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Finding the Future in Radical Rural America

It's time to rewrite the narrative of “Trump Country.” Rural places weren't always red, and many are turning increasingly blue.

Elizabeth Catte

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Politics

The Devolution of the Modern President

Trump may be egregious, but he is also a symptom of a much bigger problem facing modern presidents: the inability to govern.

Elaine Kamarck

Politics

Why the President Needs More Power

The Founding Fathers didn't design Congress to solve national problems in the national interest. 

William Howell, Terry M. Moe

Law & Justice, Politics

The Border President

Trump v. Hawaii is not about religion. It’s about the president’s unlimited power at the border.

Elizabeth Shakman Hurd

Politics

Trumpism Before Trump

We can’t fully appreciate the current anti-immigration moment without understanding the decades-long investment by right-wing movement politics.

Robert L. Tsai, Calvin TerBeek

Politics

California Today, America Tomorrow

Political lessons from the state of resistance.

Felicia Wong

Politics, War & Security

Bloody Gina

Gina Haspel’s confirmation hearing is later this week. Here’s why we should all be concerned.

Scott Casleton

Politics

Testing the Waters in Texas

Whoever figures out how to save Texas might just save the rest of us in the process.

Elizabeth Catte

Podcast, Politics

Strangers in Their Own Land

A conversation between Arlie Hochschild and Archon Fung.

Arlie Hochschild, Archon Fung

Politics

The Fragile Legacy of Barack Obama

Obama refused to fight the political battles necessary to forge sustainable policies and a presidential legacy.

Elaine Kamarck

Philosophy & Religion, Politics

Fatalism, Freedom, and the Fight for America’s Future

Tocqueville warned us about democratic fatalism. But as Steven Pinker’s new book shows, fatalism is a permanent feature of modern politics.

David Runciman

Politics

The Disillusionment of Post-Soviet Europe

To understand why Europe seems more balkanized now than ever, we must look to Eastern Europe's failed reconstruction.

Marta Figlerowicz

Politics

Austerity by Design

Yanis Varoufakis's lessons for reasserting European social democracy.

J. W. Mason

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