1. college admissions scandal
    Not Even the Joneses Can Keep Up AnymoreThe college admissions scandal shows that even the wealthy are having trouble coping with the rapaciousness of American capitalism.
    By Ed Kilgore
  2. crime
    What’s in the Jeffrey Epstein Sex-Scandal Documents? We May Soon Find OutMore than 100 long-secret documents may soon see the light of day.
    By Amanda Arnold
  3. happy birthday mr. romney
    Mitt Romney Blows Out Birthday Candles One by OneThe senator, normal, is 72 years old today.
    By Brian Feldman
  4. impeachment
    Why Pelosi’s Anti-Impeachment Stand Makes SenseWithout a massive public opinion shift, initiating impeachment proceedings will just inflame Republicans and mislead Democrats.
    By Ed Kilgore
  5. politics
    Trump’s Budget Is a Disaster for the GOPThe President keeps trying to attack programs that are more popular than he is.
    By Sarah Jones
  7. vision 2020
    Democrats Aim at Midwest With Choice of Milwaukee for 2020 ConventionDemocrats hope to tilt Wisconsin, and perhaps the entire region, but parties don’t always get a bump in the state where they hold their convention.
    By Ed Kilgore
  8. vision 2020
    Kirsten Gillibrand Can’t Afford a #MeToo ProblemAccusations that she mishandled a staffer’s sexual-misconduct claim may hit particularly hard, as her 2020 campaign has focused on gender inequality.
    By Sarah Jones
  9. the national interest
    Trump’s Massive Criminal Exposure Just Shows How Unfairly He’s Being TreatedByron York argues that Trump is right about “presidential harassment.”
    By Jonathan Chait
  10. the national interest
    Trump Denies Calling Tim Cook ‘Tim Apple.’ It Happened on TV.Kind of a problem that the president is a pathological liar.
    By Jonathan Chait
  11. melania trump
    Melania Trump Mistook Australian Politician Julie Bishop for a Minister’s WifeAccording to a new story from ex-Foreign Minister Julie Bishop, the First Lady asked her if she would attend a lunch for the spouses of politicians.
    By Matt Stieb
  12. tucker carlson
    Tape Unearthed of Fox News’ Tucker Carlson Calling Women ‘Extremely Primitive’In recordings from 2006 to 2011, Carlson says that sex workers, at large, are “slutty and pathetic,” and women, in general, are “extremely primitive.”
    By Matt Stieb
  13. grift
    Everything to Know About the Spa Founder Selling Access to TrumpThe founder of a Florida spa chain linked to prostitution went from political nobody to Mar-a-Lago elite, and the story keeps getting shadier.
    By Chas Danner
  14. politics
    Ilhan Omar Tests the Democratic Party. Will It Pass?Democrats like Omar aren’t nihilists. They have taken a great chance on the party and its capacity for self-reflection.
    By Sarah Jones
  15. drain the swamp
    Trump Owns the Swamp Now, and It’s Awash in LobbyistsThe administration seems to be filling, not draining, the swamp of special interest influence in Washington.
    By Ed Kilgore
  16. roy moore
    Good News for Democrats: Judge Roy Moore Mulling Another Senate Race in AlabamaMoore may want a rematch with Doug Jones because he thinks he was robbed, and a rematch would be a best-case scenario for the red-state Democrat.
    By Ed Kilgore
  17. the national interest
    The Most Unrealistic Promise Democrats Are Making Is to Restore BipartisanshipNothing the left has said is as hopelessly impossible as getting Mitch McConnell to work together with Democrats.
    By Jonathan Chait
  18. voting rights
    House Democrats Pass Landmark Voting Rights Bill on a Party-Line VoteBack when the original Voting Rights Act passed, support and opposition were bipartisan. Now the parties have polarized on this issue too.
    By Ed Kilgore
  19. the national interest
    Instead of a New Press Chief, Trump Could Try Committing Fewer CrimesBill Shine is out as Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher–slash–White House communications director.
    By Jonathan Chait
  20. the democrats
    Apparently, Democratic Voters Don’t Want an Anti-TrumpJoe Biden continues to lead in most 2020 polls — even though he is arguably the Democrats’ most Trump-like option.
    By Zak Cheney-Rice
  21. donald trump
    Trump’s Claim That Democrats Are an ‘Anti-Jewish Party’ Is AbsurdHis reaction to the Ilhan Omar controversy ignores a century of strongly pro-Democratic Jewish sentiment, which continues today.
    By Ed Kilgore
  22. technology
    Elizabeth Warren’s Plan to Break Up Big Tech Is Extremely Aggressive. Good.Intelligencer tech writers Max Read and Brian Feldman react to Elizabeth Warren’s aggressive proposal to break up Silicon Valley megaplatforms
    By Brian Feldman and Max Read
  23. centrism
    Democrats Aren’t Cultural ‘Extremists,’ They’ve Moved With the CountryRoss Douthat is wrong: Republicans are the ones who have abandoned “cultural centrism.”
    By Ed Kilgore
  24. russia investigation
    Paul Manafort: Beneficiary of America’s Sentencing GapThe problem isn’t Manafort’s short sentence, it’s the pampered treatment of defendants like him at the top of the criminal justice system.
    By Matt Stieb
  25. paul manafort
    Manafort Gets Light Sentence for Tax and Bank FraudHe’s not out of the woods yet, but Manafort’s sentence fell far short of the federal guidelines and prosecutors’ recommendations.
    By Ed Kilgore
  26. the national interest
    Two Dozen House Republicans Oppose Anti-Hate Resolution for Some ReasonYou say you want a resolution?
