What Will Happen in Georgia?
Millennial and Gen Z voters have serious power in the South.
The Next Presidential Election Is Happening Right Now in the States
State-legislature elections could decide the fate of democracy.
Bad Losers
Election deniers are a threat to democracy. The midterms could be the last chance to stop them.
The Great Senate Stalemate
Both Democrats and Republicans keep retreating into their corners.
What Does the Philadelphia D.A. Do Now?
Depending on whom you ask, Larry Krasner is either embattled or thriving.
The Honey Badger Don’t Care—But I Do
The scrappy little mammal is so much more than an internet meme or a political mascot.
John Roberts’s Long Game
Is this the end of the Voting Rights Act?
Has Trumpism Run Out of Steam?
Paul LePage, who pioneered the tactics that propelled Trump into office, is running again for governor of Maine. Only this time, he’s quietly backing away from the former president.
Why This Election Is So Weird
Instead of offering voters contrasting solutions to the same problems, the two parties are highlighting entirely different issues.
What the Student-Loan Debate Overlooks
President Biden’s loan-forgiveness plan offers younger Americans the same benefits that Boomers have been afforded all along.
The Val Demings Gamble
Can the Florida congresswoman inherit Joe Biden’s Democratic Party?
Trump Returns to Rally Team MAGA
At the former president’s first rally since the FBI search at Mar-a-Lago, the mood among his supporters veered from desperation to defiance.
Abortion Could Define California’s Elections
The Supreme Court’s controversial Roe decision continues to reverberate across the country.
Biden’s Cancellation of Billions in Debt Won’t Solve the Larger Problem
Belatedly canceling some debt is what a country does when it refuses to support students up front.
How the Democrats Rallied
Congress was frozen. Joe Biden’s presidency seemed cooked. What happened?
Liz Cheney Already Has a 2024 Strategy
To save the Republican Party, the defeated Wyoming representative may first have to destroy it.
The Mar-a-Lago ‘Raid’ Put Ron DeSantis in a Box
He has little option but to show loyalty to Trump even if it thwarts his own ambitions.
Caitlin Dickerson on the Moral Catastrophe of Family Separations
Caitlin Dickerson discusses the Trump administration’s devastating family-separation policy and bureaucratic failures—and how it could happen again.
‘Stop the Steal’ Is a Metaphor
The scholar Theda Skocpol—renowned for her research on the Tea Party movement a decade ago—explains how American politics has evolved since then.
What Comes After the Search Warrant?
Why August 8 may become a new hinge point in U.S. history
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