1. the national interest
    Roger Stone Used Mob Threats Because Trump Is Basically a Crime BossThe Gambino-style roll-up continues.
    By Jonathan Chait
  2. government shutdown
    Airports in Northeast Hit With Delays Over Shutdown-Related Staffing IssuesThe FAA attributed the temporary halt of flights at LaGuardia and delays in Newark, Philadelphia, and D.C. to a shortage of air traffic controllers.
    By Sarah Jones
  3. government shutdown
    The Government Shutdown Consequences Are Getting More and More DireFederal workers have now missed their second paychecks, and some airports are halting flights.
    By Lisa Ryan
  4. russia investigation
    Longtime Trump Adviser Roger Stone Indicted in Mueller ProbeStone is charged with making false statements and trying to tamper with a witness to hide his efforts to learn about hacked Democratic emails.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  5. government shutdown
    Donald Trump Doesn’t Know How Grocery Stores WorkThe president apparently thinks we all still live in 1950’s Brooklyn. Or Little House on the Prairie.
    By Sarah Jones
  7. vision 2020
    Elizabeth Warren to Propose Spreading the Wealth AroundA 70 percent tax on incomes over $10 million isn’t cool. You know what’s cool? A 2 percent tax on the wealth of the super-rich.
    By Eric Levitz
  8. alexandria ocasio-cortez
    AOC Thinks Billionaires Are a Threat to Democracy. So Did Our Founders.The idea that democracy and billionaires are incompatible might seem radical to conservatives. But to America’s founders, it seemed like common sense.
    By Eric Levitz
  9. the national interest
    Jared Kushner Is Goading Trump Into Prolonging the ShutdownAnd moderate Democrats are stoking his delusions of grandeur.
    By Jonathan Chait
  10. russia investigation
    What We Know About BuzzFeed’s Michael Cohen Scoop, and Why Mueller Shot It DownIt seems likely that the controversy stems from a dispute between BuzzFeed’s sources and Mueller’s office, not simple journalistic error.
    By Nick Tabor
  11. government shutdown
    Could a Long-Shot Aviation Strike Be What Finally Ends the Shutdown?It is illegal for federal employees to strike, but aviation labor unions and GOP lawmakers raised the possibility of drastic industry-wide action.
    By Matt Stieb
  12. politics
    After Calls to Stifle Progressive Newcomers, Dems Put Them on Powerful CommitteeAlexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Rashida Tlaib, and Ayanna Pressley will get to probe Trump officials as the newest additions to the Oversight Committee.
    By Sarah Jones
  13. the democrats
    Advice to Reformed ‘Tough on Crime’ Democrats: Be HonestJoe Biden and Kamala Harris built their careers on crime and punishment. The reckoning should be honest rather than politically expedient.
    By Zak Cheney-Rice
  14. the national interest
    If Trump Gets a Ransom to End the Shutdown, He’ll Do It Again and AgainThe irrepressible Republican attraction to hostage-taking in place of normal compromise.
    By Jonathan Chait
  15. the national interest
    This Chart Shows the Coming Death of Small-Government ConservatismThree generations of white people thought government was doing too much. The next two want it to do more.
    By Jonathan Chait
  16. politics
    Trump Reportedly ‘Furious’ Over Rudy Giuliani’s Recent Media FlopsA White House aide told Politico that “handling Rudy’s f**k ups takes more than one man.”
    By Matt Stieb
  17. education
    After a Weeklong Strike, Los Angeles Teachers May Have a DealMembers of the United Teachers of Los Angeles still have to vote on the deal, but it sounds like a victory for striking educators.
    By Sarah Jones
  18. protests
    Trump Labor Counsel Hopes Legal Trap Can Kill Scabby the RatBanning the ubiquitous inflatable rat balloon would be a psychological blow to labor, but experts believe the First Amendment will protect him.
    By Sarah Jones
  19. the national interest
    Rudy Giuliani Is Possibly a Legal Genius, But Probably Just an IdiotThe middle ground is disappearing. Rudy’s either Keyser Soze or Barry Zuzkerkorn.
    By Jonathan Chait
  20. immigration
    Former MS-13 Member Who Secretly Helped Police Is DeportedAn immigration judge said he had no choice but to deny asylum to the teen who cooperated with authorities only to be jailed with those he informed on.
    By Hannah Dreier
  21. encounter
    Shaun King on Relaunching The North Star and His Online PersonaThe controversial activist asks, “What would Frederick Douglass do?”
    By Amos Barshad
  22. russia investigation
    Giuliani: Trump’s Moscow Tower Planning May Have Continued Through the ElectionTrump’s lawyer has now tried to take back his comments, which also indicated that Trump may have talked to Cohen before his Congressional testimony.
    By Chas Danner
  23. horrible things
    MAGA Hat-Wearing Teen Says He Was Trying to Defuse ‘the Situation’“I said a silent prayer that the situation would not get out of hand,” he said in a statement.
    By Lisa Ryan and Amanda Arnold
  24. 2020 elections
    Kamala Harris Is Running for President in 2020“I feel a sense of responsibility to stand up and fight for the best of who we are,” Harris said on Good Morning America.
    By Amanda Arnold
  25. martin luther king
    Is a Prophet Like MLK Possible Today?Hearts have hardened, and the opponents of racial justice don’t hear the words of prophets.
    By Ed Kilgore
  26. indigenous peoples’ march
    What It Felt Like to Stare Down the MAGA TeensI watched as tribal elder Nathan Phillips responded to bigotry with grace.
