Elections

Podcast, Politics

Despair Is Not an Option

Bernie Sanders sat down with us to talk about the future of progressive politics. This is what he said.

Boston Review

Politics

How People Vote

New theories of voting behavior explain bad outcomes, but are they convincing?

Niko Kolodny

Politics

The GOP's Anti-Democratic Fetish Runs Deep

Here's the real reason the GOP made peace with Trump.

William E. Scheuerman

Politics

What Totalitarianism Looks Like

Five signs of a totalitarian regime.

Christopher Lebron

Politics

Five Looming Geopolitical Crises of the Trump Administration

A reckless foreign policy could bring ruin at home and abroad.

Jonathan Kirshner

Politics

Leftists and Liberals in the Political Heartland

The Clinton-Sanders conflict betrays the contentious history of the Democratic Party, and holds the key to its future.

Doug Rossinow

Politics

The Will of the People

The Electoral College once served an urgent political purpose. The time has now come to abolish it.

Kenneth A. Taylor

Global Justice, Politics

Garrison America and the Threat of Global War

The crisis of liberal capitalism has arrived, bringing us to the brink of total global war.

Alex de Waal

Politics

The New Politics of Hope

Where Trump whipped up faith in authoritarianism, Sanders revived hope in collective action. Sustaining that vision of social progress is the central task of the left today.

Ronald Aronson

Forum

After Trump

A pluralistic democracy is built on debate, disagreement, and wakeful action. This forum begins the conversation.

Joshua Cohen

Reading Lists

Technocrats, Populists, and Citizens

Donald Trump's victory raises the question—how did we get here? 

Politics

Voter Discrimination Starts Well Before Election Day

Voter ID laws burden minorities, but discrimination starts well before they reach the voting booth.

Ariel White