Democrats
The Sporting Scene
Colin Allred’s Political Playbook
Football has been central to the Texas congressman’s campaign to unseat Ted Cruz in the Senate, aligning with a broader Democratic strategy.
Fault Lines
What Makes Nancy Pelosi So Appealing Now
Her ruthless pragmatism and reliance on subtext are refreshing after years of lefty infighting and Donald Trump’s endless blather.
Dispatch
The New Faces of Abortion Rights
Democrats used to talk about abortion in abstract terms. Now Harris campaign volunteers are getting specific and changing the debate.
Daily Comment
What Tim Walz Brings to Kamala Harris’s Campaign to Beat Donald Trump
The Minnesota governor with a progressive agenda becomes the Democratic Vice-Presidential nominee after capturing the Zeitgeist with a single word.
Letter from Biden’s Washington
Joe Biden’s Less-Than-Awful Press Conference Does Not Mean Everything Is Now O.K.
The political crisis over the President’s reëlection campaign enters its third week, very much unresolved.
The New Yorker Radio Hour
Pramila Jayapal: Biden’s “Coalition Has Fractured”
Can Joe Biden put the Democratic Party back together again in time for the 2024 election? Plus, E. Jean Carroll on her case against Trump.
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Letter from Biden’s Washington
The Capital Has a Bad Case of Year-End Panic
Worries about a second Trump term and the end of aid to Ukraine are entirely justified.
Letter from Biden’s Washington
Bidenomics Is a Political Bust for Biden
On the perils of running a feel-good tour of America when the country is down in the dumps.
The Political Scene
Cherelle Parker Defies the Progressive Agenda
Philadelphia’s new mayor insists that the city’s safety depends on expanding its police department.
The Political Scene
How Israel Is Splitting the Democrats
The Democratic coalition once seemed united in its staunch, unquestioning support for the country. Today, that consensus seems to be cracking.
Daily Comment
In Arizona, No Labels Is Attracting Potential Candidates It Doesn’t Want
The state has recognized the group as a legitimate political party. Why is No Labels so angry?
Q. & A.
Peter Daou’s Theory of Election Interference—by Democrats
The former Clinton aide, now running the third-party Presidential campaign of Cornel West, on his recent political awakening.
Our Columnists
Republican Support for the U.A.W. Is a Big LOL
When the G.O.P. was in power, it consistently sided with employers and blocked legislation supported by labor unions.
The Political Scene
A Day in the Life of Congress’s “Traffic Cop”
The House Committee on Rules decides which bills go forward. Jim McGovern, the ranking Democrat, has watched a decades-long erosion of the process.
Letter from Biden’s Washington
“Debt-Limit Terror” Is No Way to Run a Superpower
On the latest round of the Republicans’ dangerous game.
Our Columnists
How Joe Biden’s Economic Ratings Could Rebound with Voters
Strong job growth and falling inflation may still pay off in 2024.
Letter from Biden’s Washington
The Week the Biden-Trump Rematch Got Real
One difference from 2020: the Republican attacks on the President’s even more unpopular Veep.
Q. & A.
Is It Sexist to Want Dianne Feinstein to Retire?
Debbie Stabenow, a Democratic colleague in the Senate, sees a double standard at work.
Daily Comment
Are We Really Getting a Rerun of the 2020 Campaign?
President Biden’s reëlection launch aims to submerge concern about his age beneath a larger case that the character of the nation is on the ballot.
Comment
The New G.O.P. Takes the Country Hostage with the Debt Ceiling
Why the Republicans’ routine threat to wreck the economy, rather than raise the borrowing limit, could end differently this time.