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May 24, 2023
Alex Shephard
Ron DeSantis’s Biggest Problem Isn’t Donald Trump
An ever-increasing field of candidates is circling the fray—and smelling the Florida governor’s blood.
May 23, 2023
Michael Tomasky
Ron DeSantis Is Plotting a 7–2 Supreme Court
And it’s entirely possible if he becomes president.
May 23, 2023
Brynn Tannehill
What Donald Trump Really Means When He Says He Wants “Peace”
He means a world in which Putin is on top and abandoned U.S. allies potentially start arming themselves with nukes. Some “peace.”
May 23, 2023
Walter Shapiro
We’re Being Terrorized Every Day—but Not How We Imagined
9/11 was supposed to usher in an era of catastrophic jihadist attacks. Instead, we’re living in fear of a different kind of mass violence.
May 23, 2023
Melissa Gira Grant
Trans Prom Is the Reminder This Country Needs
Trans kids are kids—and they deserve to be able to dress up and dance.
May 22, 2023
Alex Shephard
The Democrats Have Already Lost the Debt Ceiling Fight
Party leaders thought they had set a trap for Republicans. It hasn’t worked out that way at all.
May 22, 2023
Ana Marie Cox
Ted Cruz’s Uncoolness Is His Secret Weapon
Maybe it’s time to stop making fun of the Texas senator and start taking him seriously.
May 22, 2023
Matt Ford
What Neil Gorsuch Got Wrong About the Pandemic
The justice’s vision of the judiciary’s role in public health may be more dangerous than any Covid-era restriction.
May 22, 2023
Michael Tomasky
Ron DeSantis Wants a Referendum on “Freedom.” Fine—It’s a Fight He’ll Lose.
The Florida governor is a true believer. It makes him dangerous. But it also makes him vulnerable.
May 19, 2023
Melissa Gira Grant
Christian Nationalism Has Prevailed in Texas. Trans Teens Will Suffer.
As Governor Greg Abbott prepares to sign a law banning gender-affirming care, teens face the possibility of being detransitioned against their will.
May 19, 2023
Michael Tomasky
Did Donald Trump Seriously Sell Pardons?
The sexual assault lawsuit against Rudy Giuliani is chock-full of other shocking allegations.
May 19, 2023
Lillian Perlmutter
The Dismal Reality Behind the Migrant “Surge” That Never Arrived
Asylum-seekers barely noticed the end of Title 42. But that’s only because the rules seem to change every day.
May 19, 2023
Pablo Manríquez
Why Has Only One Senator’s Staff Unionized?
Last year, the staffs of 17 House Democrats unionized. Things are moving much, much slower in the Senate—and now that the GOP has the House, things are weird there too.
May 19, 2023
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Walter Shapiro
Tim Scott Is Sure to Rise—and Surer to Fade
The South Carolina senator’s presidential run will allow Republicans to demonstrate—briefly—that they aren’t racists.
May 18, 2023
The Run-Up
Because the 2024 elections start now
May 18, 2023
Matt Ford
The Supreme Court Says Andy Warhol’s 15 Minutes Are Up
The high court’s ruling on the nature of “transformative” works of art could have major ramifications for artists working today—as well as the A.I. enthusiasts looking toward tomorrow.
May 18, 2023
Eric Alterman
Ronald Steel: A Great Historian Who Punctured the Pious
In magisterial books and sharp essays—many of them for The New Republic—Steel, who died recently at 92, became one of the most vital foreign policy voices of his age.
May 18, 2023
Timothy Noah
Think CEO Pay Is Outrageous? Get a Load of CEO Retirement Plans
They are called—I kid you not—“top hat” plans. And they drain everybody else’s 401(k)s.
May 18, 2023
Daniel Strauss
No Labels’ Old Allies Agree: The Group Is “Dangerous” and Must Be Stopped
Al From and Mark Penn were once close pals. You wouldn’t know that from the way From is talking today.
May 18, 2023
Matt Ford
Why Does the Second Amendment Only Apply to “Law-Abiding” Gun Owners?
A recent lower court ruling has neatly exposed the Supreme Court’s conservative majority’s funny ideas about the Bill of Rights.
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