Politics
The Future of the American Idea
The Future of the American Idea
Everyone expects Harris to run for president again one day, but her job requires her to avoid even the appearance of preparing for her political future.
The CDC’s surprising mask announcement was not just a public-health milestone.
The California law that gives voters the power to remove a sitting governor doesn’t make sense in an era of unrelenting partisan conflict.
Three years after his polarizing confirmation hearings, the Supreme Court’s 114th justice remains a mystery.
The modern Republican Party does not tolerate criticism of its once—and current—leader.
One hundred years after the Tulsa Race Massacre, community members still can’t get the federal government to recognize Greenwood’s significance.
It will take more than a onetime injection to Black colleges to make up for a legacy of racism.
Former Representative Will Hurd is trying to make the Republican Party more competitive—and more moderate. Can he succeed?
When an Associated Press correspondent broke an embargo to report news of the German surrender in World War II, he was pilloried for it. Three years later, he justified his decision in The Atlantic.
How conservative politicians and pundits became fixated on an academic approach
The president is willing to take on political fights that Obama and Clinton considered unwise, if not unwinnable. Will that strategy pay off?
Progressive communities have been home to some of the fiercest battles over COVID-19 policies, and some liberal policy makers have left scientific evidence behind.
The Philadelphia district attorney’s reelection bid will test whether a progressive prosecutor can survive a spike in gun violence.
The competing demands of work and motherhood have some white-collar women choosing part-time work—and loving it.
Biden’s plan: Go big or go home.
California’s new senator, who filled Kamala Harris’s seat, is hoping to speak for his fellow Latinos. That won’t be easy.
Democrat Colin Allred of Texas wants to make paid parental leave possible for everyone. The White House appears poised to join him.
Too often, traumatized Black boys’ behavior is pathologized. It’s actually rational.
A country that does not publicly fund national defense won’t have much of it. A society that doesn’t support parents will have fewer children.
Neither party should feel confident about how Latinos are going to vote in 2024.