Election 2020

Federal officers dispersing a protest against Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Portland, Oregon, September 18, 2020

Trump’s Praetorian Guard

President Trump is attempting to turn “law and order versus anarchy” into an election issue that will distract voters from the White House’s incompetence.

October 22, 2020 issue

Pamela Karlan

Our Most Vulnerable Election

Although we have had many critical elections, none of them since the end of Reconstruction has occurred under anything like the cloud hanging over this one.

October 8, 2020 issue

Donald Trump walking past riot police in Lafayette Park during protests following the police killing of George Floyd, Washington, D.C., June 2020

Fintan O’Toole

Unpresidented

Toxic residues from the Civil War, the Vietnam War, and the so-called war on terror continue to flow into American politics.

July 23, 2020 issue

Michael Tomasky

Biden’s Journey Left

He now sees himself in the mold of FDR, a leader who would rise to the vast challenge history has thrust upon him and introduce sweeping change.

July 2, 2020 issue

David Cole

Why We Need Postal Democracy

In the coronavirus pandemic, Republicans may have discovered the ultimate voter suppression tactic.

May 28, 2020 issue

Joseph O’Neill

Brand New Dems?

Democrats are terrible at “messaging.” It’s time to fix that.

May 28, 2020 issue

Elizabeth Warren; drawing by Anders Nilsen

Caroline Fraser

Warren in the Trap

In her rhetoric, in the media, and in voters’ reactions to her, perceptions of Elizabeth Warren have always been driven by gender.

March 12, 2020 issue

United Auto Workers union members rallying near a General Motors plant, Flint, Michigan, October 13, 2019

Steven Greenhouse

Can Organized Labor Win in 2020?

Unions can play a vital role in the 2020 campaign by explaining to their members that Trump has been not nearly the champion of workers he claims to be—and has, in fact, betrayed workers time and again.

March 11, 2020