The Political Scene
Kamala Harris’s Hundred-Day Campaign
Three months ago, the Vice-President was fighting for respect in Washington. Can she defy her doubters—and end the Trump era?
Among the Gaza Protest Voters
Some progressives in Michigan say that they won’t support Kamala Harris unless she changes her policy on Israel. Will their tactics persuade her, or risk throwing the election to Trump?
The Writer Danzy Senna on Kamala Harris and the Complexity of Biracial Identity in America
The novelist, who uses the word “mulatto” to describe mixed-race people like herself, talks with Julian Lucas about living across the color line, in a country obsessed with it.
Why Was It So Hard for the Democrats to Replace Biden?
After the President’s debate with Trump, Democratic politicians felt paralyzed. At the D.N.C., they felt giddy relief. How did they do it?
The Republican National Convention and the Iconography of Triumph
In Milwaukee, with a candidate who had just cheated death, the resentment rhetoric of Trump’s 2016 campaign gave way to an atmosphere of festive certainty.
John Fetterman’s War
Is the Pennsylvania senator trolling the left or offering a way forward for Democrats?
Can State Supreme Courts Preserve—or Expand—Rights?
With a lopsided conservative majority on the U.S. Supreme Court, progressive activists are seeking legal opportunities in state constitutions.
Mike Johnson, the First Proudly Trumpian Speaker
Though he has adopted a “nerd constitutional-law guy” persona, he is in lockstep with the law-flouting former President.
The Trials of Alejandro Mayorkas
The Secretary of Homeland Security has been forced to respond to an unprecedented flow of migrants to the U.S.-Mexico border. Why are Republicans in Congress impeaching him for it?
Jim Jordan’s Conspiratorial Quest for Power
How the Ohio Republican built an insurgent bid for Speaker on the lies of Donald Trump.