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2016 Election

'I Believe in Love': Elizabeth Wurtzel’s Final Year, In Her Own Words

The difficult final year of a much-loved and legendarily difficult woman.

Elizabeth Wurtzel Gen Jan 2020 20min Permalink

Politics

On the Mueller Report, Vol. 1

An interesting side effect of reading the report is to feel that anyone who claims to have understood its arguments, purposes, and consequences within twenty-four or forty-eight hours of encountering it is likely untrustworthy.

Mark Greif n+1 Jul 2019 Permalink

Politics Tech

The Cambridge Analytica Files: Meet the Data War Whistleblower

“I created Steve Bannon’s psychological warfare tool.”

Carole Cadwalladr The Guardian Mar 2018 25min Permalink

Politics

The Untold Stories of Election Day 2016

What really happened on November 8, 2016.

Esquire Nov 2017 35min Permalink

Politics

Rigged: How Voter Suppression Threw Wisconsin to Trump

On the people who tried to vote and couldn’t.

Ari Berman Mother Jones Oct 2017 20min Permalink

Media

How Fake News Turned a Small Town Upside Down

At the height of the 2016 election, exaggerated reports of a juvenile sex crime brought a media maelstrom to Twin Falls — one the Idaho city still hasn’t recovered from.

Caitlin Dickerson New York Times Magazine Sep 2017 Permalink

Politics Media

My Year Covering Trump

“You know, you’re a nasty guy,” he said. “You’re really a nasty guy.”

David A. Fahrenthold Washington Post Dec 2016 20min Permalink

Politics

"None of the Old Rules Apply"

Travels through post-election America.

Dave Eggers The Guardian Nov 2016 25min Permalink

Politics

When Truth Falls Apart

How do we restore consensus in an age so divorced from fact?

Maria Bustillos The Awl Nov 2016 10min Permalink

Politics

Andy Borowitz Is Not Trying to Trick You

A profile of the polarizing New Yorker columnist.

Rob Harvilla The Ringer Oct 2016 20min Permalink

Politics

Hillary Clinton and the Populist Revolt

Can the Democratic presidential candidate win back the white working class?

George Packer New Yorker Oct 2016 20min Permalink

Politics

In The Hollow

The changing face of Appalachia.

Chris Offutt Harper's Oct 2016 20min Permalink

Politics Media

The Desperate Gamble of Scottie Nell Hughes, World's Most Loyal Trump Surrogate

A profile of a woman who spends her days evangelizing Donald Trump on TV.

Olivia Nuzzi GQ Oct 2016 15min Permalink

Crime Politics

Crossing the Line: How Donald Trump Behaved With Women in Private

“He kissed me directly on the lips. I thought, ‘Oh my God, gross.’”

Michael Barbaro, Megan Twohey New York Times May 2016 20min Permalink

Politics

The Future of America Is Being Written in This Tiny Office

On Hillary Clinton’s policy team.

Jonathan Cohn Huffington Post Sep 2016 20min Permalink

Politics

Ivanka and Jared’s Power Play

On the couple and their role in the 2016 election.

Lizzie Widdicombe New Yorker Aug 2016 25min Permalink

Politics

The Civil War that Could Doom the N.R.A.

There’s a growing gap between the gun lobby’s leadership and its rank-and-file.

Sarah Ellison Vanity Fair Jul 2016 30min Permalink

Business Politics

Donald Trump’s Ghostwriter Tells All

Writing The Art of the Deal made Tony Schwartz rich. He still regrets it.

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“I genuinely believe that if Trump wins and gets the nuclear codes there is an excellent possibility it will lead to the end of civilization.”

Jane Mayer New Yorker Jul 2016 25min Permalink

Politics

Confessions of a Dishonest Slob: How the Haters and Losers Got Trump...

Donald Trump has spent decades seeking revenge on the many people who have taunted him. One of them was this reporter, who two years ago wrote that Trump would never run.

McKay Coppins Buzzfeed Jul 2016 30min Permalink

Politics

Who Are All These Trump Supporters?

A dispatch from the campaign trail and a new understanding of America.

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Previously: George Saunders on the Longform Podcast

George Saunders New Yorker Jul 2016 40min Permalink

Politics

Sad!

A Republican primary postmortem with the brains behind Jeb Bush, Ted Cruz and Marco Rubio’s respective campaigns.

Sam Stein Huffington Post Highline Jun 2016 Permalink

Politics

Hillary Clinton vs. Herself

There’s nothing simple about this candidacy—or candidate.

Rebecca Traister New York May 2016 35min Permalink

Politics

How to Get Trump Elected When He’s Wrecking Everything You Built

Reince Priebus was about to go down as the most successful GOP chairman in party history. Then Trump happened.

Joshua Green Businessweek May 2016 20min Permalink

Politics

Bill Clinton's Big Moment

He is 69. He is no longer a virtuoso politician. He has been marginalized within his wife’s campaign. Nobody knows what what his role will be if she wins, but everyone agrees that he’s desperate to find out.

Jason Zengerle GQ May 2016 25min Permalink

Politics

Operation Trump

Inside the most unorthodox campaign in political history.

Gabriel Sherman New York Apr 2016 30min Permalink

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