The various reactions to Charlie Kirk’s murder expose something both unsettling and defining about our political era: Shame is gone for good. Like his ally Donald Trump, Kirk was a far-right ...
This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. The U.S. is in a new era of political violence — one that feels starker than any since the fraught days of 1968, ...
The pendulum will swing back. It is a phrase invoked repeatedly, with variation, since Donald Trump’s reelection last November. Cable news anchor Chris Cuomo, Senator Angus King, and pollster Nate ...
American political culture is broken. Acts of political violence, like the recent killing of conservative activist Charlie Kirk and its aftermath, are disturbing indicators of how fractured and ...
On Sept. 2, a rarity will arrive in bookstores: a volume that manages to bridge the divides of today’s highly polarized politics. That book is the Almanac of American Politics. An updated version of ...
During my years as a Ph.D. student, I found myself for the first time in a familiar routine. For four years, my life settled into a predictable rhythm—weekly meetings with my supervisor, seminars to ...
Ms. Anderson, a contributing Opinion writer, is a Republican pollster and a moderator of Opinion’s series of focus groups. In a moment when partisan tensions feel as though they are reaching a ...
Could Elon Musk revolutionize American politics with his new American political party? The odds are wildly against it, but ... it’s Elon Musk. What were the chances he could become the richest man in ...
Two assassination attempts on President Trump. The assassination of a Minnesota state lawmaker and her husband and the wounding of others. The shooting death of a top healthcare executive. The killing ...