The Atlantic
The Crisis In Democracy
The national constitution center, in Philadelphia, is a monument to the benefits of pessimism. The center, which is situated across an open expanse from Independence Hall, is a superior educational institution, but, understood correctly, it is also a warning about the fragility of the American experiment.
6 min |
October 2018
The Atlantic
Donald Trump Builds His Autocracy!
Will American democracy survive Trump? And will the midterms matter?
10 min |
October 2018
Reason magazine
Dissent And Disarray In Putin's Russia
The authoritarian President’s hold on power may be shakier than it looks.
10+ min |
November 2018
Bloomberg Businessweek
The Road From Lehman To Donald Trump
How anger over the financial bailout gave us the Trump presidency
8 min |
September 03, 2018
New York magazine
The Cuomo Way
Heavy is the head that wears this crown.
10+ min |
August 20, 2018
The Atlantic
What's Wrong With The Democrats?
Barack Obama's victories obscured failure at every level. The Party's choices have been about disastrous. If Democrats care about winning, they need to learn how to appeal to the white working class.
10+ min |
July/August 2017
The Atlantic
China's Great Leap Backward
China is less free, less open, and more belligerent than it was five years ago, or even 10. It has become repressive in a way that it has not been since the Cultural Revolution. Our correspondent, long a China optimist, considers a darker future—and asks what a more dangerous and adversarial China would mean for the United States.
10+ min |
December 2016
New York magazine
A Clear and Present Carlos Danger
A new doc goes behind the scenes of Anthony Weiner's implosion.
6 min |
May 16-29, 2016
New York magazine
Looking to Harry Truman to Understand Hillary Clinton
What if Hillary governs like Harry?
6 min |
May 16-29, 2016
Bloomberg Businessweek
Jared Kushner's Trump Card
First you get the newspaper. Then you get the building. Then you get the father-in-law. Then you get the power.
10+ min |
May 9 - May 15, 2016
New York magazine
America Has Never Been So Ripe for Tyranny
And right now, America is a breeding ground for tyranny.
10+ min |
May 2–15, 2016
The Hollywood Reporter
Trump's Lawyer Has a Plan to Make the Legal System Great Again
Daniel Petrocelli, who made his name in the O.J. civil trial and has repped everyone from Disney to Kesha, is defending the GOP frontrunner’s Trump University in a fraud case headed to trial just as the election heats up.
8 min |
April 29 - May 6, 2016 Double Issue
The Hollywood Reporter
Two Guys From Brooklyn: The Bernie Sanders Interview
One’s from Flatbush, the other Crown Heights. Now, the Hollywood director and the senator from Vermont he supports for president meet for the first time to talk free education, guns, a certain ‘demagogue’ (you get one guess) and Obama’s legacy on the eve of the crucial New York primary.
10+ min |
DOUBLE ISSUE APRIL 15-22, 2016
The Atlantic
How to Reverse Citizens United
What campaign-finance reformers can learn from the NRA.
8 min |
April 2016
Bloomberg Businessweek
How to Hack an Election
Andrés Sepúlveda claims he spent eight years disrupting campaigns across Latin America By Jordan Robertson, Michael Riley, and Andrew Willis Photographs by Juan Arredondo
10+ min |
April 4 - April 10, 2016
Bloomberg Businessweek
The Party of Mandela Is at Odds With Itself
South Africa’s president is under pressure for alleged graft.
4 min |
March 28 - April 3, 2016
New York magazine
Inside the Most Unorthodox Campaign in Political History
Inside the most unorthodox campaign in political history.
10+ min |
April 4–17, 2016
The Atlantic
The Obama Doctrine, in the President's Own Words
The president explains his hardest decisions about America’s role in the world.
10+ mins |
April 2016
Bloomberg Businessweek
This Man Just Fixed the Worst Thing About Being a Politician
And he’s selling the solution to both sides.
10+ min |
March 28 - April 3, 2016
New York magazine
There Was No Republican Establishement After All
Can we please retire the notion that Donald Trump is hijacking someone else’s party?
10+ min |
March 21-April 3, 2016
Bloomberg Businessweek
Marco Rubio's Biggest Fan
Can Norman Braman save America from Donald Trump ?
10+ min |
March 14 - March 20, 2016
Popular Science
President Barack Obama on How To Win the Future
Along with running the free world, President Barack Obama has spent the past seven years guiding U.S. science and technology policy. The initiatives and goals he puts in place - in clean energy, space, medicine, education, nanotechnology, and more - help direct research, which in turn directs the future. With one year left in the Oval Office, the president talks about what he’s achieved, what’s left to do (a lot), and why being a nerd is one of the best ways to serve your country.
10 min |
March - April 2016
New York magazine
Why, Exactly, Is Trump Driving Conservatives So Crazy?
The answer has nothing to do with his character.
6 min |
March 7 - 20, 2016
Bloomberg Businessweek
The Antiwar Activist Who Helped Make Donald Trump Possible
Republicans love a liberal’s campaign technology.
6 min |
March 7 - March 13, 2016
Bloomberg Businessweek
Europe Is Horrified by Trump, but He’d Fit Right In
The leading Republican presidential candidate has counterparts from Paris to Amsterdam to Budapest.
6 min |
March 7 - March 13, 2016
The Atlantic
Why America Is Moving Left
Republicans have a lock on Congress and the nation’s statehouses for the foreseeable future, and they may add the presidency in this year’s election. But against this political backdrop, the liberal era ushered in by Barack Obama is only just beginning.
10+ min |
January 2016
ADWEEK
Why Presidential Hopefuls Want Endorsements From Social Celebrities
White House aspirants are striving to harness the power of social media-savvy stars from Lena Dunham to Phil Robertson.
4 min |
Jan 25, 2016
The Atlantic
The Long History of Leading From Behind
Nixon and Kissinger’s effort to fix an overextended foreign policy was more like Obama’s than you might think.
10+ min |
January 2016
Entrepreneur
Politics Pays. But Does Civics?
Most Americans agree that government is broken. But only a few brave entrepreneurs have tried to fix it—and their efforts rarely go well. Brigade’s experienced leaders think they can do better. And this election year, they’ll become an object lesson in taking on the greatest business challenges.
10 min |
February 2016
Bloomberg Businessweek
The Money Behind Ted Cruz
Robert Mercer is one of the wealthiest, most secretive, influential, and reactionary Republicans in the country.
10+ min |