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Joe Biden Has a Very Bleak View of the Fall

He’ll win the presidency, he thinks, and survive Tara Reade’s accusations. But suddenly, the country needs a lot more than an average-Joe president. He knows it.

Purged

In November, many swing state voters won’t get to cast a ballot. That’s by design.

Disorder in The Court – Point of No Return

Trump’s “Remain in Mexico” policy has created unimaginable chaos. I went to an immigration court to see it up close.

Richest Countries Agree To Freeza Poorer Nations' Debt

The world’s richest countries agreed to freeze poor nations’ debt obligations, shortly after nearly 20 European and African leaders made a joint appeal for a massive international effort to boost Africa’s coronavirus response, saying that “only a global victory that fully includes Africa can bring this pandemic to an end.”

Virus Exposes US Inequality. Will It Spur Lasting Remedies?

The sick who still go to work because they have no paid leave.

Lockdowns Mean Millions of Women Can't Reach Birth Control

The callers were in tears. One by one, women in homes across rural Zimbabwe had a pleading question: When would family planning services return?

Trump's Moment Of Truth

The coronavirus disaster couldn’t come at a worse time for a president seeking reelection

There is no China crisis

Unless we cause one by overreacting to Asia's changing political and economic landscape.

How to destroy a government

The president is winning his war on american institutions

The Congress Woman From California

Katie Hill’s rise heralded the arrival of a new and modern political generation. And then the pictures leaked.

She Said He Sued

As MeToo spreads, more men are suing their accusers.

Intelligencer – 11 Months From Today

A second term for Trump seems more possible than ever. But what would it look like?

Count Me Out

Letting states decide who gets representation is the new front in the Republican War on Voting Rights.

Lis Left Standing

Win or lose, Pete Buttigieg’s senior adviser Lis Smith has turned an unknown mayor into a serious contender.

Well, Here We Are

Two weeks until Iowa, the race has narrowed. One of these people could beat Trump, right?

Modi's Economic Mess

Growth is stagnating, and the people are protesting. What happened?

AOC – One Year In

She reshaped her party’s legislative agenda, resuscitated Bernie Sanders’s presidential campaign, and hardly has a friend in Washington.

Which Fernández Will Rule Argentina?

The vice president wields huge influence over Congress and key cabinet members

The National Interest: Jonathan Chait

The White House's Godfather Fantasy If the Trumps are the Corleones, that makes us the marks.

The Zombie Campaign

JOE BIDEN IS THE LEAST FORMIDABLE FRONT-RUNNER EVER. WILL IT MATTER?

The World After the Whistle-Blower

An accounting of the early days of impeachment.

Among the Witches

"It’s hard to be worried when you don’t really like the guy.”

Get Out

Hundreds of cities have adopted crime – free housing programs. But are the policies better at keeping communities safe – or keeping them white?

House of Cards

How Joe Biden helped build a financial system that’s great for Delaware banks and terrible for the rest of USA.

Plan C

Millions of women are already living in the post-Roe world. Abortion rights activists are preparing for whatever’s next

Mark Sanford Refuses To Take A Hike

Is Mark Sanford’s quest for the mythical reluctant Trump voter noble or pathetic?

Gen X May Never Produce A President!

Gen X may never produce a president. That’s bad news for Americans of all ages.

Who Will Control The Next Generation Of The Trump Dynasty?

Inside the battle to control the next generation of the Trump dynasty

Juanita Broaddrick, Found New Life As A Trump Defender

Juanita Broaddrick, who alleges that Bill Clinton raped her in 1978, has found new life as a Trump defender.

Will Justin Amash Run for President as a Libertarian in 2020?

Freedomfest, a largely libertarian gath­ ering in Las Vegas with a significant con­ servative presence, has been tacking in a noticeably Trumpian direction since the future president spoke there in 2015.