1. vision 2020
    Julián Castro’s Campaign Was Not for the FearfulThe anxieties of the Trump era have left Democrats with too little nerve to risk on a racial justice candidacy.
    By Zak Cheney-Rice
  2. world view
    What Comes Next After the Killing of Qasem SoleimaniThe U.S. strike on the Iranian general ends any hope of containing U.S.-Iran hostilities without significant violence, chaos, and losses of life.
    By Heather Hurlburt
  3. vision 2020
    What’s So Hard to Understand About the Young Left?Young leftists don’t think they own the future. They fear losing it.
    By Sarah Jones
  4. impeachment
    Unredacted Emails Show Pentagon’s Concern Over Trump Withholding Aid to UkrainePentagon emails call the withholding of aid a “clear direction” from Trump, as officials worried he would violate the Impoundment Control Act.
    By Matt Stieb
  5. vision 2020
    Confusion Among California Independents Could Hurt SandersMany of CA’s independent voters don’t know they have to request a Democratic ballot, while others have registered mistakenly with a right-wing party.
    By Ed Kilgore
  7. john roberts
    Man Who Gutted Voting Rights Says Americans ‘Take Democracy for Granted’John Roberts wants you to know that the unelected judges who keep sidelining voters and empowering plutocrats are the guardians of our democracy.
    By Eric Levitz
  8. ufos
    Amy Klobuchar Hints at Declassifying UFO Info If ElectedAmy for Area 51.
    By Adam K. Raymond
  9. vision 2020
    Why Nobody Can Prevent the All-White Debate StageThere’s no formula for adding nonwhite candidates to debates that won’t add more white candidates as well, reversing the winnowing of the nonviable.
    By Ed Kilgore
  10. the national interest
    Trump Covering Up Scheme to Use Justice Department to Punish CNNPresident helpfully reminds America the scandal is ongoing.
    By Jonathan Chait
  11. immigration
    U.S. Population Grows at Slowest Rate Since World War ITrump has succeeded in discouraging immigration — and thus, weakening the U.S. economically and geopolitically.
    By Eric Levitz
  12. politics
    Will the 2020s Be the Decade of Eugenics?We think of eugenics as a sin of the past, but it never really went away.
    By Sarah Jones
  13. iran
    U.S. Kills Iranian General Qasem Soleimani in Airstrike at Baghdad AirportThe Pentagon confirmed that Trump ordered U.S. forces to kill Iran’s leader of clandestine forces Qasem Soleimani “to protect U.S. personnel abroad.”
    By Matt Stieb
  14. vision 2020
    Video of Joe Biden Suggesting White Nationalist Idea Is Deceptively EditedA comment from Biden on changing a culture that tolerates the abuse of women was cut to suggest he considers European culture to be superior.
    By Matt Stieb
  15. vision 2020
    Buttigieg Campaign Says It Raised $24.7 Million in the Fourth Quarter of 2019The impressive fourth quarter brings his haul for the year to $76 million.
    By Matt Stieb
  16. politics
    A Glossary of Everyday Things, According to Trump“People are flushing toilets 10 times, 15 times, as opposed to once,” and other gems.
    By Adam K. Raymond
  17. politics
    Scott Brown and a Perilous Decade For ProgressivismIn January 2010 all the excitement associated with Obama’s election began to dissipate after a special election in Massachusetts.
    By Ed Kilgore
  18. world view
    At U.S. Embassy in Baghdad, Trump’s Middle East Rhetoric Meets RealityThe attack underscores that Trump’s efforts to hobble Iran and conclude our “endless wars” won’t come to fruition anytime soon.
    By Heather Hurlburt
  19. vision 2020
    Buttigieg’s Sharp Elbows Jab BidenMayor Pete isn’t just going back and forth with Warren and Klobuchar. He’s also apparently trying to get to Biden’s left on national security.
    By Ed Kilgore
  20. police brutality
    Florida Sheriff’s Deputy Uses Stun Gun 3 Times on Black Grandmother“From everything we can see at this point, it appears the deputy did what he had to do,” the county sheriff said.
    By Zak Cheney-Rice
  21. iraq
    Iraqis Storm U.S. Embassy in Baghdad to Protest Air StrikesThe U.S. launched mass-casualty air strikes in Iraq in defiance of its government. Now, Iran-backed militants surround the U.S. embassy.
    By Eric Levitz
  22. the national interest
    Why Conservatives Who Know Climate Science Is Real Won’t Speak UpMuch easier to focus on resentment of environmentalists than the dangerous lunacy of their own side’s science denial.
    By Jonathan Chait
  23. foreign interests
    Trump Puts Business Above Democracy and Human Rights. So Did Jimmy Carter.As Iran’s pro-business dictatorship faced an uprising, Carter’s administration urged it “to kill as many demonstrators as necessary,” documents show.
    By Eric Levitz
  24. white nationalism
    Entire West Virginia Correctional Officer Class Fired After Nazi Salute PhotoGovernor Jim Justice fired almost 30 correctional officer trainees who posed in a Nazi salute for a class photo.
    By Matt Stieb
  25. vision 2020
    Bloomberg Vows to Deliver Change Needed in the White House: An Open-Office PlanBig structural changes from the former mayor include an open-office East Room.
    By Matt Stieb
  26. vision 2020
    Biden’s Imaginary Republican Friends Include a Running MateThe former veep needs to stop treating bipartisanship as something that will magically reappear if he wins.
