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  1. election 2024
    Trump Wants His Enemies to Fear for Their LivesThe GOP front-runner is stoking threats of violence against anyone who threatens his power. It’s working.
    By Eric Levitz
  2. power
    Ginni and Clarence Thomas: A Love StoryHow a fiercely loyal couple saved one another, raged against their enemies, and brought the American experiment to the brink.
    By Kerry Howley
  3. early and often
    Biden Hasn’t Been Winning the ‘Fight for Our Democracy’It’s the signature issue he chose for his reelection campaign. Weirdly, he doesn’t have much of a record on it.
    By Ankush Khardori
  4. america decides
    Robert De Niro and Al Pacino Hottie Debate Sows Division, HorninessIt’s literally a trade war.
    By Rebecca Alter
  5. america decides
    Succession Power Rankings: We Didn’t Start the FireThings are looking good for Roman (except for his soul), bad for Tom (except for his arches), and downright bleak for the future of democracy.
    By Jessica M. Goldstein
  6. early and often
    The Tennessee GOP’s Ruthless PrioritiesFor Republicans, protests are more outrageous than school killings.
    By Zak Cheney-Rice
  7. early and often
    The GOP Is More Dependent Than Ever on Democratic DysfunctionAs the Republican base has grown more blue-collar, the party’s agenda has remained plutocratic.
    By Eric Levitz
  8. early and often
    Conversations Can Save Our Democracy, TooHaving frank, civil discussions with others about issues, candidates, and how our democracy works can make a difference.
    By Errol Louis
  9. early and often
    A Guide to the Tortured Debate Over Biden’s Big Democracy SpeechPer the reaction, Biden is the champion democracy needs, a dictator, a real-life Dark Brandon, or Satan. And he’s gone too far — or not far enough?
    By Chas Danner
  10. life after roe
    Ludicrous Kansas Abortion Recount Could Be the Wave of the FutureThere were no grounds for a hand recount of the big win for abortion rights. But right-wing activists think sowing doubt is its own justification.
    By Ed Kilgore
  11. democracy
    Boris Johnson’s Downfall Should Make Americans JealousA parliamentary system such as the U.K.’s would be far more resistant to toxic figures like Trump and toxic ideas like rescinding abortion rights.
    By Ross Barkan
  12. brave
    Thanks, NancyShe read a poem.
    By Rebecca Alter
  13. conservatism
    No, Democrats and Republicans Aren’t Equally Anti-DemocraticA reply to Ross Douthat.
    By Eric Levitz
  14. 2024 vision
    Democrats Need a Three-Year Plan to Save DemocracyThat means largely abandoning hope for 2022 and preparing to do battle at Armageddon with Trump in 2024.
    By Ed Kilgore
  15. conservatism
    The Time for Democrats to Go Nuclear Was YesterdayIf conservatives can subvert the Constitution to gut abortion rights, moderate Democrats can abolish the filibuster to protect them.
    By Eric Levitz
  16. democracy
    Liberalism and Socialism Are Both in CrisisThe past decade of global warming and right-wing advance poses an existential threat to various visions of human progress.
    By Eric Levitz
  17. conservatism
    ‘Buying Votes’ Is Good, ActuallyThe right’s new attack on Biden’s child allowance reveals its contempt for democracy.
    By Eric Levitz
  18. ideas
    The Delusions of the Radical CentristWhy Michael Lind’s iconoclastic brand of populist politics fails to convince.
    By Eric Levitz
  19. inequality
    The Limits of Wealth-Tax PopulismSafeguarding democracy from inequality will require much more than soaking the superrich.
    By Eric Levitz
  20. the national interest
    Liz Cheney’s Liberal Critics Are Missing the PointSupporting democracy is not just one issue.
    By Jonathan Chait
  21. democracy
    Trump’s Delegitimization of Democracy Isn’t Wearing OffIt remains unclear when — or if — Republicans will begin to accept electoral defeat again.
    By Ed Kilgore
  22. conservatism
    GOP Decides Equal Representation Is an ‘Assault on Democracy’In making the case against Democratic election reforms, conservatives are arguing that “states’ rights” are more important than equal citizenship.
    By Eric Levitz
  23. the body politic
    The Only Strategy Left for DemocratsAfter this week, the mandate is clear: Make people’s lives better. And stop trying to placate Republicans.
    By Rebecca Traister
  24. democracy
    Trump’s Star ‘Election Fraud’ Witness Was a Glorious Train WreckSo bad that Giuliani had to shush her.
    By Bridget Read
  25. election 2020
    Joe Biden Delivers a Message of Unity in Victory Speech“This is the time to heal in America.”
    By Charu Sinha
  26. election 2020
    Kamala Harris Gives Victory Speech As First Female Vice-President-Elect“While I may be the first woman in this office, I will not be the last.”
    By Charu Sinha
  27. election 2020
    Joe Biden Gives Wildly Confident Speech to Honking Cars“I’m here to tell you tonight, we believe we’re on track to win this election.”
