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America Sees Red
For various reasons, Trump’s second presidency poses a greater threat to the country’s political structures and norms than the first. But voters had other priorities, and Democrats will have to learn lessons in defeat.
The Ballot Box Under Siege
In Georgia, elections officials are being trained to deal with active shooters and are installing panic buttons. But those working to defend the system from corrosive accusations of fraud and corruption, including many Republicans, believe that trust can bounce back.
In the World of His Supporters, Trump Has Already Won
Many of Trump’s supporters are beholden to a fantasy that he remains the legitimate president and find the idea of his defeat impossible to countenance. To change that situation, its underlying conditions must be addressed.
Armed, Gay and Looking for Redemption
Chase Oliver, the 39-year-old Libertarian candidate for president, wants his party to change American politics. But can he distance it from its history of bigotry and conspiracy theories?
Looking Back at ‘All-American Muslim’
The reality TV show “All-American Muslim” brought an Arab-American community in Dearborn to national attention long before the current wave of interest in the city’s electoral significance. It changed its participants’ lives, and sparked conversations that are still developing today.
Where America’s Election Will Be Won and Lost — with John Sides and Sheri Berman
Political scientists John Sides and Sheri Berman tell New Lines’ Danny Postel which issues will decide the American election.
The Lasting Power of Jinns in Tunisian Society
Beliefs in magic and jinn possession persist in Tunisia, despite over 150 years of attempts to weed them out by rationalist reformers, postindependence modernizers and Islamists — with rumors suggesting that even former President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali and his wife practiced sorcery.