The 2024 Disaster Scenarios for Dems and Republicans

Kennedy Fights for Game-Changing Spot on Debate Stage

Biden Needs Disengaged, Unhappy Voters To Stay Home

Is Biden Gambling Everything on an Early-Debate Bounce?

There are two hot topics involving Joe Biden that are currently circulating among the chattering classes of U.S. politics. One has been around for a while but just won't go away.

Marking 70 Years of White Flight From School Integration

Friday was the 70th anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court's decision in Brown v. Board of Education that formally struck down state-enforced racial segregation of public schools as violating the Equal Protection Clause of the 14th Amendment.

Senate Democrats Have No Margin for Error in November

Do Americans Remember the Actual Trump Presidency?

One of the remarkable things about the 2024 presidential election is that for the first time since 1912 voters will have a choice between presidents who served back-to-back in the immediately preceding eight years. It offers them a chance to directly compare their experiences during two four-year periods under the leadership of two old and universally known politicians.

Can the 2024 DNC Thwart Chicago Protests by Going Virtual?

The recent wave of pro-Palestinian protests on college campuses has conjured up many nostalgic images of anti-Vietnam-War activism, some (as at Columbia University) self-consciously promoted by protesters whose parents weren't yet born when those antiwar rallies convulsed the country.

Not Even RFK's Running-Mate Knows His Abortion Stance

Abortion policy is a major issue in the 2024 elections, thanks to the Supreme Court's 2022 decision to reverse Roe v. Wade. Many Democrats want to make this the preeminent 2024 campaign issue, knowing that a solid majority of Americans want to restore abortion rights and many are angry at Donald Trump and Republicans for taking them away.

Poll Finds Most College Students Aren't Focused on Gaza War

Gaza War Protests Don't Yet Rival Anti-Vietnam War Movement

For many a baby-boomer, the sights and sounds of student protests against U.S. complicity in Israel's war in Gaza brought back vivid memories of the anti-Vietnam War movement of their youth and of the conservative backlash that ultimately placed its legacy in question.

Why Aren't More Anti-Trump Republicans Endorsing Biden?