Diddy’s Defenders
Was #MeToo a movement or a moment?
Ideas
Trump’s Campaign to Scare Off Foreign Students
The administration’s recent crackdown could have a powerful deterrent effect.
The Trump Presidency’s World-Historical Heist
He is taking self-enrichment to a scale never seen before in America.
The Era of DEI for Conservatives Has Begun
In an effort to attract more right-leaning faculty, some elite universities are borrowing tactics long used to promote racial diversity.
The New Dark Age
The Trump administration has launched an attack on knowledge itself.
An American Problem
We cannot afford to excuse, indulge, or minimize political violence.
How to Hide a Constitutional Crisis
The executive branch is relying on the language of the law as cover to claim that it is complying with court orders when in fact it is not.
American Democracy Still Has a Lot Going for It
A distinct set of six institutions and traditions makes the country hard to subjugate to an authoritarian’s will.
American Realignment
The country is sliding from an era of politics forged by social connections at the neighborhood level to one where cultural and ideological polarization dominates.
The Coming Democratic Civil War
A seemingly wonky debate about the “abundance agenda” is really about power.