Sonia Sotomayor Should Retire Now
If she leaves the Court this year, President Joe Biden will nominate a young and reliably liberal judge to replace her.
Politics
‘All We Must Do Is Survive Four Years’
The ACLU’s game plan for protecting civil rights through a potential second Trump administration
D.C.’s Crime Problem Is a Democracy Problem
Homicides have risen in the nation’s capital while falling elsewhere. One key difference: D.C. residents can’t elect their own D.A.
How Hur Misled the Country on Biden’s Memory
The saga has been something of a self-inflicted wound for Democrats.
Trump Repeats Obama’s Mistake
Political parties suffer when their focus narrows to the presidency.
Are Gen Z Men and Women Really Drifting Apart?
The much-theorized political rift has yet to show up in actual voting behavior.
The People Rooting for the End of IVF
An Alabama court ruling that recognized an embryo as a child has put the popular fertility treatment into the center of a national ethics debate.
Trump Finds Another Line to Cross
The former president used to exercise a modicum of restraint around Joe Biden’s stutter. No longer.
Why the National Guard Won’t Make the Subways Safer
Former police commissioner William Bratton calls the New York governor’s recent reforms “the equivalent of putting a Band-Aid on a hemorrhage.”
Katie Britt’s Strange Speech
Before last night, the Alabama senator had distinguished herself with a reputation for being, well, normal.