Fintan O’Toole A Frame-Up in Georgia By launching a campaign of lies and harassment against an innocent Georgia election worker, the Trump team proved how much cruelty it was willing to inflict on ordinary people who stood in its way. August 17, 2023
Claudia Dreifus interviews Marc Elias ‘Democracy Is at Stake’ The expert elections lawyer knocked down scores of pro-Trump lawsuits challenging the 2020 results. Now, he says, we’re in a struggle to save the republic. June 1, 2021
Radcliffe Roye ‘God, Guns, & Trump’: Anatomy of the Crowd What the body language of Trump supporters tells us about America’s divided future. January 22, 2021
Richard Kreitner Secessionist Talk Is Serious Disunion is hardly a new theme in American politics. In this moment of tumult, it would be unwise to rule out its return. January 19, 2021
Ankush Khardori Wanted: Lead Suspect in Election Fraud Conspiracy Once Trump leaves office, he loses immunity. After his attempted coup, let’s not award him impunity instead. January 6, 2021
Shirley Elizabeth Thompson Georgia On My Mind The suburbs of Atlanta, where I grew up in an era still scarred by segregation, have transformed in ways that helped deliver Joe Biden the presidency. But some things never change. November 19, 2020
Walter M. Shaub Jr. The Presidential Transition Meets Murphy’s Law One senior official is charged with ensuring a peaceful transfer of power when there is an apparent election winner. The Trump appointee is jeopardizing all that. November 13, 2020
Peter Beinart How Trump Lost If he’d governed as he ran in 2016, as an economic populist, he would likely have been reelected. Instead, he reverted to the same old Republican playbook. November 7, 2020
Lucy McKeon News From Elsewhere Events from around the world you may have missed if you were busy watching ballot counts in the US. November 6, 2020