    By Hunter Hooligan
  27. the national interest
    Trump’s One Legislative ‘Win’ Is Actually a FailureThe Trump tax cuts are the payoff for two years of embarrassment. They haven’t worked either.
    By Jonathan Chait
  28. 2019 women’s march
    The Most Powerful Scenes From the 2019 Women’s MarchProtesters took to the streets to stand up for women’s rights and progressive issues.
    By Lisa Ryan
  29. 2019 women’s march
    Ocasio-Cortez’s Women’s Rally Speech Was a Fierce Call to Action“Justice is about making sure that being polite is not the same thing as being quiet.”
    By Lisa Ryan
  30. 2019 women’s march
    The Best, Smartest, and Funniest Signs From the Women’s MarchProtest signs from Women’s March events around the world.
    By Lisa Ryan
  31. education
    Karen Pence’s Job at an Anti-LGBT School Is Definitely the Taxpayers’ BusinessThe Pences found the criticism “deeply offensive,” but her work affirms the Trump administration’s broader hostility to LGBT students.
    By Sarah Jones
  32. criminal justice
    Jason Van Dyke and the Inadequacy of America’s Criminal-Justice SystemJason Van Dyke was sentenced to prison time for killing Laquan McDonald. But true accountability remains elusive.
    By Zak Cheney-Rice
  33. the national interest
    Trump Didn’t Have Secret Contact With Russia — It Was Done in Plain SightHis private meetings with Putin are an apt metaphor for their entire bizarre relationship.
    By Jonathan Chait
  34. 2020 presidential election
    2020 Candidates Carry Heavy Baggage, and Trump Is Sure to Exploit ThatToday’s harsh intraparty criticism, most recently aimed at Kamala Harris, will become fodder for Trump’s war on his eventual 2020 opponent.
    By Ed Kilgore
  35. satire
    Imagined Letters Between Trump and PelosiWhat if they just kept writing to each other?
    By Kelly Conaboy
  36. the national interest
    Trump Ordered Michael Cohen to Perjure Himself. It’s Even Worse Than It Sounds.Five reasons why the BuzzFeed bombshell contains deadly fallout.
    By Jonathan Chait
  37. conservatism
    The Right’s Case Against Soaking the Rich Is Dirt PoorConservatives’ best arguments against raising taxes on millionaires rest on fallacies — and ignore extreme inequality’s social and political costs.
    By Eric Levitz
  38. politics
    Trump May Still Be Learning About His Own Decisions Through TVTrump reportedly learned about the friendship between Robert Mueller and his attorney general nominee William Barr by watching him testify on TV.
    By Matt Stieb
  39. mitch mcconnell
    In New Op-ed, McConnell Attacks Campaign Finance Reform and Voting RightsMcConnell jokes — and lies — his way through a Trump-friendly review of Democratic ethics and voting reforms.
    By Ed Kilgore
  40. climate change
    Bipartisan Group of Economists Endorses (Surprisingly Robust) Carbon TaxSome of the GOP’s top economists just called on the government to (gradually) euthanize the fossil fuel industry and establish a tiny UBI.
    By Eric Levitz
  41. state legislatures
    West Virginia Leads States With Boys’ Club LegislaturesSome states, like Massachusetts (bad) and Georgia (relatively good), defy partisan stereotypes on legislative gender balance.
    By Ed Kilgore
  42. health care
    Trump May Try to Kill Medicaid As We Know It by Executive FiatHaving failed for decades to pass legislation ending Medicaid as an entitlement program, Republicans may now try to get there by state waivers.
    By Ed Kilgore
  43. politics
    This Is What Happens When Trump Has 24 Hours to Work on a ComebackDid his petulant letter to Nancy Pelosi really take a full day?
    By Lisa Ryan
  44. politics
    Could the Shutdown Finally Make Trump’s Base Abandon Him?Trump shut down the federal government to give his supporters a border wall. Now they’re giving him a significant drop in his approval rating.
    By Sarah Jones
  45. government shutdown
    The Government Shutdown Is Exposing the Stupidity of Government ShutdownsThe rules governing which parts of the government stay open are, to use a technical term, “not smart.”
    By Ed Kilgore
  46. the national circus
    With State of the Union Disinvitation, Pelosi Outmaneuvers Trump Once AgainPelosi knows how to push the levers of government, and how to push Trump’s buttons. It’s an unbeatable combination.
    By Frank Rich
  47. power
    Gillibrand’s Franken-Problem Won’t DieWhen a woman stands up to a powerful man, the fallout is all too predictable.
    By Kate Manne
  48. brexit
    The Fate of Brexit Is in Jeremy Corbyn’s HandsThere is no majority in Parliament for any deal — or a second referendum — without the Labour Party’s votes.
    By Eric Levitz
  49. education
    With Teachers’ Strike, L.A.’s Long Battle Over Charter Schools Comes to a HeadCharter schools have seen explosive growth in L.A., and now striking educators claim they’ve left traditional schools overcrowded and under-resourced.
    By Sarah Jones
  50. authoritarianism
    Turkey Reportedly Seeks Arrest Warrant for Knicks Center Enes KanterKanter says he fears he’ll be extradited or even killed for criticizing Erdogan and backing Fethullah Gulen, an exiled cleric living in Pennsylvania.
    By Matt Stieb
  51. the national interest
    Trump Lawyer No Longer Denying Campaign Colluded With RussiaRIP, “No collusion.”
    By Jonathan Chait
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