?
Plus: You may have nothing to hide—but you should care about internet privacy, what astronauts do for fun in space, the real damage of pretend active-shooter drills, and more
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Aaron Bernstein / Reuters The Atlantic Daily: A Little-Known (Yet Popular) Climate Policy
Renewables standards rise; carbon-tax proposals fall. Plus: when the House can arrest AG William Barr, pitting religious freedom against abortion rights, and more
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Reuters The Atlantic Daily: Show Me the Money
What could be revealed in the president’s tax returns? Plus: Laws against fertility doctors using their own sperm, ‘Game of Thrones’ explores electability, and more
