Paul Waldman

It took a long time for the power tool business to migrate out of America—and it’ll take a long time for it to come back, if it does.

Biden threw billions at rural broadband, but the process was slow as molasses. Trump may speed it up—while lining the pockets of his co-president.

Kamala Harris’s running mate defies categorization on the left-right continuum. Here’s a clearer way to understand his politics.

He used to tell them they had no one to blame but themselves, but he’s found more politically palatable targets.

We say very clearly that rural America is hurting. But we refuse to justify attitudes that some scholars try to underplay.

When Biden attacks Trump, it’s dog bites man. But when Haley hits him, it’s news. And she can remind voters of all the bad things about Trump they’ve forgotten.

These mostly bogus plagiarism charges are the latest blunt weapon in the right’s war on universities as poisoners of young people’s minds.