Why Some Democrats in Congress Refuse to Attend Trump's Inauguration
“Trump is absolutely trying to attack our democratic institutions and to make the country more authoritarian,” one Democratic lawmaker warns.
2016 Distilled
The campaign coverage you need from the staff of The Atlantic
Can Evangelicals Help Trump Thaw Relations With Russia?
They were Ronald Reagan’s allies during the Cold War. But some now want the president-elect to build bridges with Vladimir Putin.
A Fight Over Ethics in the Age of Trump
Republican Jason Chaffetz, chair of the House Oversight Committee, has taken aim at a federal watchdog.
Why Trump’s Conflict-of-Interest Plan Won't Prevent Conflicts of Interest
“This isn’t the way the presidency has worked since Congress passed the Ethics in Government Act in 1978,” the director of the U.S. Office of Government Ethics said on Wednesday.
The Republican Women Donald Trump Alienated
Conservative women who oppose the incoming president must decide whether to stay in the GOP or leave.
Will Blue-Collar Whites Change Their Minds About Obamacare?
These voters overwhelmingly oppose the Affordable Care Act. Yet millions of them have gained health-care coverage under the law.
The Democratic Party Faces a Daunting Future
It won’t be easy for the party to win back voters lost to the GOP.
'He Was the Nationalist Candidate'
The editor of First Things on Donald Trump and the limits of multi-cultural democracy
The Year in Religion and Politics
Selections from The Atlantic’s coverage of 2016—from religious-liberty bills to Donald Trump's polarizing effect on evangelicals.
The Year in Race, Identity, and Criminal Justice
Selections from The Atlantic’s coverage of 2016, when longstanding tensions over race and identity erupted into conflict.