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Pete Buttigieg
early and often
Feb. 23, 2023
How Did Donald Trump Beat Pete Buttigieg to East Palestine, Ohio? Democratic flailing gives Republicans — no friends of the environment or rail safety — an easy victory.
By Ross Barkan
ohio train derailment
Feb. 15, 2023
What Is Going On in East Palestine, Ohio? Parsing the most reliable information circulating about the catastrophic train derailment.
By Alissa Walker
artificial intelligence
Feb. 8, 2023
Fear Not, Conservatives, the Chatbot Won’t Turn Your Kid Woke The American right’s problem isn’t that a talking robot is propagating liberal ideology.
By Eric Levitz
getting around
Jan. 25, 2023
An EV in Every Driveway Is an Environmental Disaster We can’t lithium mine our way out of climate crisis.
By Alissa Walker
flying is a nightmare!
Jan. 11, 2023
Why Air Travel Melted Down … Again The FAA temporarily grounded flights Wednesday, just weeks after Southwest stranded thousands of passengers.
By Jeff Wise
stop the presses
Dec. 15, 2022
By Shawn McCreesh
getting around
July 27, 2022
The Flight Hack Is Dead Abandon hope all ye who enter security.
By Clio Chang
early and often
July 21, 2022
Pete Buttigieg Could Make Air Travel Less Hellish. Will He Do It? Airlines are hitting travelers with price hikes, mass cancellations, and onerous policies. It’s time for the Transportation secretary to crack down.
By Ross Barkan
pete buttigieg
July 8, 2022
Mayor Pete Leaves South Bend for Michigan The DOT secretary is transporting himself to a different and more promising political environment.
By Ed Kilgore
stop the presses
July 8, 2022
Lis Smith Loves Politics (If Not All Politicians) The fearless political operative on Mayor Pete, Andrew Cuomo, Bill de Blasio, Joe Biden — and her new book, ‘Any Given Tuesday.’
By Shawn McCreesh
getting around
May 18, 2022
By Alissa Walker
Pete Buttigieg Is Living His Best Life How billions of dollars in infrastructure funds turned the Transportation secretary into a D.C. power broker.
By Ross Barkan
getting around
Jan. 28, 2022
We Graded Pete Buttigieg’s Road-Safety Plan Promising policy, with questions about implementation.
By Alissa Walker
highways to hell
Dec. 17, 2021
One State Is Showing Us How to End America’s Addiction to Highway Expansion Colorado passed a first-in-the-nation rule requiring new transportation projects to prove they can reduce emissions.
By Alissa Walker
For Pete’s Sake, Stop the Presidential Buzz About Buttigieg The secretary of Transportation has plenty of fish to fry without constant speculation that antagonizes Kamala Harris supporters to no good end.
By Ed Kilgore
2022 midterms
Nov. 15, 2021
Beto O’Rourke Is Running for Governor in Texas The former Democratic phenom must overcome past questions to challenge a strong but vulnerable Republican incumbent in a red state turning purple.
By Ed Kilgore
Are We Really Still Arguing About Paternity Leave? Seems like some men are really worked up over Pete Buttigieg’s parental leave.
By Danielle Cohen
street view
Mar. 10, 2021
By Alissa Walker
congestion pricing
Feb. 23, 2021
Secretary Pete Is Already Coming Through for New York City on Congestion Pricing Federal approval is finally coming for the MTA-funding traffic-reducing program.
By Alissa Walker
pete buttigieg
Feb. 2, 2021
Dear Secretary Pete, 9 Transportation Projects You Should Consider Right Away Infrastructure that can tackle emissions while delivering other benefits to help Americans get around.
By Alissa Walker
best of 2020
Dec. 22, 2020
The 10 Best Late-Night Moments of 2020 Featuring Amber Ruffin, Desus & Mero , and the John Oliver Memorial Sewer Plant.
By Chris Murphy
the biden presidency
Dec. 20, 2020
A Biden Style of Government Is Emerging: Lowest Drama Possible The president-elect’s organizing principle seems to be a Barack Obama–inspired insistence on minimizing potential conflict in his administration.
By Gabriel Debenedetti
breaking news
Dec. 15, 2020
By Christopher Bonanos
the next act
Oct. 23, 2020
Here’s Who Biden Is Considering for Top Jobs in His Administration He still needs to win, of course. But campaign documents and sources close to Biden suggest how the cabinet could take shape.
