1. the national interest
    Marriage Equality and the Modern Social RevolutionA period of cultural transformation as rapid and deep as anything since the 1960s.
    By Jonathan Chait
  2. hillary watch
    Hillary Clinton’s Staff Missed a Few Benghazi-Related EmailsThey turned up thanks to a subpoena from Congress.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  3. the national interest
    Another Obamacare Doomsday Scenario Does Not Happen“This is the beginning of the end of the Affordable Care Act,” said Paul Ryan yesterday.
    By Jonathan Chait
  4. the national interest
    The Confederate-Flag Backlash and the New American PatriotismAs a symbol of hatred falls, a new understanding of American history takes shape.
    By Jonathan Chait
  5. the national interest
    GOP Forgets to Blame Democrats for SegregationDemocrats are the party of segregation! And also they irrationally hate the confederate flag for some reason.
    By Jonathan Chait
  7. bad medicine
    What Happens If the Supreme Court Guts Obamacare?Millions may lose their health-care subsidies in the coming days, and there’s no clear solution.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  8. the national interest
    How Much Will Demographics Help Hillary Clinton?Crunching the numbers on the 2016 electorate.
    By Jonathan Chait
  9. early and often
    2016 Republicans Reveal They Were Against the Confederate Flag All AlongTheir stance became much clearer after South Carolina lawmakers said it should be taken down.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  10. early and often
    White Supremacist Cited by Dylann Roof Donated to GOP 2016 CandidatesIncluding Ted Cruz, Rand Paul, and Rick Santorum.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  11. charleston shooting
    The GOP Presidential Candidates’ Confederate Flag ProblemIn the aftermath of last week’s racist attack, Republicans are being forced to confront a politically treacherous controversy.
    By Chas Danner
  12. scotus
    Parsing the Clues Ahead of the Supreme Court’s Same-Sex Marriage DecisionHas Justice Scalia already tipped their hand?
    By Cristian Farias
  13. charleston
    How the 2016 Presidential Candidates Have Responded to CharlestonWhile the Democrats bring up racism and gun control, the Republicans are talking about evil.
    By Chas Danner
  14. the national interest
    Why Can’t Republicans Admit Dylann Roof Was Racist?We can’t understand the motives behind their senseless behavior.
    By Jonathan Chait
  15. the national interest
    Republicans Really Not Happy John Kasich Told Them They Are MonstersThe governor’s invitations to Koch-brother confabs keep getting lost in the mail.
    By Jonathan Chait
  16. How Obama Learned to ‘Politicize’ ShootingsAfter Sandy Hook, he got more forceful about gun violence.
    By Marin Cogan
  17. the national interest
    Desperate-for-Attention Rand Paul Unveils Flat TaxCandidate wins coveted endorsement from team of kooks.
    By Jonathan Chait
  18. politics
    Rand’s Favorite Band Thinks He’s RacistRush’s drummer says he’d never vote for Paul.
    By Adam K. Raymond
  19. early and often
    Jeb Bush Slow-Jams the News, Cheats on His Paleo Diet With Jimmy FallonIn two languages.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  20. the national interest
    Jeb Bush Gave George W. Bush the Stupidest Idea Ever, Then Stole It From Him“What about a slogan that both associates Jeb with his brother’s policies and reminds people that they failed?” “Genius!”
    By Jonathan Chait
  21. the national interest
    Nobody Is Discussing the Biggest Issue of the Presidential CampaignThe election stakes are huge, but they’re not what Hillary Clinton says they are.
    By Jonathan Chait
  22. politics
    The Tea-Party Suicide That Has the Right ReelingThe aftershocks of Mark Mayfield’s death in Mississippi.
    By Marin Cogan
  23. politics
    A Tea-Party Suicide That Left the Right ReelingThe aftershocks of Mark Mayfield’s death in Mississippi.
    By Marin Cogan
  24. dynasty warriors
    2016 Is the Latest Bump in the Long Clinton-Bush FriendshipNow that Jeb and Hillary are both in, the presidential pals are officially rivals again.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  25. early and often
    Cory Booker Is Releasing a Book a Month Before the First PrimaryJust in case someone’s in the market for a vice-president.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  26. the national interest
    Peggy Noonan Warns Pope About Hastily Endorsing Climate ScienceShe is a stickler for methodological rigor.