    By Ed Kilgore
  27. vision 2020
    Bernie Sanders’s Doctors Say He Is in ‘Good Health’ After October Heart AttackIt’s unlikely to stifle concern from Sanders’s critics, or anyone worried that four of the top five Democrats, and the incumbent, are in their 70s.
    By Matt Stieb
  28. william barr
    William Barr Embodies the Conservative Surrender to TrumpIn his taste for partisanship, authoritarianism, and a politicized conservative Christianity, the attorney general reflects many strains of Trumpism.
    By Ed Kilgore
  29. reapportionment
    Final Pre-Census Estimates Show Which States Will Gain Power After 2020The long trend toward Sunbelt gains and Rust Belt losses continues with a few exceptions.
    By Ed Kilgore
  30. voter suppression
    Georgia Republicans Secure Another Victory in Their Latest Voter PurgeA federal judge’s latest ruling is bad news for voting-rights advocates, including the Stacey Abrams–founded organization Fair Fight Georgia.
    By Zak Cheney-Rice
  31. vision 2020
    My Existential Dread of 2020The long-awaited reckoning with Trumpism is about to arrive.
    By Ed Kilgore
  32. politics
    Rep. John Lewis Announces He Is Being Treated for Stage 4 Pancreatic CancerThe civil-rights leader announced he is undergoing treatment, and that he will continue to represent Georgia’s Fifth District.
    By Matt Stieb
  33. ivanka trump
    Ivanka Trump Indicates She May Not Return for Second Term If Trump Is ReelectedHer record in the first term suggests the White House adviser’s presence may not be missed.
    By Matt Stieb
  34. vision 2020
    The 5 Biggest Surprises of the Democratic Presidential Primary, So FarAs the “invisible primary” draws to a close, Biden, Bernie, and Buttigieg are overperforming expectations.
    By Ed Kilgore
  35. the streaming wars
    Spotify Rings in 2020 by Suspending All Political AdsWe love sonic bipartisanship.
    By Devon Ivie
  36. vision 2020
    The Public Option Is Politically Superior to M4A — But Only As a Sound Bite“Medicare for All Who Want It” plays well on the stump. But in Congress, it would face about as many political obstacles as single-payer.
    By Eric Levitz
  37. jeffrey epstein
    FBI Reportedly Investigating Jeffrey Epstein’s Alleged ‘Madam’ Ghislaine MaxwellTwo law enforcement agents familiar with the case reportedly said Maxwell and others “who facilitated” Epstein’s sex ring are under investigation.
    By Matt Stieb
  38. impeachment
    GOP Senator Lisa Murkowski ‘Disturbed’ by Mitch McConnell Impeachment CommentMeanwhile, Democratic Senator Richard Blumenthal claims “five to 10” GOP senators have “severe misgivings” about McConnell’s impeachment trial plan.
    By Matt Stieb
  39. the national interest
    Does the Left Have Any Better Ideas Than Obama’s?The New Republic calls Obama’s presidency a failure, ignoring most of his successes and the obstacles he overcame.
    By Jonathan Chait
  40. president trump
    Germans Consider Trump More Dangerous Than Putin, Kim Jong-un: PollForty-one percent of Germans polled considered Trump to be a greater threat to world peace than any other head of state.
    By Matt Stieb
  41. syria
    Trump Thinks of Saving ‘Innocent Civilians’ in Syria Only After Removing TroopsTrump warned Russia and Syria to avoid killing “innocent civilians” in Idlib province after negating the U.S.’s ability to do anything about it.
    By Matt Stieb
  42. ukraine scandal
    Trump Won’t Say Whether Putin Swayed His View on Ukraine Interference in 2016Trump deflected and moved on to another topic when asked if Putin influenced his thinking on nonexistent Ukrainian interference in U.S. elections.
    By Matt Stieb
  43. donald trump
    The CBC Cut Trump’s Home Alone 2 Cameo, and His Fans Are OutragedThe Canadian broadcaster said the cut, made years before Trump became president, had been done “for time.”
    By Adam K. Raymond
  44. the national interest
    President Trump’s Dream Is to Become America’s Viktor OrbánWhy the president and his supporters are following the Hungarian autocrat’s blueprint.
    By Jonathan Chait
  45. trump impeachment
    Trump Rips ‘Crazy Nancy’ Hours After His Christmas-Morning Call for UnityThat was fast, even for Trump.
    By Adam K. Raymond
  46. vision 2020
    Bloomberg Campaign Admits to Using Subcontracted Prison Labor: ‘We Didn’t Know’On Monday, the former New York mayor’s campaign fired a contractor which employed incarcerated people in Oklahoma to call voters in California.
    By Matt Stieb
  47. vision 2020
    Does Joe Biden’s Catholicism Matter?If elected, Biden would become just the second Catholic president. But his faith probably won’t greatly affect the odds he will win.
    By Ed Kilgore
  48. legal cannabis
    California’s Legal Pot Industry Is StrugglingTaxes, regulations, local bans, and illegal competition have all hampered legal cannabis outlets.
    By Ed Kilgore
  49. vision 2020
    For Klobuchar, It’s an Iowa Surge or ElseAfter a solid debate performance, she badly needs to catch one of the top-four candidates in Iowa.
    By Ed Kilgore
  50. politics
    Mayor Pete’s Wine-Cave ProblemVoters are going to wonder whether Buttigieg is listening to them, or to the rich.
    By Sarah Jones
  51. president trump
    Trump Conquered the GOP by Surrendering to Its EstablishmentThe president has forced congressional Republicans to put him above the law — but not above the conservative agenda.
    By Eric Levitz
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