1. voting rights
    Kamala Harris Unveils Another Fallback Strategy for Voting RightsGetting voters to the polls despite hostile state laws is a valuable Plan B for voting rights, not a mere a gesture after failure in Congress.
    By Ed Kilgore
  2. religion
    White Evangelicals Now Outnumbered by Mainline Protestants in U.S.Conservative Evangelical triumphalism in religion, culture, and politics is no longer justified by the trends in American life.
    By Ed Kilgore
  3. polarization
    We Are Two Nations, DivisibleWhile Americans claim to want bipartisanship, our differences are clearly real and deep-seated. Embracing this is far healthier than denying it.
    By Ed Kilgore
  4. the national interest
    Conservatives Still Using the Fake Obama IRS Scandal to Defund the Tax PoliceAn imaginary 2013 IRS scandal returns to justify protecting wealthy tax cheats.
    By Jonathan Chait
  5. haiti
    Haitian President Assassinated by Gunmen Posing As DEA AgentsHaiti’s police chief said four of Jovenel Moïse’s assassins had been killed and two others were arrested.
    By Benjamin Hart and Nia Prater
  7. politics
    Rudy’s Law License Suspended Over Lying for TrumpNew York and D.C. won’t let him practice law for now, saying his conduct “immediate threatens the public interest.”
    By Nia Prater
  8. marjorie taylor greene
    Marjorie Taylor Greene Compares Liberals to Nazis — AgainAfter apologizing for comparing COVID-19 measures to the Holocaust, MTG is still calling vaccinators “medical brownshirts.”
    By Ed Kilgore
  9. policing
    When Cops Commit Property DamageThe LAPD’s detonation of a de facto bomb in a Los Angeles neighborhood highlights a different sort of police impunity.
    By Zak Cheney-Rice
  10. the national interest
    The Chilling Message of Trump’s Embrace of Ashli Babbitt MartyrdomJanuary 6 is now a heroic uprising to the movement.
    By Jonathan Chait
  11. 2022 midterms
    Why Primary Runoffs Will Matter in the 2022 MidtermsIn states without runoffs, Trump targets like Representative Liz Cheney may escape his wrath.
    By Ed Kilgore
  12. the national interest
    Should Discrimination Against Trump Supporters Be Illegal?A conservative professor says yes.
    By Jonathan Chait
  13. conservatism
    Tucker Carlson’s Populism Is for the Small-Time RichThe Fox News host’s claims that Joe Biden will destroy the suburbs reveal the true nature of working-class conservatism.
    By Eric Levitz
  14. politics
    How Eric Adams Did ItThe likely next mayor didn’t look like it at the start of the campaign.
    By David Freedlander
  15. liveblog
    Eric Adams Declares Victory in Mayoral Primary: UpdatesHe narrowly defeated Kathryn Garcia after absentee ballots were finally counted.
    By Intelligencer Staff
  16. conservatism
    It’s Tough to Prove You’re a ‘True Conservative’ in the Trump EraMany of the old principles of hard-core conservatism are still obligatory for Republicans. And now they have to demonstrate loyalty to Trump, too.
    By Ed Kilgore
  17. the national interest
    J.D. Vance Apologizes on Fox News for Opposing TrumpIt was 2016, a different time, and people were saying all kinds of non-crazy things.
    By Jonathan Chait
  18. the inside game
    The Democrats’ Divorce From Silicon Valley Is Almost FinalAs Washington’s big-tech backlash gathers force, the tech behemoths are ready for a fight.
    By Gabriel Debenedetti
  19. q+a
    What Alvin Bragg Plans to Do With Cy Vance’s Troubled Sex-Crimes UnitThe next Manhattan DA talks about making history, prosecuting Trump, and more.
    By Victoria Bekiempis
  20. the truth is in here
    Pentagon Releases UFO Report: Here’s What We KnowA guide to the government’s unclassified report on unidentified flying objects, which was released on Friday.
    By Matt Stieb and Chas Danner
  21. criminal justice
    When Will Joe Biden Start Using His Clemency Powers?The president has signaled he wants to grant more pardons and commutations. The time to begin is now.
    By Zak Cheney-Rice
  22. the body politic
    Biden’s Big Left GambleThe president is overseeing a sea change in the world of economic policy, and so much hangs in the balance.
    By Rebecca Traister
  23. politics
    Why Republicans Condemn Marjorie Taylor Greene, But Not Paul GosarOne believes in Jewish space lasers. The other is friends with a Holocaust denier.
    By Ben Jacobs
  24. politics
    This Is Your Father’s Supreme CourtOld-school justices advance the right’s agenda while discarding much of Trump’s.
    By Jay Michaelson
  25. the city politic
    Who Won the Mayoral Primary?A complicated new voting system meets an archaic bureaucracy.