    By Jonathan Chait
  27. early and often
    How Hillary May Be Distancing Herself From ObamaIn style, if not totally in substance, she seems to be moving away from the president.
    By Chas Danner
  28. early and often
    Jeb Bush Ready to Excite Voters With Newish LogoIt’s Jeb. Exclamation point.
    By Chas Danner
  29. early and often
    Hillary Makes Her CaseAt her first big campaign event, she insists that it’s about you, not her.
    By Marin Cogan and Katie Van Syckle
  30. the national interest
    Niall Ferguson Fights Back Against Smear Campaign by Fact-checkers, FactsA prestigious conservative scholar demands the world stop correcting him.
    By Jonathan Chait
  31. the national circus
    Who Else Knew About Dennis Hastert’s Cover-Up?As the investigations widens, the question remains whether anyone in Congress knew what the former Speaker was trying to hide.
    By Frank Rich
  32. the national interest
    John Kasich’s Quest for Glorious MartyrdomMeet the new McCain-Huntsman doomed voice of sanity.
    By Jonathan Chait
  33. international affairs
    U.S. Plans to Shift Iraq Strategy, Deploy More Troops After ISIS AdvancesObama admits there’s no “complete strategy” yet, but he’s expected to shift the focus to retaking Ramadi.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  34. the national interest
    No, Hillary Clinton’s Campaign Strategy Isn’t Bad for AmericaA weird new election meme takes flight.
    By Jonathan Chait
  35. the national interest
    The Obamacare Lawsuit Is a Government Shutdown, But for Health CareRemind us how the last shutdown went for Congress. Right.
    By Jonathan Chait
  36. early and often
    Lindsey Graham’s GOP Welcomes Caitlyn JennerHe notes that all Americans are hated equally, “in the eyes of radical Islam.”
    By Margaret Hartmann
  37. shmashmortion
    Abortion Rates Decline Across the Country, Cause Is Up for InterpretationBoth sides say it proves they’re right.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  38. firsts
    César Vargas Just Became New York’s First Undocumented LawyerA case that will certainly give legal scholars something to talk about.
    By Cristian Farias
  39. the national interest
    Hillary Clinton Calls the Republican Bluff on Voting RightsA new idea to make voting easy that Republicans will have to come up with a reason to oppose.
    By Jonathan Chait
  40. early and often
    Congress May Ruin Your Trip to CubaThey voted to keep the travel restriction.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  41. the national interest
    Scientists Drop Science Bomb on Climate-Change SkepticsNow there’s no way conservatives can deny global warming, right?
    By Jonathan Chait
  42. the national interest
    Columnist: Obama Said Government ‘Never Worked’Is Daniel Henninger accurately describing Obama’s comments? You get one guess.
    By Jonathan Chait
  43. shmashmortion
    Scott Walker: Rape Pregnancy Worries Will PassAbused women should be able to get their act together within 20 weeks.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  44. early and awkard
    Ted Cruz Apologizes for Mocking Joe Biden ‘During His Time of Grief’He forgot to cut the Biden jab from his stump speech.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  45. the national interest
    Is the New Political Correctness Already Dying?Absurdities mount, as does dissent.
    By Jonathan Chait
  46. the national interest
    Hillary Clinton Isn’t Very Popular, But She’s Winning AnywayA brief explainer on a bunch of confusing polls.
    By Jonathan Chait
  47. city politic
    The Cuomo–de Blasio Spat Could Have Serious Consequences for New YorkersEspecially for the city’s public school students and rent-stabilized tenants.
    By Chris Smith
  48. Report: Desperate Anti-Hillary Democrats Launch Bloomberg 2016 EffortThe former mayor didn’t kick them out of his office, which they consider a good sign.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  49. the national interest
    Studies Show Paul Ryan Is Wrong and Obama Is Right: You Didn’t Build ThatThe core philosophical debate of the Obama era can be largely settled with facts.
    By Jonathan Chait
  50. obituaries
    Scandal Kills the ‘Hastert Rule’; Congressional Gridlock Expected to SurviveThe term “the majority of the majority” lives on.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  51. early and often
    Jeb Bush Is Not Who You Think He IsHe’s more ruthless than he looks, more conservative than moderates like to believe, and possibly more appealing to Latinos than Marco Rubio.
    By Jennifer Senior
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