After days of struggling to land his attacks, Donald Trump seems to have a new strategy.

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Here in the United States, Republicans still fully intend to cut taxes. But they’ve largely stopped campaigning on it.

It’s one of the oldest moves in the GOP’s campaign playbook: When in doubt, blow the racial dog whistle. But is it as effective as Democrats fear?

From the fall of the Berlin Wall to 9/11, we had relative peace and prosperity. It was an opportunity to salve some festering national wounds. We squandered it completely—and helped give rise to the crises we’re dealing with today.

By virtually every objective measure, Democrats do better. It’s not even close. So why doesn’t America know it?

The former presidential candidate had an admirable knack for breaking inane political taboos.

Our foreign policy wise people responded to the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks by embracing belligerence. What, if anything, have they learned?

The former vice president told the hard truth to the American people. No Democrat has dared do so since.

How the 1990s created a group of thinkers obsessed with cancel culture

The Renaissance thinker’s guide to contemporary politics

A consideration of dirty work, the people who dream of doing it, and what it means for everyone else

The protests across the country are about more than police violence.

How a discredited foreign policy ideology continues to wreak havoc in Washington and around the world

The long-dominant ideology brought us forever wars, the Great Recession, and extreme inequality. Good riddance.

Why is the story of climate catastrophe so hard to tell?

The banal, evil, all-destructive reign of Mitch McConnell

The leaders facing off in the U.S.-China trade war are obsessed with prestige.

The president isn't just erasing his predecessor's accomplishments. He's trying to destroy government regulation as we know it.

A story of legacy admissions, low social mobility, and nostalgia for...what, exactly?