George 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 has published numerous short-story collections to wi...
8 Nov 20221h 2min
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 is that person’s hard work, skill and farsightedne...
4 Nov 20221h 9min
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 Party is poised to take over at least one chamber of...
1 Nov 20221h 30min
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 toward the Republican Party in recent years? How doe...
28 Okt 20221h 33min
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 Washington and the Price of Submission.” “How badl...
25 Okt 20221h 5min
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 stuck around 42 percent, inflation is still sky-high ...
21 Okt 20221h 12min
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 — for her “Broken Earth” trilogy; she has since won...
18 Okt 20221h 4min
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 the show launched in 2008, Lehman Brothers collapse...
14 Okt 20221h 23min
