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Politics Podcast: Why A Once-Fringe Candidate Is Now A Serious Contender For The French Presidency

Politics Podcast: Why A Once-Fringe Candidate Is Now A Serious Contender For The French Presidency

On Sunday, French voters will go to the polls again to elect their president for the next five years. After narrowing down the list of candidates in the first round on April 10, voters will choose between incumbent, centrist Emmanuel Macron and far-right candidate Marine Le Pen. This runoff will serve as a repeat of … Read more

How the Biden Presidency Became a Cultural Black Hole

Presidents Reagan, Carter, Kennedy, and Bush each imprinted their unique culture and aesthetic during their time in office.

This is all, in a way, to be expected. It affirms Biden’s political messaging — the back-to-normalcy he promoted during the campaign, the implicit promise that he would be a boring president you wouldn’t have to think about, and the overall return to a man in the White House who resembles a 20th-century politician more … Read more

The Making of a Coronavirus-Criminal Presidency

The Making of a Coronavirus-Criminal Presidency

Illustration by Ryan Inzana. The United States is the product of an accountability movement that was never fully realized. Thomas Paine called the country into being with Common Sense, a pamphlet that invited the beleaguered residents of 13 British colonies on the eastern shore of North America to indulge their fury at the imperial abuses … Read more