The Caged Ballot
Why the GOP is poised to create large-scale voting chaos this year
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Why Politicians Can’t Stop Talking About “Folks”
The perpetual quest to win over real, unpretentious Americans
The Ethical Failures of Modern Architecture
Why do famous architects continue to work with corrupt authoritarians and pernicious corporations?
Seeing No Evil
The peril of gender-blind consensus thinking
The Imitation Games That Authoritarians Play
The subtlest way to undermine democracy is to fake it.
The Un-American
Hoda Muthana left the U.S. to join ISIS. Now she wants to return home to stand trial, but the Trump administration won’t let her. She is a test case for the future of birthright citizenship.
Trump’s Most Devout Disciple
Lou Dobbs believes Trump is one of history’s Great Men. The president is listening.
The Political Media’s Blurred Reality
How market pressures and professional hubris have undone campaign journalism
Civic Republicanism: Good for the Jews
The ancient roots of communal liberty
How the Media Created the “Moderate” Susan Collins
The Maine senator was never an independent force in Washington, but reporters concocted that myth to justify their phony narratives.
The Democrats’ Cult of Pragmatism
Joe Biden, Hillary Clinton, and other moderates claim they Get Things Done—but not because they actually do get things done.
Hillary Clinton’s Neverending Story
Can Hulu’s new documentary ever set the record straight?
Faith Militant
How today’s religious right functions as a shadow political party
The Good Internet Lives On
How Wikipedia managed to stay fun and weird after 20 years
Hate Is on the Ballot
The hidden dynamic that’s transformed our politics—and will loom large in the 2020 election
How Business Schools Fail Up
The rise of the STEM-obsessed, corporate-partnered university
A World to Win
How millennial socialists make the case for a kinder politics
The Troubling Obsession With Political “Tribalism”
Lazy pundits are employing a racially loaded concept that does nothing to explain the deep divisions in America.
Rachel Cusk Questions Everything
When her memoirs attracted moral outrage—and got her sued—she found a new way to frame stories.
How Powerful Is This Right-Wing Shadow Network?
A new book traces the workings of the Council for National Policy. But how much influence does the organization really wield?
