Can The Jan. 6 Hearings Change Public Opinion?

Can The Jan. 6 Hearings Change Public Opinion?

In Part 2 of this episode of the FiveThirtyEight Politics podcast, Galen Druke speaks with Kaleigh Rogers about the ongoing hearings of the House Special Committee to investigate the January 6 attack on the US Capitol and how the message of those hearings is being conveyed both emotionally and throughly raw statements developed footage from … Read more

Supreme Court has voted to overturn abortion rights, draft opinion shows

Supreme Court has voted to overturn abortion rights, draft opinion shows

Eine mit den Beratungen des Gerichts vertraute Person sagte, dass vier der anderen von den Republikanern ernannten Richter – Clarence Thomas, Neil Gorsuch, Brett Kavanaugh und Amy Coney Barrett – mit Alito auf der Konferenz abgestimmt hätten, die unter den Richtern stattfand, nachdem sie im Dezember mündliche Argumente gehört hatten Diese Aufstellung bleibt ab dieser … Read more

Opinion | ‘I Applied for Asylum Within American Pop Culture’

Opinion | ‘I Applied for Asylum Within American Pop Culture’

Billy Wilder, Fred Zinnemann, Thomas Mann, Bertolt Brecht, Kurt Weill, Helmut Newton, Marlene Dietrich, Theodor W. Adorno, Max Horkheimer, Alfred Lion and Francis Wolff escaped. They survived. But geniuses like Wilder and Newton never came back. German culture afterwards was, apart from painting and sculpture, mostly boring moralistic bullshit. And the best writers like Günter … Read more

Opinion | The Covid Emergency Is Ending. Here’s What We Should Do Next.

Opinion | The Covid Emergency Is Ending. Here’s What We Should Do Next.

It’s time for a similar shift on Covid-19. With Omicron’s astonishing surge and so many still dying tragically each day, Americans may feel like such a transition is a long way off. But with a less lethal and now receding variant and a better vaccinated and protected population, it’s clear the pandemic’s emergency stage is … Read more

Opinion | How Trump Flushed the Presidential Honor System Down the Toilet

Opinion | How Trump Flushed the Presidential Honor System Down the Toilet

Suppose you elected as president a person who habitually readcheats at golfcheats on his spousesappears to cheat on his taxesattempted to steal to election, reneges on debts, promised sorry to government officials he had instructed to break the law, told his followers to punch protestersand who, as a young man, is alleged to have hired … Read more

Opinion | The World Is Sliding Toward Authoritarianism. So Are the Olympics.

Opinion | The World Is Sliding Toward Authoritarianism. So Are the Olympics.

The authoritarian challenge to democracy and human rights is arguably the defining geopolitical story of our time. Instead of bucking this trend, the IOC appears to be partaking in it. stream says His group’s primary responsibility is to host the Games in accordance with the Olympic Charter. But this charter speaks of “promoting a peaceful … Read more

Opinion | Political TV Shows Have Never Been Worse. Sitcoms Are the Exception.

Opinion | Political TV Shows Have Never Been Worse. Sitcoms Are the Exception.

It’s hard to get away with so much poignancy in a sitcom because that’s not what sitcoms are designed for. In fact, the sitcom might be the last place on television where constructive political dialogue takes place at all. *** The classic sitcom has evolved over the years as multi-camera shows with laugh tracks gave … Read more

Opinion | The New York Times Is Becoming Amazon. And That’s a Good Thing.

Opinion | The New York Times Is Becoming Amazon. And That’s a Good Thing.

In some ways the Just is reassembling the traditional bundle of newspapers, dating back to the 1890s when the New York dailies of William Randolph Hearst and Joseph Pulitzer expanded the scope of their newspapers beyond hard news into soft material. In quick succession, newspapers added comics, advice, puzzles, recipes, games, and finally columns on … Read more