The cultural rifts between urban and rural America are a constant of our history. When they also become economic, they become dangerous.
Election 2016
Posted inPolitics
Resistance Disconnect
How Indivisible’s national advocates and grassroots volunteers have pulled apart—and what could happen instead
Posted inLaw and Justice
Will the Supreme Court Decide the Election?
A repeat of Bush v. Gore is unlikely but possible. It could also be serial Supreme Court rulings in slow motion.
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The Tea Party’s Last Stand
The legions that swept over the Republican Party in 2010 aren’t ascendant today—and they’ve scared a lot of other Republicans away.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
What the 2020 Democratic Primary Campaign Will Really Be About
The contest, like others before it, will be much more about identity than issues.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
The 2016 Election Was Ultimately About One Big Thing
A new book argues it was a struggle over identity.
Posted inCivil Rights in America
On Election Security, Feds Flounder While States Make Strides
Trump’s “election integrity” commission has sucked all the air out of the room, but the real work of securing the nation’s voting system is happening far outside the Beltway.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
How She Lost
Malpractice cost Clinton the election, but her ambivalence on big issues was produced by big structural factors that affect all Democrats.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Democrats’ Unsolvable Media Problem
Liberals are still all but helpless in the face of right-wing lies that mutate and evolve.