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Politics

Where Trumpism Lives

Support for pro-Trump Republicans remains driven by relatively well-off whites in fast-growing, rapidly diversifying suburbs—not by economic despair in rural America.

Jacob Whiton

Politics

How Did the GOP Become the Party of Ideas?

If Trump was the end of the “party of ideas,” the rise of Reagan was its start. But what were those “ideas” in the first place, and were they really as new as people said?

Lawrence B. Glickman

Politics

Against Returning to Normal

Joe Biden positioned himself as the “return to normalcy” candidate. But normalcy is not something we can afford—we must actively resist it.

David Walsh

Politics

Biden Must Put Democracy First

Unless we bolster its foundations, our enfeebled democracy won’t be able to solve any of the daunting problems Biden has singled out as priorities.

Archon Fung

Politics, Race

I Don't Have to Forgive Joe Biden

We should condemn the president-elect’s record on race, but that does not foreclose hope for his administration.

Christopher Lebron

Politics

What Are Parties For?

Basic norms exist for political parties; Republicans don’t meet them.

Jan-Werner Müller

Law & Justice, Politics

Democracy Hangs in the Balance

Part two of a conversation on voter turnout, vote counting, and what we can expect now. 

Reed Hundt, Joshua Cohen

Politics

In Defense of Politics

The only antidote to despair over national politics will be to generate and expand new solutions at local, state, and regional levels.

Michael Gecan

Law & Justice, Politics

Our Undemocratic Constitution

Amy Coney Barrett’s confirmation is a sham, but it is one the Constitution allows. There’s only one way out of this crisis: we must amend.

Julie C. Suk

Race

The Politics of White Anxiety

Trump is the latest in a long line of politicians who have leveraged the fear of white voters. A new path forward must address the structures and finances that propagate, sustain, and shamelessly benefit from it.

Jonathan M. Metzl

Politics

The Real Reason the GOP Suppresses the Vote

The party’s fifty-year strategy has reached an electoral dead end.

Yochai Benkler

Law & Justice, Politics

Democracy Is on the Ballot

Donald Trump's winning strategy.

Reed Hundt, Joshua Cohen

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