C. J. Rice’s Narrow Path to Freedom
The subject of The Atlantic’s November cover story maintains his innocence. Will the politicians on Pennsylvania’s Board of Pardons vote to commute his sentence?
Do Voters Care About John Fetterman’s Stroke?
The Democrat’s health status is a legitimate election issue for Pennsylvanians. The question is what they should make of it.
What Republicans Really Thought on January 6
The president turned his back on seemingly everyone.
Why Politics Has Become So Stressful
Fewer voters and states than ever before now decide the fate of our republic.
What Democrats Don’t Understand About Ron Johnson
The Wisconsin Senate race reveals larger truths about the GOP.
The Inevitable Indictment of Donald Trump
Merrick Garland hasn’t tipped his hand, but it’s clear to me that he will bring charges against the former president.
Trumpism Has Found Its Leading Lady
The Republican candidate for Arizona governor not only won Trump’s endorsement but has emerged as his most talented emulator. Is Kari Lake the new face of the MAGA movement?
What Will Happen in Georgia?
Millennial and Gen Z voters have serious power in the South.
The Next Presidential Election Is Happening Right Now in the States
State-legislature elections could decide the fate of democracy.
Bad Losers
Election deniers are a threat to democracy. The midterms could be the last chance to stop them.
The Great Senate Stalemate
Both Democrats and Republicans keep retreating into their corners.
What Does the Philadelphia D.A. Do Now?
Depending on whom you ask, Larry Krasner is either embattled or thriving.
The Honey Badger Don’t Care—But I Do
The scrappy little mammal is so much more than an internet meme or a political mascot.
John Roberts’s Long Game
Is this the end of the Voting Rights Act?
Has Trumpism Run Out of Steam?
Paul LePage, who pioneered the tactics that propelled Trump into office, is running again for governor of Maine. Only this time, he’s quietly backing away from the former president.
Why This Election Is So Weird
Instead of offering voters contrasting solutions to the same problems, the two parties are highlighting entirely different issues.
What the Student-Loan Debate Overlooks
President Biden’s loan-forgiveness plan offers younger Americans the same benefits that Boomers have been afforded all along.
The Val Demings Gamble
Can the Florida congresswoman inherit Joe Biden’s Democratic Party?
Trump Returns to Rally Team MAGA
At the former president’s first rally since the FBI search at Mar-a-Lago, the mood among his supporters veered from desperation to defiance.
Abortion Could Define California’s Elections
The Supreme Court’s controversial Roe decision continues to reverberate across the country.