Something’s Brewing in the Deep Red West
Representative Matt Shea has been trying to create a libertarian utopia in the Pacific Northwest, a 51st state called Liberty. And he keeps getting re-elected.
Politics
The Man Who Broke Politics
Newt Gingrich turned partisan battles into bloodsport and now he’s reveling in his achievements.
The Loneliest Democrat in America
On the campaign trail in the most Republican congressional district in America.
Trump Engaged in Suspect Tax Schemes as He Reaped Riches From His Father
The President received at least $413 million in today’s dollars from his father’s real estate empire, much of it through tax dodges in the 1990s.
Devin Nunes’s Family Farm Is Hiding a Politically Explosive Secret
Paranoia and hypocrisy in America’s heartland.
“This Guy Doesn’t Know Anything”
The inside story of Trump’s transition team.
Georgia’s Separate and Unequal Special-Education System
A statewide network of schools for disabled students has trapped black children in neglect and isolation.
How Russia Helped Swing the Election for Trump
An analysis of online activity during the 2016 campaign makes the case that targeted cyberattacks by hackers and trolls were decisive.
The Right to Bear Arms (And Say Shocking Stuff on Facebook)
Christopher Daniels’ political beliefs got him in trouble. Though the FBI won’t comment, he is likely the first person ever imprisoned for being a “black identity extremist.”
And You Thought Trump Voters Were Mad
American women are furious.
Sarah Huckabee Sanders, Trump’s Battering Ram
What the press secretary believes.
Conspiracy Theories Inspire Vigilante Justice in Tucson
How one man’s imagined discovery of a sex-trafficking camp in the Sonoran Desert gained life online — and in the real world.
A Warning From Europe: The Worst is Yet to Come
Polarization. Conspiracy theories. Attacks on the free press. An obsession with loyalty. Recent events in the United States follow a pattern Europeans know all too well.
Can Mark Zuckerberg Fix Facebook Before It Breaks Democracy?
A profile.
Beating the Drum
How Rudy Giuliani turned into Trump’s clown.
Glenn Greenwald, the Bane of Their Resistance
A leftist journalist’s bruising crusade against establishment Democrats—and their Russia obsession.
My Affair With the Intellectual Dark Web
“This is the story of the past three years of my life. It’s romance in a way, but it’s also a breakup story.”
The Weasel, Twelve Monkeys and the Shrub
A profile of John McCain during the 2000 presidential race.
The Plot Against America
A profile of Paul Manafort, “a great normalizer of corruption” who “weakened the capital’s ethical immune system.”
David Hogg, After Parkland
On trying to figure out what’s next.
The Texas Swing
On the trail in Texas with Senate candidate Beto O’Rourke.
The Cool Kid's Philosopher
Ben Shapiro’s fans apparently think he is very smart. It’s not clear why.
Who's Afraid of Tom Arnold?
Inside Arnold’s manic, occasionally dishonest quest to find tapes of Trump using slurs on the set of The Apprentice.
To Obama With Love, and Hate, and Desperation
Over eight years, through millions of letters, the staff of the White House mailroom read the unfiltered story of a nation.
How the American Left Is Rediscovering Morality
On the emergence of morality and spirituality on the American left.
