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Do Celebrity Presidential Endorsements Matter?
It’s hard to empirically determine whether they drive voters to the polls. But they might have less measurable effects.
Can Kamala Harris Keep Up the Excitement Through Election Day?
At the Democratic National Convention, the sense of relief was as overwhelming as the general euphoria—but the campaign against Donald Trump has only just begun.
Trump’s Got Troubles
His campaign is careening, his poll numbers are slipping, and, after something of a summer lull, he is due for several confrontations in court.
Funny/Unfunny: The Archival Comedy Issue
Do jokes express our otherwise taboo wishes? Or does everyone just need a pie in the face?
The Supreme Court Needs Fixing, but How?
President Biden has proposed radical changes to the Court. Reviewing them is a reminder of why reform is so hard, despite dissatisfaction and a wealth of ideas.
Kamala Harris Isn’t Going Back
Fifty years after Shirley Chisholm ran for the Presidency, we find ourselves yet again questioning the durability of outmoded presumptions about race and gender.
Where Do Republicans and Democrats Stand After the R.N.C.?
Biden imperilled his candidacy at the debate because of his inability to speak coherently. At the Convention, Trump was doing something similar, and couldn’t stop.
F.D.R.’s Election Lessons for Joe Biden and the Democrats
Less than six weeks before Democrats formally choose their nominee, the President is marching down a path of constant peril.
Finally, a Leap Forward on Immigration Policy
President Biden has offered help to undocumented spouses of U.S. citizens, in the most consequential act of immigration relief in more than a decade.
What Can We Expect from the Biden-Trump Debate?
Until recently, it wasn’t clear that the two men would ever share a stage again. Now there’s a potential for even greater stakes and strangeness than four years ago.