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July 20, 2020
Libby Watson
I Scored Worse Than Donald Trump Did on That Brain Test
Why the president’s claim that he got “all 35” questions right on the Montreal Cognitive Assessment is meaningless.
July 17, 2020
Gabriele Magni
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Andrew Reynolds
The Empathy of Black Voters
Research shows that African Americans support candidates from marginalized groups, including LGBTQ people, more than their white counterparts.
July 17, 2020
Kate Aronoff
The Threat of a GOP That Accepts Climate Change
The Republican Party could be ready to discard climate denial. But you might not like what comes next.
July 16, 2020
Libby Watson
Trump’s Campaign Doesn’t Need a New Manager. It Needs a New Candidate.
Brad Parscale’s demotion will do nothing to fix the president’s self-inflicted problems.
July 16, 2020
Alex Shephard
Twitter Is Not Prepared for the 2020 Election
This week’s unprecedented security breach revealed the platform’s terrifying flaws, and the potential chaos hackers could cause in the future.
July 15, 2020
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The Politics of Everything
The Long War on Objectivity
What enabled the rise of today’s right-wing media empire?
July 15, 2020
Kate Aronoff
Why Is Biden Clinging to the Dream of Green Factories?
The candidate’s plan to “win the future” through American export domination has multiple problems.
July 14, 2020
Alex Shephard
Donald Trump Jr. Wages a Culture War on the Publishing Industry
He evidently believes that he can make more money self-publishing—especially if he portrays the move as a rebuke of liberal elites.
July 10, 2020
Timothy Noah
The Two Sides of Biden’s Economic Plan
On paper, he seems obsessed with besting Trump as a trade warrior. But his rhetoric suggests he wants to pick a fight with the aristocrats.
July 10, 2020
Alex Shephard
Mary Trump Diagnoses the President
A dark new family history from Donald Trump’s niece may be the most intimate psychological portrait of him yet.
July 9, 2020
Osita Nwanevu
Trump Is Numbing America to the Pandemic’s Ravages
The president believes he can win reelection if voters become indifferent to the dead and suffering. Is Joe Biden capable of proving him wrong?
July 9, 2020
Kate Aronoff
The Limits of Democrats’ Climate Progress
The Unity Task Force climate recommendations are a huge improvement on policy proposals last election cycle. Now what?
July 9, 2020
Matt Ford
Fear of a Forever-Trump Administration
There doesn’t seem to be much faith in the peaceful transition of power, if the burgeoning canon of postelection pulp horror is any guide.
July 8, 2020
Matt Ford
The Electoral College Is an American Humiliation
If the Supreme Court no longer believes the lie that’s sustained this hastily concocted relic from our nation’s founding, why should anyone?
July 2, 2020
Timothy Noah
The Democrats’ Dumb Idea to Cut Pandemic Unemployment Benefits
This week’s job numbers demonstrate that this is no time to compromise with Mitch McConnell.
July 2, 2020
Alex Shephard
Trump’s Extraordinary Gift for Self-Sabotage
The president’s latest futile attempt to block a critical tell-all book proves that he was never the political genius the media made him out to be.
July 1, 2020
Alex Shephard
The Viral Impotency of the Lincoln Project
Founded by anti-Trump Republicans, the new PAC is getting lots of attention. But is it achieving anything?
June 26, 2020
Osita Nwanevu
D.C. Statehood Is a Test of Biden’s Political Courage
If he leads a Democratic wave in 2020, he’ll have to choose: Give representation to 700,000 people or preserve the filibuster.
June 25, 2020
Kevin Mahnken
The Democrats’ Future Depends on D.C. Statehood
Voters in the District and Puerto Rico deserve representation, and the party’s ambitions just might depend on it.
June 24, 2020
Timothy Noah
How to Fix America’s Broken Guest-Worker System
Trump’s suspension of visa programs is the perfect opportunity to reimagine them entirely.
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