Yascha Mounk
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The ConvertHow one of the country’s leading conservatives became one of the Republican Party’s staunchest critics.
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The Nature of Trump’s Culpability in the Pittsburgh Synagogue MassacreThe shooter may despise him, but the president’s dehumanizing language has made political violence—and hate crimes like this—more likely.
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Rally the Base or Persuade Moderates? Why Not Both.The two groups Democrats need in order to win have more in common than you might think.
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The Supreme Court Is Now a Partisan InstitutionKavanaugh’s confirmation means Trump controls all three branches of government. There’s only one check left on the president.
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The Case for—a Little—IrrationalityTrump’s proud irrationalism is a danger to democracy. But dreams of a wholly rational order are the wrong response.
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As the Trump Scandals Grow, Believe What You’re SeeingJust because a constitutional crisis hasn’t come yet, doesn’t mean it won’t.
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The Failure of the Center-RightEurope’s conservatives are failing to prevent the spread of right-wing authoritarianism.
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The Right Kind of PartisanJohn McCain respected those he profoundly disagreed with. His adversaries should do the same.
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Hindus FirstNarendra Modi has amassed huge power by claiming to fight for the “real” India. Is he a danger to the world’s biggest democracy?
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Liberals Don’t Have to Defend Sarah Jeong’s TweetsThe impulse to bash “old white men” is satisfying, but it’s also wrong and counterproductive.
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Trevor Noah Doesn’t Get to Decide Who’s FrenchThe Daily Show host says his critics in Europe missed the context of his World Cup commentary. But he’s making the same mistake.
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An “Extraordinarily” Trumpian Day in HelsinkiScenes like the Helsinki summit still seem strange to us. But we’re getting numb to them.
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Donald Trump Does Not Represent the Real AmericaTuesday might not have been the massive repudiation Democrats were hoping for. But it showed that the country is far from united behind the president.
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Lessons From BrazilA disturbing election shows that we can’t count on the lessons of history—or multiculturalism—to save democracy.
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America Is Not Nearly As Divided As You ThinkWhy the real fault lines in America are not primarily about age or race—and what it means for how Democrats can beat Trump in 2020.
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Escaping the Identity TrapWhy essentializing race is the wrong way to fight racism.
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The Kavanaugh Stakes Just Got HigherTo confirm him now would be dangerous to the survival of our democratic institutions.
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The Rosenstein LineThe deputy attorney general is keeping his job for now, but our democratic institutions aren’t looking so healthy.
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Are Things As Bad As They Look?The Good Fight has been chronicling the rise of populism for nearly two years. So what have we learned? And where are we headed?
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Light in the Darkest TimelineCould this week’s Manafort and Cohen developments finally do real damage to the Trump presidency? We’d better hope so.
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After NATODonald Trump is doing enormous damage to the trans-Atlantic relationship.
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The Radical ModerateJake Sullivan, one of the most prominent policy wonks in the Democratic Party, makes the case for more radical and imaginative economic policies.
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Leading From BelowHow populists can transform governments—even when they don’t lead them.