Politics

The Amazing Disappearing Election

Donald Trump and the coronavirus are all-consuming topics. What will happen to the rest of the world’s issues?

• Ethan Zuckerman
• August 7, 2020

The Anti-Abortion-Rights Movement Prepares to Build a Post-Roe World

As activists move closer to their goal of making abortion illegal, they have started planning for the infrastructure needed for a world with more babies—and recruiting major CEOs to bankroll their cause.

• Emma Green
• August 7, 2020

Joe Biden Doesn’t Have a Plan for That

The Democratic nominee, just like everyone else, doesn’t know what might await him in January.

• Edward-Isaac Dovere
• August 6, 2020

Trump After Portland

The president’s aggressive tactics against protesters have already damaged the reputation of government agencies.

• Peter Nicholas
• August 5, 2020

Why Is Joe Kennedy Doing This?

The Democratic representative hasn’t come up with a good rationale for challenging progressive Senator Ed Markey in Massachusetts. But with a name like his, it may not matter.

• Russell Berman
• August 4, 2020

Democrats Are Spending Millions to Boost a Trump Ally

A Democratic super PAC is running ads to help Kris Kobach win the GOP Senate nomination in Kansas, unnerving the party’s staunchest immigrant advocates.

• Russell Berman
• August 3, 2020

When a Family Separation Becomes Permanent

Two summers ago, Idrissa Camara was summoned to an ICE field office. He had no idea of the damage to come.

• Chris Outcalt
• August 2, 2020

When Karen Bass Went to Work in Castro’s Cuba

In 1973, Bass, who’s now a potential Biden VP pick, traveled to Cuba with the Venceremos Brigade. “I didn’t have any illusions that the people in Cuba had the same freedoms I did,” she said.

• Edward-Isaac Dovere
• July 31, 2020

‘Defund the Police’ Splits the Black Caucus. Or Does It?

What will the “conscience of Congress” look like now?

• Adam Harris
• July 31, 2020

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.

• Ronald Brownstein
• July 31, 2020

Read Barack Obama’s Eulogy for John Lewis

“He, as much as anyone in our history, brought this country a little bit closer to our highest ideals.”

• Christian Paz
• July 30, 2020

Why the Democrats Can’t Nail Bill Barr

The long-awaited testimony of Trump’s most powerful Cabinet member yielded more venting than questions, and few answers. There’s a reason for that.

• Russell Berman
• July 28, 2020

When Conservative Justices Revolt

Donald Trump promised religious voters that he would protect them with his Supreme Court appointments. The justices are not necessarily playing along.

• Emma Green
• July 28, 2020

Don’t Count Trump Out

Polling could be wrong. The economy could recover just enough. He could announce his own October surprise.

• Peter Nicholas
• July 27, 2020

How to Lose a Swing State

Arizona is moving left. But the state GOP chair, Kelli Ward, is doubling down on Trumpism.

• Elaine Godfrey
• July 25, 2020

The Florida Democrat Who’s Been Warning About a Pandemic for Decades

Long before Donna Shalala got to Congress, she was America’s longest-serving secretary of health and human services—and Anthony Fauci’s boss.

• Edward-Isaac Dovere
• July 25, 2020

The Chaos in New York Is a Warning

The first large-scale test of mail-in voting in the pandemic has left one in five New Yorkers with their votes tossed out.

• Edward-Isaac Dovere
• July 24, 2020

Larry Hogan Isn’t Coming to Save the Republican Party

The governor of Maryland is betting his future on a kinder, gentler post-Trump GOP. Good luck with that.

• McKay Coppins
• July 23, 2020

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.

• Ronald Brownstein
• July 23, 2020