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Matthew Walther

'A decent guy'

The DNC's stirring eulogy for Biden

Damon Linker

Biden sticks the landing

The Democratic nominee did exactly what he needed to do with his acceptance speech

Ryan Cooper

The sharpest case against Trump

If Joe Biden is right about one thing, it's Trump's handling of the pandemic

Damon Linker

The veep bombs

Julia Louis-Dreyfus brought some ill-timed jokes to the final night of the DNC

Matthew Walther

How Bloomberg robbed the DNC

How did the billionaire get a prime speaking slot?

Joel Mathis

The working class pitch Democrats need

What Cory Booker's DNC speech got right

Ryan Cooper

What Joe Biden could do to win working class votes

If Democrats are serious about labor, they should show it

Noah Millman

More than a man?

How Democrats can broaden their campaign message beyond a single man's virtues

Lori Loughlin sentenced to 2 months in prison for role in college admissions scandal

August 21, 2020

'Golden State Killer' sentenced to life in prison after pleading guilty to series of rapes and murders

August 21, 2020

Kanye West keeps failing to get on states' presidential ballots

August 21, 2020

Unearthed clip shows Stephen Bannon joking about 'Build the Wall' fraud in 2019

August 21, 2020

Forecast suggests 2 hurricanes could be in the Gulf of Mexico at the same time next week

August 21, 2020

The NRA's first ad of the election season is a false claim about Joe Biden

August 21, 2020

U.S. senator accidentally repeatedly yells the F-word during a congressional hearing

August 21, 2020

Trump says he'll send law enforcement, sheriffs to polling places on Election Day

August 21, 2020

Russian hospital claims Putin critic Navalny wasn't poisoned, bars his medevac to Germany

August 21, 2020

Researchers, officials, and investors increasingly confident about a COVID-19 vaccine next January

August 21, 2020

Watch Julia Louis-Dreyfus roast Trump while hosting the DNC

August 21, 2020

Late night hosts applaud the narrative perfection of Steve Bannon being arrested for a border wall scam

August 21, 2020

Stephen Colbert recaps the DNC's grand finale, seems surprised Biden nailed his speech

August 21, 2020

Some of the best stories from the 2020 DNC involved women hitting back — literally

August 21, 2020

This family spent quarantine building a backyard rollercoaster

August 21, 2020

It turns out Mitch McConnell will appear at the RNC after all

August 21, 2020

Cory Booker and Bernie Sanders share a joke about Booker's famous girlfriend at the DNC

August 21, 2020

Biden is selling something that has disappeared from American politics: Optimism

August 21, 2020

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Jeva Lange

The Trump show has jumped the shark

The shocking reappearance of Steve Bannon is a bigger plot twist than any reasonable viewer would go along with

James Pethokoukis

Is the pandemic propping up the DNC?

Many Democrats seem to forget that pre-coronavirus, there was good reason to think Trump might win

Joel Mathis

More than 30 years in the making

Joe Biden's incomparable presidential odyssey

Ryan Cooper

This is how Democrats get shellacked in 2022

A Biden adviser signals a return to austerity. Uh oh.

Damon Linker

A tale of 2 speeches

Barack Obama soared. Kamala Harris flopped.

Matthew Walther

The great persuader

Why Obama is still the most effective speaker in the Democratic Party

Catherine Garcia

The week's good news

It wasn't all bad!

Matthew Walther

Why Hollywood is not helping the Democrats

Where would the American electorate be without Isabella from "The Young and the Restless" to remind them of the horrors of income inequality?

Ryan Cooper

Obama implicitly attacks his own record

He's finally ready to jail rich people for their crimes

Neil J. Young

Hillary 2.0?

Does the DNC suggest Democrats are already repeating their 2016 mistakes?

Bonnie Kristian

The anti-war wing of both parties is dead

Your presidential choice is between war and war

Ryan Cooper

The Senate blockade

Democratic plans for reasonable gun control or aggressive climate action aren't going anywhere without changing the Senate

Ryan Cooper

Planning to fail

Why Joe Biden's platform backtracks should have Democrats worried

Joel Mathis

Tag team

Jill Biden's DNC speech picked up where Michelle Obama left off

Matthew Walther

Did the 2020 DNC already happen?

When a procedural question is also an existential question

The Week Staff

5 cartoons about Trump's Post Office meddling

Artists take on his bid to influence the election, growing public distrust, and more

Joel Mathis

The Democrats' core tension

Illustrated by the subtly clashing messages of Bill Clinton and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

Jeva Lange

"There have not been the tear-choked speeches from the Oval Office, or the uplifting messages of hope delivered from the National Cathedral, that one might expect."

Jeva Lange

The DNC as collective mourning

America needs an official acknowledgement of what we've lost to COVID-19

Bonnie Kristian

Why the children of Boomers feel betrayed

Michelle Obama is right: This is not how we were brought up

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The DNC's stirring eulogy for Joe Biden

Matthew Walther

Lori Loughlin exits the John Joseph Moakley U.S. Courthouse after appearing in Federal Court to answer charges stemming from college admissions scandal on April 3, 2019 in Boston, Massachusetts.

Lori Loughlin sentenced to 2 months in prison for role in college admissions scandal

Brendan Morrow

Julia Louis-Dreyfus bombs at the DNC

Damon Linker

Joseph James DeAngelo looks on during the second day of victim impact statements at the Gordon D. Schaber Sacramento County Courthouse on August 19, 2020, in Sacramento, California.

'Golden State Killer' sentenced to life in prison after pleading guilty to series of rapes and murders

Brendan Morrow

Unearthed clip shows Stephen Bannon joking about 'Build the Wall' fraud in 2019

Marianne Dodson

Actor Kirsten Dunst attends the premiere of Focus Features' The Beguiled at Directors Guild Of America on June 12, 2017 in Los Angeles, California.

A confused Kirsten Dunst asks Kanye West why he put her on his campaign poster

Brendan Morrow

Damon Linker

What unites the Democrats?

The message on the opening night of the party's convention was consistent — and insistent

Matthew Walther

The alternate reality DNC

Fox News' descriptions of the Democrats' convention was hardly recognizable to anyone who watched Monday night

Jeva Lange

5 suffragists you didn't learn about in school

100 years after the 19th Amendment was passed, these women's stories continue to inspire

Claire Gillespie

Why is my kid so annoying?

The eternal question of parenthood

Noah Millman

The culture war in a tuna melt

The political lessons of Kamala Harris making tuna sandwiches with Mark Warner

Bonnie Kristian

"Warnings that pods will increase inequality aren't wrong — but they often miss the reality that education inequality will worsen no matter what we do for as long as this pandemic continues."

Bonnie Kristian

Pick your poison?

The case for school choice during an unprecedented semester

Matthew Walther

"In November Catholics face a choice between a de-facto apostate and a twice-divorced serial philanderer who solicits their votes by fomenting hatred of the pope."

Matthew Walther

Catholic voters' impossible choice

Will it be the abortion supporter or the twice-divorced serial philanderer?

The Week Staff

6 books that explain Ronald Reagan's rise

Rick Perlstein, author of 'Reaganland', recommends works by Ruth Murray, Anne Edwards, and more

The Week Staff

A mania for Mars

Three countries just launched unmanned missions to the Red Planet. Why does the fascination with Mars persist?

Ryan Cooper

"Trump defenders will no doubt claim that the president is just trying to prevent voter fraud. This is a ridiculous argument for three reasons."

Ryan Cooper

Trump's election meddling

We have it straight from the horse's mouth

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