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Charlie Neibergall / AP The Ideological Reasons Why Democrats Have Neglected Local Politics
After losing many races in 2016, the party is looking to regain power outside the federal government. But in many ways, it’s not set up to make that change of emphasis.
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Charles Dharapak / AP Why Christians Are Disproportionately Powerful in Congress
The U.S. is becoming more diverse in terms of faith, but its legislature isn’t. A major reason? Non-religious Americans' voting rates.
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Carlos Barria / Reuters Obama Leaves the Constitution Weaker Than He Found It
Even for those like me who admire the 44th president, the constitutional record is disturbingly mixed.
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Carlo Allegri / Reuters 'He Was the Nationalist Candidate'
The editor of First Things on Donald Trump and the limits of multi-cultural democracy
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Carlos Barria / Reuters Obama's Faith in White America Was Not Misplaced
Donald Trump’s rise, and Hillary Clinton’s loss, is not a sign that America is irredeemably bigoted.
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Yuri Gripas / Reuters Democrats Have a Religion Problem
A conversation with Michael Wear, a former Obama White House staffer, about the party’s illiteracy on and hostility toward white evangelicals
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Evan Vucci, Gerry Broome, Andrew Harnik, Frank Franklin … The Year in Election Coverage
Selections from The Atlantic’s coverage of 2016, when a lot happened in the world of politics
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Patrick Semansky / AP The Religious-Liberty Showdowns Coming in 2017
From mosque surveillance to new religious-exemption laws, a look at some of the issues likely to come up under Trump
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Lucas Jackson / Reuters Donald Trump and the Triumph of Climate-Change Denial
The science of man-made global warming has only grown more conclusive. So why have Republicans become less convinced it’s real over the past decade and a half?
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Andrew Harnik / AP How Will the House Freedom Caucus Respond to Trump?
Representative Mark Meadows, the group’s new chairman, is hoping an early push for deregulation will do the trick.
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Lucas Jackson / Reuters Trump Is Making Little Attempt to Reconcile the Country
His tone and temperament haven’t changed since the campaign, and he’s poised to enter office with historically low approval ratings.
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Brendan McDermid / Reuters How One Reporter Turned to His Readers to Investigate Donald Trump
The Washington Post’s David Fahrenthold opened up to his audience, using crowdsourcing to explore the president-elect’s charitable activities.
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Brynn Anderson / AP Donald Trump Wins the Electoral College Vote
Texas’s slate of electors put him over the top.
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Mark Kauzlarich / Reuters Why Are So Few Women Running for DNC Chair?
Democratic women should have plenty to say—not just about the direction of their party but also about the state of women’s leadership in the American political system.
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Lucas Jackson / Reuters Newt Gingrich Tries to Explain How Trump Will Remake America
He summed up the president-elect’s plans simply: “Donald Trump’s gonna kick over the table.”
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Gerry Broome / AP North Carolina's 'Legislative Coup' Is Over, and Republicans Won
Legislators passed a slate of bills to sharply reduce the power of the incoming governor, over the heated objections of Democrats and hundreds of protestors.
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Susan Walsh / AP Obama: I Told Putin to 'Cut It Out'
The president was worried a stronger pre-election response would undermine confidence in the vote or further provoke the Russian leader.
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Steve Helber / AP How Carbon Emissions Explain Trump's Win
The states with the highest emissions levels mostly voted for the president-elect. Now, he’s selecting officials for his Cabinet who likely won’t try to reduce the use of fossil fuels.
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Brendan McDermid / Reuters Will Rick Perry Promote Science at the Department of Energy?
The former Texas governor has questioned the scientific consensus on climate change and once forgot the name of the agency when listing those he wanted to eliminate.
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Marcio Jose Sanchez / AP Why Trump and the Tech Industry Are on a Collision Course
The president-elect and Silicon Valley leaders are foils, with contrasting values, interests, and visions for the future.
