The recent Polish elections showed one way to woo rural and working-class voters tempted by authoritarians.
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One Hundred Years of Dictator Worship
For the past century, the American right has fawned over foreign autocrats, from Kaiser Wilhelm to Vladimir Putin.
Posted inPolitics
It Was Never a Civil War
The threat posed by Trump and the MAGA movement, like that posed by the Confederate States of America, is neither “conservative” nor “extremist” but criminally anti-democratic.
Posted inLaw and Justice
Judge Chutkan is The Boss
Trump’s Day of Judgment in a D.C. court is coming, and a Black female jurist will be critical to his fate.
Posted inProtecting the Vote
Does Voting By Mail Really Help Candidates Win?
A Virginia special election provides clues—and shows the GOP still struggling.
Posted inPolitics
Protecting the Constitution from Trump
Insurrectionists are ineligible to serve without congressional amnesty. Here’s how states can enforce this.
Posted inPolitics
Will the Prosecution of Trump Have Terrible Consequences?
Maybe, but they’re likely to be far less terrible than if he wasn’t prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.
Posted inPolitics
The Assault on Democracy Won’t Stop with Trump
A massive conservative effort to politicize federal agencies and law enforcement bodes ill no matter who wins the Republican presidential nomination or when the GOP retakes power, which they eventually will.
Posted inPolitics
After the Nashville School Shooting, Tennessee Should Pass A Red Flag Law Instead of Subverting Democracy
Instead of passing a common-sense measure to temporarily keep disturbed individuals from firearms, Republican legislators expelled Democratic colleagues.
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The Importance of Norman Mailer
Sexist, violent, and a brazen self-promoter, the midcentury giant of the American novel is no longer in style, but he still has a lot to teach us.
