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The Democrats Aren’t Built for This

March 2026 Issue

black-and-white political-cartoon-style illustration with 3 suit-wearing politicians in foreground talking around baseball lying on ground; behind them Trump sits wearing a crown atop a carnival dunk tank with a huge target on it waiting for the ball

Democratic Bosses Are Launching a Remake of the 2028 Calendar

Michael Scherer

January 15, 2026

Drawings of four black-and-white donkeys race across a blue backdrop

The Risk of Financial—And Moral—Collapse

October 20, 2025

A black and white photo of two men shaking hands in a dark bar

The Atlantic Daily

The Democratic Party Slides Into Irrelevance

David A. Graham

June 17, 2025

A donkey cutout in a photo of a No Kings protest

The Democrats’ Working-Class Problem Gets Its Close-Up

Michael Scherer

February 27, 2025

Workers in hard hats listen to Trump speak.

Democrats Need to Clean House

February 26, 2025

An illustration of a sign that reads "Vote Democrat" with the D, E, and half of the M (which looks like an I) falling off

The Democrats Show Why They Lost

February 2, 2025

Incoming DNC Chair Ken Martin

Democrats Wonder Where Their Leaders Are

February 1, 2025

An animated illustration of a jockey riding a donkey and then disappearing

How Is This Going to Work?

July 22, 2024

A red-white-and-blue Biden-Harris campaign sign ripped in half horizontally, so that only Harris's name remains

No, State Laws Haven’t Locked Biden Onto the Ballot

July 11, 2024

Photo-illustration of a black-and-white photo of Joe Biden looking downcast, overlaid with a graphic of blue-and-white stars and strips descending from left to right

Joe Biden’s Likely Pick to Lead His Party

Edward-Isaac Dovere

November 12, 2020

Jaime Harrison in front of an American flag

A No-Win Situation for the Democratic Chairman

Edward-Isaac Dovere

October 28, 2019

Democratic National Committee Chairman Tom Perez scratches his head.

The Democratic Debates Aren’t Pleasing Anyone

Edward-Isaac Dovere

September 19, 2019

The 10 candidates who qualified for the third Democratic debate stand on stage.

Elizabeth Warren Manages to Woo the Democratic Establishment

Edward-Isaac Dovere

August 26, 2019

Elizabeth Warren, dressed in an open green jacket, stretches her arms out to her sides as she speaks to an audience. Three men are visible onstage behind her.

The Last Days of the Other 1 Percent

August 21, 2019

Candidates U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (right) listens as U.S. Senator Michael Bennet speaks on the second night of the second 2020 Democratic U.S. presidential debate in Detroit, Michigan.

The DNC Debate Rules Are a Game

Edward-Isaac Dovere

August 13, 2019

The Democratic presidential candidate Tom Steyer walks through the Iowa State Fair in Des Moines. People are surrounding him. One person, in the foreground, is pointing a camera at him.

The DNC Army That Could Soon Descend on Swing States

July 11, 2019

The Atlantic Politics & Policy Daily: Run-DNC

Madeleine Carlisle and Olivia Paschal

June 13, 2019

The DNC Isn’t Apologizing for Its Debate Rules

June 13, 2019