Chloé Zhao’s film offers a rare depiction of the American working class in the deindustrialized heartland.
Politics
Bill Burns’s CIA and the Roads Not Taken
The spy agency’s new chief gets a second chance to tell truth to power.
How Women Might Change the Role of the Vice President
Kamala Harris broke the glass ceiling but is she in danger of being pushed off the glass cliff?
The “Talking Filibuster” Has Unintended Consequences
The idea of making senators pull all-nighters sounds like a sensible filibuster reform. But the procedure, a favorite of Strom Thurmond and Frank Capra, has its limits.
What I Learned Teaching Students In Vietnam
Call it closing-the-distance learning. Thanks to guest lecturers like Joy Reid and Margaret Carlson, I saw how shared understanding bridges the Washington-Hanoi divide.
Democrats Must Push an Antitrust Agenda
It’s good policy, but having run Democratic groups for years, I know it’s good politics, too.
Biden’s Press Conference Showed a Focused President
There’s just one problem: The press and the Congress will keep trying to take him off course.
No More Pretending: Republicans Admit Vote Restrictions Are All About Winning
As one top GOP lawyer says, allowing for mail ballot or other reforms “puts us at a competitive disadvantage.”
After the Boulder Shooting, Are We Any Closer to Gun Control?
The good news: Democrats have never been more unified behind new restrictions. The bad: the media, the filibuster, and all that polarization.
The Trillions In Covid Spending Is What the Economy Needed
Should the massive federal assistance have been more targeted? We should be glad it wasn’t.
