Election 2024

Close-up of Gov. Pritzker with his left hand up in a fist.

When Does Power Concede? Thwarting MAGA Will Take More Than Protest and Symbolic Resistance. When Does Power Concede? Thwarting MAGA Will Take More Than Protest and Symbolic Resistance.

If we want to deploy actual power to block Trump’s vicious agenda once he takes control of the federal government, we will have to look to the states.

Nov 19, 2024 / Van Gosse

Kamala Harris pauses while speaking on stage as she concedes the election, at Howard University on November 6, 2024, in Washington, DC.

The Left Didn’t Sink Kamala Harris. Here's What Did. The Left Didn’t Sink Kamala Harris. Here's What Did.

It’s easier to blame activists, but far more powerful forces have led Democrats to neglect the real crises facing Americans.

Nov 18, 2024 / Waleed Shahid

President-elect Donald Trump appears onstage with US Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) at the J.S. Dorton Arena on November 4, 2024, in Raleigh, North Carolina.

Donald Trump’s Foreign Policy Will Be Chaos First, Not America First Donald Trump’s Foreign Policy Will Be Chaos First, Not America First

His team of cronies includes establishment hawks and cranky outsiders who are more likely to deliver global anarchy than world peace.

Nov 18, 2024 / Jeet Heer

Reshaping the Direction of the USA

Reshaping the Direction of the USA Reshaping the Direction of the USA

Trump and Project 2025.

Nov 18, 2024 / OppArt / Brian Stauffer

 Clone Car

 Clone Car  Clone Car

The handshake.

Nov 15, 2024 / Steve Brodner

Climate Realism (Still) Means Climate Justice

Climate Realism (Still) Means Climate Justice Climate Realism (Still) Means Climate Justice

An interview with Tom Athanasiou on where climate geopolitics goes from here, and why unlocking trillions in climate finance is an “existential necessity.”

Nov 15, 2024 / Q&A / Wen Stephenson

DJ Cassidy performs against a rural-themed backdrop at the 2024 Democratic National Convention in Chicago.

Party Under Country: Dissecting the Democratic Malaise Party Under Country: Dissecting the Democratic Malaise

The party continues to operate in an overcredentialied fever dream in the face of an America becoming ever more red in tooth and claw

Nov 15, 2024 / John Ganz

Former Republican presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Donald Trump shake hands during a campaign rally at Desert Diamond Arena on August 23, 2024, in Glendale, Arizona.

Please Skip the Inauguration, Madam Vice President (and Everybody) Please Skip the Inauguration, Madam Vice President (and Everybody)

These freakish and unqualified cabinet picks, from RFK Jr. to Matt Gaetz to Tulsi Gabbard, show that Trump is clowning you.

Nov 15, 2024 / Joan Walsh

Representative Dean Phillips speaks to supporters during a campaign rally on January 22, 2024.

“We Learned Very Little From 2016”: Dean Phillips Is Still Worried About the Democratic Party’s Strategy “We Learned Very Little From 2016”: Dean Phillips Is Still Worried About the Democratic Party’s Strategy

A conversation with former Biden primary challenger Representative Phillips on the election, his run for presidency, and the future of the party.

Nov 15, 2024 / StudentNation / Owen Dahlkamp

Donald Trump Is Waging a Shock-and-Awe War Against His Own Senate

Donald Trump Is Waging a Shock-and-Awe War Against His Own Senate Donald Trump Is Waging a Shock-and-Awe War Against His Own Senate

By nominating Matt Gaetz and other dangerous cronies, the president-elect is testing congressional servility.

Nov 14, 2024 / Jeet Heer

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