    By Jonathan Chait
  27. donald trump
    Trump: I Am the WallThe wall has become more than a southern border barrier. It’s a metaphor for Trump’s promise to protect his base from economic and cultural change.
    By Ed Kilgore
  28. the democrats
    Democratic Prosecutors Aren’t Learning From the Mistakes of Their PredecessorsIn declining to charge Stephon Clark’s killers, California attorney general Xavier Becerra is failing to learn from the mistakes of his predecessors.
    By Zak Cheney-Rice
  29. vision 2020
    Heartland Progressive Sherrod Brown Won’t Run for President in 2020He was invisible in the polls, but Brown was widely thought to have potential as a progressive who appealed to white working-class voters.
    By Ed Kilgore
  30. ilhan omar
    4 Reasons Republicans Are Keeping the Heat on Ilhan OmarOmar is a convenient target for Republicans hoping to distract attention from their own and their president’s extremism.
    By Ed Kilgore
  31. tech savvy
    Trump Calls Apple CEO Tim Cook ‘Tim Apple’ to His FaceCook responded to the gaffe by quietly changing his name on Twitter.
    By Matt Stieb
  32. education
    Teacher Protests Won Higher Funding for Schools, But It’s Still Not EnoughDespite improvements driven by teacher strikes, schools in many areas remain underfunded. A lasting fix will require changing state governments.
    By Sarah Jones
  33. the democrats
    Democrats Fear Investigating Don Jr. Because He’s So Relatable and Well-LikedThey have convinced themselves that investigating a trust-fund kid who kills elephants – and mocks genocides – will turn the public against them.
    By Eric Levitz
  34. mueller time
    Trump’s Relationship With Russia Is Corrupt. Mueller Is Just Filling in Details.We might learn what laws have been broken, but the basic shape of the story is clear.
    By Jonathan Chait
  35. vision 2020
    Republicans Are Going to Try the ‘Red Scare’ Strategy in 2020. Will It Work?Americans are now less hostile to socialism, but Republicans will still try their old strategy, as they need a distraction from Trump’s shortcomings.
    By Ed Kilgore
  36. fox news
    Of Course Democrats Shouldn’t Let Fox News Host a Primary DebateFox News isn’t a news network. It’s a propaganda outfit that abets plutocracy by fomenting racial paranoia. The DNC is right to treat it as such.
    By Eric Levitz
  37. post-millennials
    The Kids Aren’t Alt-RightThe long march of the conservative conquest of the Republican Party could finally be coming to an end.
    By Ed Kilgore
  38. just asking questions
    A Long Talk With Kirsten GillibrandThe New York senator on the NRA, Al Franken, and the line between capitalism and greed.
    By Gabriel Debenedetti
  39. series of tubes
    The Democrats Are Trying to Bring Back a Free, Open InternetThe Democrats have introduced a bill that would restore the FCC’s 2015 net neutrality order.
    By Brian Feldman
  40. the national interest
    Congress’s Trump Investigation Is Going to Hurt Trump, Not CongressThe White House is terrified and trying to bluff Democrats into thinking it will backfire.
    By Jonathan Chait
  41. the economy
    Trump’s Economic Record Is Now a Disaster by His Own (Dumb) StandardsThe trade deficit hits record heights, as the Rust Belt bleeds manufacturing jobs, and the “global financial elite” thrives.
    By Eric Levitz
  42. ilhan omar
    Steve Scalise Delivers the GOP’s Most Cynical Ilhan Omar Rebuke YetScalise admitted to attending a white supremacist event in 2002. Now he is lecturing Americans about national security and anti-Semitism.
    By Zak Cheney-Rice
  43. climate change
    Far-Right Climate Denial Is Scary. Far-Right Climate Acceptance Is Scarier.The scientific consensus on climate change is quite compatible with a zero-sum, nationalist worldview that pits “the West” against the Third World.
    By Eric Levitz
  44. donald trump
    Report: How Trump Managed to Bury His High School TranscriptBy getting other alumni to apply the pressure, Trump reportedly convinced his high school to dig up his records and bury them somewhere else.
    By Matt Stieb
  45. climate change
    It’s No Surprise That a Global Existential Crisis Bothers Prospective ParentsAlmost four in ten Americans between the ages of 18 and 29 believe that adults should consider the effects of climate change before having children.
    By Sarah Jones
  46. donald trump
    Big Majority of Americans Think Trump Is a CriminalLooks like the country is strongly predisposed to believe freshly uncovered evidence of Trump crimes before and after he took office.
    By Ed Kilgore
  47. politics
    The House’s Sweeping New Probe May Be the Biggest Threat to Trump YetThe House Judiciary Committee may uncover more Trump misconduct than Mueller. But if they’re not careful, they could undercut the special counsel.
    By Barbara McQuade
  48. 2020 presidential election
    Bloomberg Won’t Run for President in 2020The former New York mayor will spend his time and money on issue advocacy, while possibly backing another candidate.
    By Ed Kilgore
  49. health care
    Republicans Have Lost Interest in Fixing, or Killing, ObamacareDespite the intense interest of voters in health-care policy, Republican opposition will likely kill any bipartisan legislation before 2020.
    By Ed Kilgore
  50. politics
    Conservatives Use Free Speech As a Shield to Defend BigotryA Republican delegate in West Virginia claimed that the Islamophobic Ilhan Omar poster was about “free speech.” It wasn’t.
    By Zak Cheney-Rice
  51. the democrats
    It’s Time for Democratic Centrists Like Me to Help, Not Fight, The LeftThose who ran the Democratic Party under the Clintons and Obama need to acknowledge it’s the left’s turn to lead.
    By Ed Kilgore
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