    By Rebecca Alter
  28. election 2020
    Steve Kornacki Is the Only Cute Thing About the ElectionA khaki king.
    By Rebecca Alter
  29. democracy?
    Oh No, the Dreaded Needle Is BackThe New York Times is rolling out its infamous election needle again — but promises the experience will be less stressful this time.
    By Bridget Read
  30. vision 2020
    Trump Closes Campaign With Bold Anti-Democracy, Pro-Violence MessageThe president apparently believes he can win over moderates by vowing to fire Fauci, subvert democracy, and promote political violence.
    By Eric Levitz
  31. supreme court
    Want Nonpartisan Court Reform? Add 4 Liberal Justices.Manufacturing a liberal majority is likely a prerequisite for preventing the Roberts Court from striking down unprecedented nonpartisan reforms.
    By Eric Levitz
  32. the national interest
    Even If Trump Loses, Republicans’ Authoritarian Ambitions Will Live OnWhat an election can and can’t save.
    By Jonathan Chait
  33. supreme court
    The Supreme Court Is Waging War on Democracy — and Voters ApproveA 6-to-3 conservative court would work to entrench minority rule. Polls suggest it could have majority support while doing so.
    By Eric Levitz
  34. authoritarianism
    Mike Lee Opposes Democracy — But Supports Rule by ‘The People’Like other Republicans, Lee’s view on whether “government by the people” is desirable depends on who counts as “the people.”
    By Eric Levitz
  35. politics
    QAnon Goes to WashingtonTwenty-four followers of the grotesque conspiracy theory are running for Congress in November. Where does this end?
    By Simon van Zuylen-Wood
  36. vision 2020
    ‘Classic Authoritarian’: How Historians Rate Trump’s Danger to DemocracyYou’re not paranoid to think the U.S. is headed for disaster, according to the people who study how democracies die.
    By Ben Jacobs
  37. qanon
    QAnon Is Madness. But Believing In It Can Be Rational.For those who lack the resources to understand or influence political reality, conspiracy theories are more useful than the truth.
    By Eric Levitz
  38. authoritarianism
    It Is Not Undemocratic to Call Trump’s Presidency ‘Illegitimate’Fear of Trump’s authoritarianism isn’t hysteria, and disputing the legitimacy of his rule isn’t anti-democratic.
    By Eric Levitz
  39. republican national convention
    The RNC Treated Blue America Like Occupied TerritoryRepublicans claimed federal grounds as their partisan property, then spoke of Democratic cities as though they were hostile foreign countries.
    By Eric Levitz
  40. postal service
    Americans Must Defend the Postal Service Like Our Democracy Depends on ItAmerica’s postal system unified the nation and midwived mass democracy. Under Trump, it threatens to deliver disunion.
    By Eric Levitz
  41. vision 2020
    Voters Are Turning Against Trump in Places Hit Hard by COVID-19A new study confirms the president is paying a political price for presiding over mass death.
    By Eric Levitz
  42. democracy
    The Coronavirus Crisis Is Proving That Democracy WorksThe president is bleeding support in counties hit hard by COVID-19, as previously pro-Trump voters rationally respond to evidence of his failures.
    By Eric Levitz
  43. police brutality
    America’s Most Resilient InstitutionThe coronavirus hasn’t stopped law enforcement from beating and killing unarmed people.
    By Zak Cheney-Rice
  44. international affairs
    Hong Kong’s Independence May Not Survive the PandemicA new law would give China unprecedented power to crack down on the city’s democratic movement, and there’s not much the U.S. can do to stop it.
    By Jonah Shepp
  45. republican party
    The Wisconsin GOP Is Risking Voters’ Lives to Protect Its Minority RuleRepublicans are disenfranchising voters by holding an election mid-pandemic so that they can keep disenfranchising Democrats through gerrymanders.
    By Eric Levitz
  46. conservatism
    No, Theocracy and Progressivism Aren’t Equally AuthoritarianA Harvard Law professor called for turning the U.S. into a Catholic theocracy. Conservatives offered an interesting defense.
    By Eric Levitz
  47. federal reserve
    The Coronavirus Crisis Reveals How Undemocratic America Has BecomeWe are outsourcing some of the most consequential policy decisions any republic can make to unelected bureaucrats.
    By Eric Levitz
  48. vision 2020
    No Marketing Budget Could Sell a Product As Bad As Bloomberg 2020But a less egotistical billionaire may one day put Bloomberg’s blueprint for plutocracy to better use.
    By Eric Levitz
  49. global politics
    Across the World, Voters Are Losing Faith in GovernmentThe percentage of citizens who believe that “the state is run for the benefit of all” has plummeted in a wide array of countries since 2002.
    By Eric Levitz
  50. vision 2020
    There Is a Case for Bloomberg. It’s Just Bleak As Hell.Democrats are mulling a big gamble on the power of extraordinary wealth to bend our democracy to its will.
    By Eric Levitz
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