9 Best Articles in 2021
The Atlantic
The Election That Could Break America
The Atlantic
20+ min read · 606 saves · 2020-09-23 · Barton Gellman · If the vote is close, Donald Trump could easily throw the election into chaos and subvert the result. Who will stop him?
The New York Times
The American Abyss
The New York Times
~19 min read · 601 saves · Jan 9th · Timothy Snyder · A historian of fascism and political atrocity on Trump, the mob and what comes next
medium.com
How to Make this Moment the Turning Point for Real Change
medium.com
5 min read · 550 saves · 2020-06-01 · 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
5 min read · 475 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
20+ min read · 447 saves · 2020-06-02 · 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 · 427 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 · 425 saves · 2020-04-19 · 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
~15 min read · 417 saves · 2020-08-12 · 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 · 394 saves · From 2018 · One year ago: the plan to lose, and the administration’s shocked first days.
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The Atlantic
Democracy Is the Only Solution
The Atlantic
~12 min read · 104 saves · Feb 15th · David Frum · The countermajoritarian institutions of the United States are holding us back.
The Nation
The Communist Designer, the Fascist Furniture Dealer, and the Politics of Design
The Nation
~16 min read · 102 saves · Feb 20th · Glenn Adamson · A tale of two bookcases.
The New York Times
Heating Up Culture Wars, France to Scour Universities for Ideas That ‘Corrupt Society’
The New York Times
6 min read · 84 saves · Feb 18th · The government announced an investigation into social science research, broadening attacks on what it sees as destabilizing American influences.
The New Yorker
Obituary for a Failed Presidency
The New Yorker
8 min read · 74 saves · Jan 20th · One last Letter from Trump’s Washington.
The New York Times
Opinion | Why Texas Republicans Fear the Green New Deal
The New York Times
8 min read · 68 saves · Feb 21st · Naomi Klein · Small government is no match for a crisis born of the state’s twin addictions to market fixes and fossil fuels.
The New York Times
Opinion | Democracy Is Weakening Right in Front of Us
The New York Times
~12 min read · 68 saves · Feb 17th · Thomas B. Edsall · Is technopessimism our new future?
New Statesman
What does it mean to be “pro-European” today?
New Statesman
8 min read · 23 saves · Feb 4th · In continental Europe and especially in Germany, people will often proudly say: “I’m European”. I frequently heard this from my former colleagues at the European Council on Foreign Relations (ECFR),…
Financial Times
The equivalence tussle is giving UK a lesson in Brexit power politics
Financial Times
20 saves · Feb 17th · Brussels is fighting to make the EU more competitive in financial services
The Wall Street Journal
China’s Campaign to Crush Democracy in Hong Kong Is Working
The Wall Street Journal
1 min read · 19 saves · Feb 25th · Hong Kong, the freewheeling former British colony, has been brought to heel by a new national-security law used to quell street protests, ban foreign lobbying and gut the legislature.