    By David Freedlander
  26. politics
    Stephen Breyer Just Answered Calls for Him to QuitThe 82-year-old liberal justice is going to make progressives wait longer for a younger jurist, if Republicans don’t spoil their hopes.
    By Ed Kilgore
  27. u.s. supreme court
    Supreme Court Won’t Expand Right to Discriminate Against Same-Sex CouplesIt’s a setback for those hoping for an expanded zone of safety for religious-based objections to serving LGBTQ customers, but just for now.
    By Ed Kilgore
  28. politics
    Alvin Bragg Set to Become Manhattan’s First Black District AttorneyHe beat out Tali Farhadian Weinstein, who sank a fortune into the race.
    By James D. Walsh
  29. politics
    J.D. Vance Is Having a Rough TimeGod appeared to strike the launch of his Senate campaign in Ohio.
    By Sarah Jones
  30. the national interest
    Republicans Invent a Whole New ‘Witch Hunt’ Defense for Trump’s Tax CrimesThe fair thing would be to let Trump’s criminal accomplices go free.
    By Jonathan Chait
  31. politics
    The New Republican HeresyHow the Capitol riot became a test of party loyalty.
    By Sarah Jones
  32. vision 2024
    Is Sarah Huckabee Sanders Already Auditioning for Vice-President?It’s one theory for why she’s running a savage culture-war campaign for Arkansas governor. The others are scarier.
    By Ed Kilgore
  33. insurrection day
    Insurrectionists in PurgatoryA selection of “very fine people.”
    By Jack Denton
  34. insurrection day
    Merrick Garland vs. Trump’s MobThose who hoped he would prosecute January 6 with gusto have been bitterly disappointed.
    By Andrew Rice
  35. insurrection day
    The Making of a MAGA MartyrHow Ashli Babbitt, and those who lived, are being remembered.
    By Talia Lavin
  36. insurrection day
    The End of the End of American ExceptionalismWill January 6 change the way Americans view their place in the world?
    By Suzy Hansen
  37. insurrection day
    Before, During, After January 6The historical perspective at six months.
  38. politics
    Why Trump Probably Won’t Be ChargedIt’s not only because his lieutenant is not flipping.
    By Ankush Khardori
  39. politics
    Trump Not Desperate Enough to Join Aide’s Social Media NetworkEx-aide Jason Miller left Trump’s team to start a Twitter knockoff in the hope Trump would follow. His former boss reportedly isn’t interested.
    By Matt Stieb
  40. capitol riot
    Kevin McCarthy Between Rock and a Wild Place on January 6 InquiryThe minority leader opposes GOP cooperation with a select committee that his most out-of-control members want to join. He has no great options.
    By Ed Kilgore
  41. the national interest
    The Rule of Law Means Prosecuting Trump’s CrimesTrump’s right-wing version of critical race theory is going to be tested.
    By Jonathan Chait
  42. politics
    Trump Organization, Executive Accused of Tax Fraud to Bankroll Lavish LifestyleThe company is accused of paying him $1.76 million “off the books” in the form of an apartment, Mercedes leases, and more.
    By Justin Miller
  43. u.s. supreme court
    Supreme Court Smiles on Voter Suppression and Big DonorsAfter showing caution all term, the conservative majority closed by eroding the Voting Rights Act and threatening campaign-finance-reform efforts.
    By Ed Kilgore
  44. vision 2020
    New Data Shows How Biden Won, Where Trump Gained in 2020A Pew analysis shows that Biden’s suburban boom was real, the gender gap shrank, and Trump’s boost among Latinos was larger than previously known.
    By Ed Kilgore
  45. politics
    Kathryn Garcia Surges … Into a MessAdams’s lead over Garcia is similar to his margin on Tuesday. The main difference now is that there is even less confidence in the process.
    By Ben Jacobs
  46. politics
    The Hell Donald Rumsfeld BuiltIraq should be a permanent stain on his name.
    By Sarah Jones
  47. the national interest
    Kennedy’s Presidency Accomplished Little, But His Historic Myth EnduresWhy historians still rank the do-nothing Kennedy as a near-great president.
    By Jonathan Chait
  48. insurrection day
    How January 6 Will Be Remembered by Trump’s SupportersThanks to congressional inaction, the riot could very well become a new Lost Cause.
    By Mychal Denzel Smith
  49. politics
    The New York City Board of Elections Wins at Screwing UpA non-exhaustive list of scandals before Tuesday’s botched mayoral results.
    By Nia Prater and Chas Danner
  50. 2022 midterms
    Will Ranked-Choice Voting Help or Hurt Lisa Murkowski?The veteran maverick Republican will have to fight off a Trump-endorsed conservative and a Democrat-backed independent if she runs for a fourth term.
    By Ed Kilgore
  51. critical race theory
    The Right’s New Reason to Panic About ‘Critical Race Theory’ Is Centuries OldOn the persistent specter of Black revenge.
    By Zak Cheney-Rice
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