Blueprints for conservative rule can’t get enough of the smear that fighting racism against Black people amounts to racism against white people.
Rick Perlstein
Rick Perlstein is the author of a four-volume series on the history of America’s political and cultural divisions, and the rise of conservatism, from the 1950s to the election of Ronald Reagan. He lives in Chicago.
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Seeds of a Conservative Crack-Up
An accidental encounter with a group of progressive anti-abortion activists revealed the tenuous hold Donald Trump may have on his coalition.
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Needles in Project 2025’s Haystack
Both the details and the broad strokes are terrifying.
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A Disorienting Night at the RNC
Our reporter meanders inside and outside the convention hall.
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Project 2025 … and 1921, and 1973, and 1981
Terrifying blueprints for the next Republican presidency are a quadrennial tradition.
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Say It Ain’t So, Joe
With democracy itself on the ballot, a statesman with character would know when to let go of power.
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The Independent Media Hustle
How Josh Marshall has sustained Talking Points Memo amid the wreckage of modern journalism
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Remembrance of Ratf**ks Past
As Cornel West is receiving ballot access help from Republicans, 20 years ago Al Sharpton’s campaign for president was largely orchestrated by Roger Stone.
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The Republican Id
Rather than visiting red-state diners, reporters ought to journey to the venerable conservative message board where the talk after the Trump verdict was nihilistic and bloody.
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My Political Depression Problem—and Ours
Granular study of the ever-more-authoritarian right didn’t demoralize the author as much as reaction from the left.