A Strong Policy Debate Is Kamala Harris’s Best Shot to Break the Election Tie A Strong Policy Debate Is Kamala Harris’s Best Shot to Break the Election Tie
Attacking Donald Trump is a start. But the Democratic nominee also has to sell herself and her vision.
Sep 9, 2024 / Jeet Heer
Don’t Underestimate Donald Trump’s Coalition of the Weird Don’t Underestimate Donald Trump’s Coalition of the Weird
The GOP’s new league of fringe figures tries to replicate the party’s winning formula of 2016. And it just might work again.
Aug 30, 2024 / Jeet Heer
Biden Failed Us on Public Health. Harris Must Do Better. Biden Failed Us on Public Health. Harris Must Do Better.
These are some concrete steps a President Harris could take to undo the damage of her current boss.
Aug 29, 2024 / Gregg Gonsalves
By His Endorsement of Donald Trump, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Shows the Dark Side of Camelot By His Endorsement of Donald Trump, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Shows the Dark Side of Camelot
The complex Kennedy legacy has reactionary as well as liberal strands.
Aug 28, 2024 / Jeet Heer
A Biden-Harris Lovefest A Biden-Harris Lovefest
The were celebrating a landmark Medicare price reduction, but they were really putting their partnership back on display.
Aug 15, 2024 / Joan Walsh
“It’s Not About the Operation. It’s About Us”: Rachel Somerstein on the Untold Story of C-Sections “It’s Not About the Operation. It’s About Us”: Rachel Somerstein on the Untold Story of C-Sections
A conversation with Rachel Somerstein about her new book, Invisible Labor: The Untold Story of the Cesarean Section.
Aug 12, 2024 / Q&A / Sara Franklin
Why JD Vance Is Unpopular and Project 2025 Has Gone Underground Why JD Vance Is Unpopular and Project 2025 Has Gone Underground
The Heritage Foundation’s attempt to produce an intellectual and wonkish Trumpism turns off voters.
Aug 9, 2024 / Jeet Heer
What Happens to American Healthcare After November? What Happens to American Healthcare After November?
While Trump’s platform is a serious threat, Harris’s remains uncertain.
Jul 31, 2024 / Adam Gaffney
Why Covid Keeps Winning Why Covid Keeps Winning
We didn’t learn a thing.
Jul 29, 2024 / Gregg Gonsalves and Walker Bragman
Working-Class Americans Prefer a “Hand Up” to a “Handout” Working-Class Americans Prefer a “Hand Up” to a “Handout”
Working- and middle-class Americans take pride in their work. If Democrats want to win their votes, they need to acknowledge and appeal to that pride, not dismiss or patronize it....
Jul 23, 2024 / Column / Erica Etelson