Americans worry about democracy — particularly the ‘representative’ part
New polling shows that, given a slate of elements of democracy, Americans are least confident that elected leaders are ...
Falsehoods around the L.A. fires are proliferating on the right
There is nothing political about the wildfires that have annihilated thousands of buildings around Los Angeles this week, ...
No windmills, more rakes: Trump’s archaic climate politics return
The day the president-elect declared that he would oppose new windmills, fires fueled by climate change ravaged Los Angeles.
No, Joe Biden would not have won the election
In one of his final interviews as president, Joe Biden offered up an unlikely alternative history that, yes, he could have ...
In total, Jan. 6 rioters have been sentenced to 1,300 years in prison
There has been a concerted effort to mute the scale of the violence that unfolded four years ago. Piece by piece, the justice ...
Trump takes ‘America First’ to its expansionist endpoint
From Canada to Panama, Greenland to the Gulf of Mexico, Trump seems to be outlining a new MAGA Manifest Destiny.
The political utility of the hoary ‘diseased immigrant’ trope
The incoming Trump administration — like his first administration and like the Biden administration — wants to use old ...
The new Congress, like the last one, is unusually old. So is America.
Exploring the meaning of seniority in all of its American manifestations.
Don’t underestimate the power of a president to push for invasion
Nearly 25 years ago, an administration used the power of the government to build a dishonest argument that led to an invasion ...
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The political utility of the hoary ‘diseased immigrant’ trope
Each Saturday, national columnist Philip Bump makes and breaks down charts explaining the latest in economics, pop culture, politics and more. End of carousel Trump’s hostility to people ...
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The new Congress, like the last one, is unusually old. So is America.
Each Saturday, national columnist Philip Bump makes and breaks down charts ... they returned to Washington the following January with new leadership, a generational shift downward to elect a ...