9 Best Articles in 2020
The Atlantic
The Election That Could Break America
The Atlantic
570 saves · Sep 23rd · Barton Gellman · If the vote is close, Donald Trump could easily throw the election into chaos and subvert the result. Who will stop him?
medium.com
How to Make this Moment the Turning Point for Real Change
medium.com
4 min read · 532 saves · Jun 1st · Barack Obama · As millions of people across the country take to the streets and raise their voices in response to the killing of George Floyd and the…
The New York Times
Opinion | I Am Part of the Resistance Inside the Trump Administration
The New York Times
4 min read · 473 saves · From 2018 · I work for the president but like-minded colleagues and I have vowed to thwart parts of his agenda and his worst inclinations.
The Atlantic
History Will Judge the Complicit
The Atlantic
434 saves · Jun 2nd · Anne Applebaum · Why have Republican leaders abandoned their principles in support of an immoral and dangerous president?
Guardian Tech
The great British Brexit robbery: how our democracy was hijacked
Guardian Tech
20+ min read · 424 saves · From 2017 · A shadowy operation involving big data, billionaire friends of Trump and the disparate forces of the Leave campaign heavily influenced the result of the EU referendum. Is our electoral process still…
The Atlantic
New Zealand’s Prime Minister May Be the Most Effective Leader on the Planet
The Atlantic
~15 min read · 415 saves · Apr 19th · Uri Friedman · Jacinda Ardern’s leadership style, focused on empathy, isn’t just resonating with her people; it’s putting the country on track for success against the coronavirus.
FiveThirtyEight
2020 Election Forecast
FiveThirtyEight
~14 min read · 414 saves · Aug 12th · Latest forecast of the 2020 presidential election between President Donald Trump and Joe Biden by Nate Silver’s FiveThirtyEight
New York Magazine
Donald Trump Didn’t Want to Be President
New York Magazine
20+ min read · 389 saves · From 2018 · One year ago: the plan to lose, and the administration’s shocked first days.
TIME
100 Women of the Year
TIME
4 min read · 270 saves · Mar 5th · From Amelia Earhart to Michelle Obama, meet 100 women who defined the last century
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The New York Times
What Went Wrong With Polling? Some Early Theories
The New York Times
~11 min read · 75 saves · Nov 10th · Nate Cohn · Pollsters thought they had learned from the errors of 2016. It’s possible that they did, and that this election reflects new problems.
Vox
One pollster’s explanation for why the polls got it wrong
Vox
8 min read · 54 saves · Nov 10th · Dylan Matthews · The kind of people who answer polls are really weird, and it’s ruining polling.
The New Yorker
The Professor and the Politician
The New Yorker
8 min read · 45 saves · Nov 12th · For Max Weber, only the most heroic figures could generate meaning in the world. Does his theory hold up today?
Nature
Ranking the effectiveness of worldwide COVID-19 government interventions
Nature
6 min read · 42 saves · Nov 16th · Analysing over 50,000 government interventions in more than 200 countries, Haug et al. find that combinations of softer measures, such as risk communication or those increasing healthcare capacity,…
Pew Research Fact Tank
The Trump era has seen a decline in America’s global reputation
Pew Research Fact Tank
3 min read · 36 saves · Nov 19th · Richard Wike · In international surveys, Donald Trump has generally received lower ratings than either of his two predecessors.
Lawfare
How Hard Is It to Overturn an American Election?
Lawfare
~12 min read · 34 saves · Nov 11th · Trump’s postelection shenanigans aren’t going to overturn the results. Here’s why they’re dangerous anyway.
The Atlantic
The Most Important Divide in American Politics Isn’t Race
The Atlantic
4 min read · 22 saves · Nov 7th · Derek Thompson · The polarization of place and the depolarization of race are the stories of the moment.
pewforum.org
Government Restrictions on Religion Rise Globally
pewforum.org
~13 min read · 19 saves · Nov 10th · In 2018, the global median level of government restrictions on religion – that is, laws, policies and actions by officials that impinge on religious beliefs and practices – continued to climb,…
ProPublica
The Unexpected Benefits of Thinking for Yourself in an Age of Polling
ProPublica
4 min read · 14 saves · Nov 9th · The most important thing journalists can do as they think about covering and investigating government and politics in election years is to not assume any outcome.
Pew Research Global
Americans and Germans Diverge in Views of Transatlantic Alliance Heading into 2021
Pew Research Global
10 min read · 13 saves · Nov 23rd · As the U.S. and Germany prepare to gain new leadership, their relationship remains unbalanced in the minds of their citizenries. Americans see Germany as a partner on many foreign policy issues, but…