By Gabriel Debenedetti
Democratic National Convention, Day 4: Live Updates Follow along with Intelligencer staff for the fourth and final day of the virtual convention, featuring Mayor Pete, Tammy Duckworth, and Joe Biden.
By Intelligencer Staff
2020 democratic convention
Aug. 20, 2020
13 Days That Shook the Political Earth Left for dead by some after New Hampshire, Joe Biden’s brisk comeback was one for the ages.
By Ed Kilgore
Pete Buttigieg Has an Agent Now Maybe they’ll help him build out his late-night hosting résumé.
By Justin Curto
Not Much ‘Democratic Disarray’ in 2020 Polling indicates that backers of Biden’s primary rivals are falling into line much more solidly than did Sanders supporters in 2016.
By Ed Kilgore
Can Democrats Force Joe Biden Off of the Ticket? With Tara Reade’s allegations now front and center, Biden skeptics are speculating about pushing him out of the nomination, but it wouldn’t be easy.
By Ed Kilgore
vision 2020
Apr. 11, 2020
Bernie Sanders Was Also Done In by Bad Luck Sanders did some things well and a few poorly in his 2020 bid. But from Bloomberg’s crash to the pandemic, some obstacles were out of his control.
By Ed Kilgore
Joe Biden Owes It All to African-American Voters In retrospect, Biden’s once-improbable nomination was again and again made possible by crucial moments of support from black voters.
By Ed Kilgore
Mayor Pete Experimenting With Facial Hair in Isolation Like so many of us, Pete Buttigieg is test driving new looks while social distancing.
By Claire Lampen
just asking questions
Mar. 28, 2020
A Conversation With Pete Buttigieg, Who’s Stuck at Home Like Everyone Else The erstwhile Democratic contender, now bearded, is trying to figure out his new role in the middle of a pandemic.
By Ben Jacobs
last night on late night
Mar. 13, 2020
By Chris Murphy
Pete Buttigieg to Guest Host Jimmy Kimmel Live This Week The former presidential candidate will fill in for Kimmel on Thursday.
By Megh Wright
super tuesday
Mar. 4, 2020
Biden’s Giant Bounce Suddenly Makes It a Two-Candidate Race All the talk of a contested convention is probably moot now.
By Ed Kilgore
What Happens to Delegates When Their Candidate Quits? Buttigieg and Klobuchar didn’t acquire many pledged delegates before dropping out, but Bloomberg and Warren could be different.
By Ed Kilgore
Buttigieg, Klobuchar, and Beto Endorse Biden in Dallas Three former candidates endorsed Biden on Monday, as the former veep consolidates the support of moderate Democrats before Super Tuesday.
By Matt Stieb
Five Things to Watch For on Super Tuesday It’s more complicated than just declaring a winner and some losers.
By Ed Kilgore
How the Political Merchandising Industry Has Shaped the Primary Campaigns put a lot of effort into attempting to galvanize support using merchandise. The results have been mixed.
By Zachary Small
Will Pete and Amy’s Abandoned Voters Move to Biden? It depends on if you believe the “tracks” theory or the “lanes” theory of voter behavior.
By Ed Kilgore
Klobuchar To Withdraw From the Race and Endorse Biden The Minnesotan ran out of gas after a third-place finish in New Hampshire.
By Ed Kilgore
Buttigieg Never Had a Chance Without Non-White Voters Mayor Pete’s inability to appeal to a diverse base of support led him to the exit before a full demographic humiliation on Super Tuesday.
By Ed Kilgore
Pete Buttigieg Drops Out of Presidential Race Mayor Pete has called it quits after failing to win over voters in Nevada and South Carolina.
By Chas Danner
the national interest
Feb. 29, 2020
By Jonathan Chait
vision 2020
Feb. 29, 2020
Biden South Carolina Win Exceeds Expectations A two-to-one win over Sanders that left others in the dust could give Biden a springboard into Super Tuesday as the leading moderate candidate–again.
By Ed Kilgore
vision 2020
Feb. 28, 2020
The Final Results of the Last Iowa Caucus Ever Are In Buttigieg and Sanders had a split decision, but the uncertainty over one metric for victory extended Iowa’s agony. The system will never be the same.
By Ed Kilgore
vision 2020
Feb. 27, 2020
Buttigieg’s Plan to Stay Alive in the Primaries Buttigieg’s narrow base of support isn’t helping him as the primary map goes national.
By Ed Kilgore
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