Tyler Foggatt

Doreen St. Félix, a writer and critic, discusses the public’s relationship to police-brutality videos, and law enforcement’s illusion of transparency.

When Brazilian protesters stormed government buildings over the weekend, were they intending to evoke the attack on the United States Capitol?

Luke Mogelson provides a rare glimpse of the front lines of the war with Russia.

The Arizona senator is only one of a rising number of Americans who identify with neither Democrats nor Republicans. Amy Davidson Sorkin discusses the risks of widespread alienation. 

Dexter Filkins discusses what the midterm results reveal about the nascent contest between the Governor and the former President. 

Candidates who attacked the U.S. voting system lost key midterm races. Sue Halpern and Rachel Monroe discuss the system’s vulnerabilities and separate facts from conspiracy theories. 

In an otherwise successful midterm election for the Party, why did so many seats in a reliably blue state change hands?

After attending Monday’s Supreme Court hearing, Jeannie Suk Gersen discusses how diversity in higher education can be preserved—and how “diversity” became the goal. 

Benjamin Wallace-Wells discusses the most decisive (and most competitive) races in the upcoming elections, and which issues seem likely to tip the scales.

After a week of publicity stunts, the hip-hop icon, who now goes by Ye, has inflamed debates over the state of “cancel culture” and the future of the Republican Party.

The Republican Party’s support for the football star’s Senate campaign—even after an abortion scandal—shows that, on the right, personal conduct matters far less than retaking power.

The President’s tendency to drag his feet before enacting progressive reforms might have consequences—in the midterms and beyond.

What a political stunt by Ron DeSantis involving vulnerable people tells us about the current politics of U.S. immigration policy.

The passing of the beloved Queen Elizabeth II raises serious questions about the future of the Royal Family.

The President has been a public figure for decades. How did his father’s scandalous past remain unknown?

Jessica Winter surveys a genre of literature that is being banned across the country, and considers what its removal from school libraries could mean for young people.

Jia Tolentino and Stephania Taladrid on the confusing and chaotic post-Roe landscape.

What the recall of Chesa Boudin, San Francisco’s District Attorney, can tell us about the state of criminal-justice reform.