The Coronavirus Is Trump’s Worst Nightmare
How a serious epidemic could wreck his presidency
Politics
How Far Left Should a Millennial Be?
Malcolm Harris’s book sketches a radical politics for the generation between Occupy Wall Street and the age of Trump.
Bernie’s Boring Path to Victory
After all the talk of revolution and expanding the electorate, what if Sanders simply wins the same way an utterly conventional Democrat would?
How Insulin Became the Poster Child for Medicare for All
The staggeringly high costs of good health in America affect all of us in profound ways—and insulin makes the stakes tragically clear.
Why Warren Is Out for Bloomberg’s Blood
She has been criticized for declining to attack Bernie Sanders. But there’s a very good reason to focus on the billionaire former mayor instead.
Mike Bloomberg’s Identity Politics
A Bloomberg presidency would be a return to normalcy for America—a daunting prospect for everyone who isn’t white and wealthy.
Hate Is on the Ballot
The hidden dynamic that’s transformed our politics—and will loom large in the 2020 election
The Selling of the Democratic Primary
The South Carolina debate was more like a buyers’ showroom than a public service.
Bernie Sanders’s Dumb Defense of Fidel Castro
The late Cuban strongman was everything the Democratic front-runner has long railed against: a grifting plutocrat from the top one percent.
Democrats Are Playing a Perilous Game With Data
As primary competitors toss around “internal numbers” to claim victory in the early contests, they’re setting a Trumpian precedent.
The Still Incomplete Case Against Harvey Weinstein
A verdict has been rendered, but no criminal case will tell the full story about Weinstein or the women he’s harmed.
Will the Democrats’ Russia Obsession Hurt Bernie Sanders?
The Trump administration’s claims that the Kremlin is backing Sanders are catnip for cable news.
The Planet Is Screwed, Says Bank That Screwed the Planet
A report from two economists at JP Morgan Chase pushes back against traditional economic wisdom on climate change.
Trump’s Xenophobia Could Create a Public Health Crisis
A rule targeting immigrants who use Medicaid and other benefits goes into effect on Monday. The consequences will be widely felt and hard to reverse.
A World to Win
How millennial socialists make the case for a kinder politics
Beware a Bezos Bearing Gifts
A field guide to corporate climate pledges
The Police Knew Her. She Says They Still Didn’t Care She Was Raped.
A lawsuit against a police department filed by its own dispatcher speaks to the depths of the crisis of violence against Native women.
There Are Worse Things to Fear Than an Electoral College Tie
There is no easy remedy for the ways in which President Trump threatens the sanctity of our elections.
Trump’s Ego Is Causing a National Security Nightmare
The president’s capricious fury has weakened the intelligence community’s ability to safeguard our elections.
Bernie Sanders Is No Donald Trump
Why Sanders’s haters keep finding similarities between two politicians who could not be more different
