Jonathan Chait Joins The Atlantic as a Staff Writer

Chait will write about politics and the second Trump administration from Washington DC
Chait will write about politics and the second Trump administration from Washington DC
If the party doesnt figure out how to compete in more states perpetual GOP dominance is all but assured
Photographs of Los Angeless lowriding scene
Some of the winning and honored photographs from this years competition
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Already a leader in clean tech China may see a new reason to act as leader in addressing climate change too
Trump is closer to Putin than to any of the continents democratic leaders
With Americas rudest man back in the White House maybe comedy will be funnier But maybe not
The party went into an election with policies it couldnt defendor even explain
Expectations of who will gain and who will lose from the president-elects second term are already moving markets
Every woman is the wrong woman
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Walking among the trees you can find all kinds of abundance
How a broad diverse alignment of voters propelled Donald Trumps win
How the violence and deprivation of war inspired light-filled masterpieces
Sleep is a universal human need but theres no universal solution to struggling with it
He has made himself a spectacleand inescapable
One Democratic congressman wasnt surprised by Tuesdays election results
The narrative of America as the land of the free has ceased to be many voters top priority
US voters wanted change The world may pay the price
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