Fox News Is the New NRA
As the influence of the gun lobby fades, the gun industry has found a new and perhaps even more powerful ally.
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The Incredible Shrinking GOP
Trump is turning the Republican Party even whiter and more male than before, with profound consequences for party and country alike.
After 48 Years, Democrats Still Haven’t Gotten the Memo
Lewis Powell once drafted a how-to guide for maximizing political power. Only one party took his advice. Here's how Democrats can catch up.
Nancy Pelosi Has Power—She Just Doesn’t Want to Use It
The Speaker's feud with Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez reveals a great deal about her approach to leadership.
Advocates Want Everyone Counted, No Matter the Fate of the Citizenship Question
The Supreme Court ruled Trump officials needed a better reason to tinker with the census; Democracy watchdogs aren't waiting for them to find one.
Give War a Chance
In search of the Democratic Party's fighting spirit
Corruption Is the Tie that Binds for Trump-Era Republicans
Though they threaten defections over personnel and policy, members of the president's party are truer than ever to the man.
Republicans Plan to Rig Elections for a Decade
New evidence confirms the Trump administration wants a citizenship question on the census for one reason: To suppress Latinx votes.
Democracy Fights Back
Republican attempts at voter suppression have inspired a movement to restore and expand access to the polls.
River of No Return
How austerity and climate change put northeastern Nebraska underwater
Is Trump DOA in the Rust Belt?
A Republican "autopsy" of 2018 losses in Wisconsin shows a party struggling to reconcile racist policies with midwestern politics.
Victory Does Not Depend on Swing Voters
For Democrats in 2020, energizing and expanding the base will bring in far more votes than moving right to grab a vanishingly small psychographic.
Trump Declares War—on Accountability
The administration's moves to extend executive privilege, rebuff subpoenas, and challenge the courts are more than a rivalry between government branches.
Vigilante Men
New Mexico’s GOP establishment treats border militias as the good guys.
The Republicans Are Dead to Planet Earth
Reports that the GOP is coming around on climate change have been greatly exaggerated. They will never be part of the solution. Let's move on.
Democrats Need an Anti-Austerity Message
If the party wants to win beyond 2020, it has to defeat deficit hypocrisy now.
The Green New Deal Costs Less Than Doing Nothing
Republicans keep saying Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's plan is too expensive. But their own plan—to ignore the climate crisis—is even more so.
Joe Biden Says Trump Is an Aberration. He’s Wrong.
The former V.P. seems set to build his 2020 run on the idea that the current president has hijacked the GOP.
The Trigger Presidency
How shock jock comedy gave way to Donald Trump’s Republican Party
In Praise of Bill Weld, a Decent Republican
The former Massachusetts governor, who's challenging Trump in 2020, is one of the last of his species.
