Conservatives and liberals alike envision a Trump presidency as a disaster.

Trump the Disrupter

Is America’s democratic system equal to the challenge of an authoritarian president?

By Brian Beutler

Is Bernie Sanders’s Nuclear Phaseout Plan a Hippie Pipe Dream or Smart Policy?

By Ben Adler

Why Are There So Many Writers in Myanmar’s New Government?

President Htin Kyaw is hardly the only bookish official in the country.

By Joseph Freeman

The Rise of “Bias Response Teams” on Campus

Colleges across America are creating shadowy groups to handle complaints. Will they end up muzzling students instead?

By Jeffrey Aaron Snyder

The Perils of Our Split Supreme Court

Public-sector unions caught a break from the Court’s 4-4 opinion. But a divided Court is good news for nobody.

By David Dayen

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