They Were Voted Out. They Refuse to Leave. Now What?
Earlier this year, the voters of Avenal, a community in California’s rural Central Valley, ousted their mayor and…
Opinion | ‘You Aren’t Going to Like What Comes After America’
Blaming Canada used to be such a fantastical idea that it was a joke. A couple of decades…
How Revolutionary Was the American Revolution?
The Declaration of Independence turned 250 over the weekend, with star-spangled hoopla befitting the birthday of the world’s…
Opinion | The Museum of Wretched Ideas Has Reopened
It’s the year 2026, and sometimes it feels as if we’re taking a nice leisurely walk through a…
The Civil Rights Era Is Collapsing Before Our Eyes
On May 7, amid the din of protesters, Tennessee’s Republican-majority legislature met to vote on a bill that…
Opinion | How to End the Gerrymandering Doom Loop Forever
This is an edited transcript of “The Ezra Klein Show.” You can listen to the episode wherever you…
Opinion | The Iran War Worsens America’s Democratic Erosion
By The Editorial Board The editorial board is a group of opinion journalists whose views are informed by…
Opinion | In a Minneapolis Public School, a Cure for Toxic Politics
Having recently spent a year in public school classrooms for a book on civic education, I can tell…
Opinion | ICE and Minnesota Have Pushed the U.S. Closer to Autocracy
By The Editorial Board The editorial board is a group of opinion journalists whose views are informed by…
Opinion | How Trump Has Used the Presidency to Make at Least $1.4 Billion
By The Editorial Board The editorial board is a group of opinion journalists whose views are informed by…
Opinion | A Free World Needs a Strong America
Algorithms and autocrats have rattled global stability. To safeguard liberty, the U.S. must remake its military. Opinion The…
Opinion | In Trump’s America, Are We Losing Our Democracy?
In addition to restricting speech and dissent, autocrats use the immense power of law enforcement to investigate and…