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THOMAS B. EDSALL
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Democrats Are Having a Purity Test Problem at Exactly the Wrong Time
“It has become too easy for people to conflate disagreements about issues with matters of identity,” one nonprofit official says.
Why Conspiracy Theories Flourish in Trump’s America
“It is too soon to say whether this delegitimization is permanent,” one scholar says.
We Don’t Even Have to Look Up From Our Phones to Hate Each Other
Once upon a time social media was going to bring us all together.
How to Tell the Squad and the MAGA Caucus Apart
It’s not hard.
We Are Political Animals. So How Much Do Genes Matter?
They’re not everything, but they’re not nothing either.
We Can’t Even Agree on What Is Tearing Us Apart
Even scholars of polarization are polarized.
Trump Has Uncorked a ‘Toxic Blend of Extremist Orientations’
The MAGA formula was “a white Christian nationalist strategy from the beginning.”
What a Reversal of Roe v. Wade Might Mean for the Midterms
What a reversal of Roe v. Wade might mean at the ballot box.
The Politics of Fear Show No Sign of Abating
New research in psychology and political science reveals just how deep our anxieties about others lie.
Defeat Has Not Defanged Trump — or Trumpism
The losing candidate in the 2020 election continues to exert tremendous power over his party. What does this portend for its future?