Less hot air, more sunlight.
Putting together an investigative magazine is a weird process. We read a lot. We pace. We talk. We go down Google rabbit holes. We stare at piles of documents way too late into the night. We order bad pizza. Eventually, we send a pile of pixels off to the printer, where in a few hours, stadium-size machines turn out copies that get shipped to 50 states and 83 countries. At which point it’s up to you to judge: Does it make sense? Does it fit together? Does it add to your understanding of the world, your ability to do your part at a time when democracy seems both more fragile and more vibrant?
Here’s how we hoped this particular issue would be of use to you: As we close out the first year of the Age of Trump, we wanted to explore how we got here and what the future might hold.
We were curious, first, whether there were factors at work in the 2016 election beyond what the apostles of conventional wisdom tell you, so we sent reporter Ari Berman to Wisconsin to figure out how big a role voter suppression really played. Turns out the answer is: way bigger than anyone acknowledges. Thanks to new laws targeting people of color and students, the drop in those who voted was far greater than Trump’s margin of victory there. As Ari notes, researchers estimate that nationwide, “there were more than 1 million lost votes because [of] things like ID laws, long lines at the polls, and difficulty registering.” Trump won the election by 78,000 combined votes in Michigan, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin.
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Food + Health / Global Warning - Why Project 2025 is an environmental catastrophe in the making
When President Joe Biden took office, Democrats held a slim majority in the House of Representatives and a single-vote edge in the Senate. Despite the monumental odds, he has presided over the most productive presidential term for climate action in American history. Under Biden’s direction, the federal government took up the arduous task of incorporating climate considerations into scores of administrative operations and procedures. The epa cracked down on superpollutants and issued stricter emissions regulations for passenger vehicles. The Inflation Reduction Act, the biggest climate spending bill Congress has ever passed, brings the nation closer to its goal of slashing carbon emissions in half by 2030.
Trumpnesia - To get a second chance, Trump needs voters to forget his disastrous presidency.
One of the most oft-quoted sentences ever penned by a philosopher is George Santayana’s observation that “those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.” In 2024, this aphorism is practically a campaign slogan. Donald Trump, seeking to become the first former president since Grover Cleveland to return to the White House after being voted out of the job, has waged war on remembrance. In fact, he’s depending on tens of millions of voters forgetting the recent past. This election is an experiment in how powerful a memory hole can be.
WHEN IN DROUGHT
This obscure yet adaptable grain could be a healthy staple for a warming planet.
BAD HABITS
A spate of recent horror movies recycle tired tropes about nuns-and reveal society's ongoing discomfort with independent women.
Taking the Fifth For a glimpse of the Supreme Court after a second Trump term, look at the radical circuit court that's already driving America to the right.
Imagine obamacare is dead and millions of Americans have lost health coverage.
THE ARCHITECT
TRUMP WANTS TO BE KING. RUSS VOUGHT HAS A PLAN TO MAKE IT HAPPEN.
Losing Faith
As an evangelical leader, I enticed lawmakers and federal judges to adopt a conservative Christian agenda. Donald Trump’s rise proved how wrong I was.
GOD'S COUNTRY
These Christian nationalists have a plan to take over Americafrom small towns to the highest court in the land.
IN THE NAME OF THE MOTHER
How Shyamala Gopalan Harris raised a presidential contender
KILL THE MESSENGER
The anti-disinformation field is retreating under attack.