They aren’t a problem politically, and they benefit the country economically. But Republicans only admit this when one of their own is in the White House.
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Posted inEconomic Policy
Can Vacancy Taxes Bring Down Housing Prices?
Some California cities may be willing to try them.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Is Trump Really on Track to Win Re-Election?
That defeatism is premature. There are many ways for Democrats to win—if they can avoid defeating each other.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
The Newly Energized Progressive Caucus Is Winning
If recent votes are any indication, the next flurry of liberal policymaking will look far different from the last one.
Posted inAmerica and the World
Disentangling from Israel
A conversation with Palestinian Authority Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh
Posted inCivil Rights in America
Trump’s Latest Asylum Rule, Explained
How the interim final rule announced Monday could play out in the courts, and the devastating consequences it could have for asylum seekers
Posted inLaw and Justice
Eugene Scalia Once Represented a Big Bank in a Sexual Harassment Case. It Got Ugly.
In a 2015 deposition, the Labor Secretary nominee highlighted a victim’s sexual history and intimated that she schemed to win a payday.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
“This Is Not Who We Are.” Or Is It?
If it wasn’t, Donald Trump wouldn’t be sitting in the White House. But it’s not all of who we are, either.
Posted inBooks
Impeachment and the Righteous Republicans
Historian Brenda Wineapple discusses her new book The Impeachers: The Trial of Andrew Johnson and the Dream of a New Nation.
