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Back to SearchGeorge Saunders on the ‘Braindead Megaphone’ That Makes Our Politics So Awful
George Saunders is regarded as one of our greatest living fiction writers. He won the Booker Prize in 2017 for his novel “Lincoln in the Bardo” and h…
3 years, 11 months ago
Inflation Does More Than Raise Prices. It Destroys Governments.
“One can usually pretend that there is a logic to the distribution of wealth — that behind a person’s prosperity lies some rational basis, whether it…
3 years, 11 months ago
A Powerful Theory of Why the Far Right Is Thriving Across the Globe
As we approach the 2022 midterms, the outlook for American democracy doesn’t appear promising. An increasingly Trumpist, anti-democratic Republican P…
3 years, 11 months ago
These Political Scientists Surveyed 500,000 Voters. Here Are Their Unnerving Conclusions.
How does the popularity of a president’s policies impact his or her party’s electoral chances? Why have Latinos — and other voters of color — swung t…
3 years, 11 months ago
A Step-by-Step Guide to Becoming a Trump Enabler
“What would you do for your relevance?” the political journalist Mark Leibovich asks in his new book, “Thank You for Your Servitude: Donald Trump’s…
3 years, 11 months ago
There’s Been a ‘Regime Change’ in How Democrats Think About Elections
According to the conventional rules of politics, Democrats should be on track for electoral disaster this November. Joe Biden’s approval rating is st…
3 years, 11 months ago
A Legendary World-Builder on Multiverses, Revolution and the ‘Souls’ of Cities
N.K. Jemisin is a fantasy and science-fiction writer who won three consecutive Hugo Awards — considered the highest honor in science-fiction writing …
3 years, 11 months ago
What Rachel Maddow Has Been Thinking About Offscreen
“The Rachel Maddow Show” debuted in the interregnum between political eras. Before it lay the 9/11 era and the George W. Bush presidency. Days after …
3 years, 11 months ago
Hard Fork: Elon’s Hidden Motives + A Meetup in the Metaverse
Today we’re bringing you an episode from the recently launched New York Times podcast, Hard Fork. Hosted by veteran tech journalists Kevin Roose and …
3 years, 11 months ago
How the Fed Is ‘Shaking the Entire System’
“There are moments when history making creeps up on you,” writes the economic historian Adam Tooze. “This is one of those moments.”
Countries across t…
4 years ago