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From In the Dark: “Blood Relatives,” an investigative series

How Bad Is It?: Why an Antifascism Scholar Fled the Country

Zadie Smith on Politics, Turning Fifty, and Mind Control

How the Trump Administration Made Higher Education a Target

The Ceasefire and the Business of Trump’s Diplomacy

How Much More Can Federal Workers Take?

Zohran Mamdani Says He's Ready for Donald Trump

What Does Donald Trump’s “War from Within” Mean in Practice?

After James Comey, Who’s Next on Trump’s Revenge Tour?

A Conservative Professor on How to Fix Campus Culture

How Russell Vought Broke the U.S. Government

Will the Supreme Court Hand Trump Another Slate of Victories?

Ezra Klein’s Big-Tent Vision of the Democratic Party

Jimmy Kimmel and the Power of Public Pressure

How MAHA Is Sowing Vaccine Confusion

Is The 2026 Election Already in Danger?

Hillary Clinton on the Psychology of Autocrats

How Bad Is It?: Political Violence in the U.S., and What We Can Learn from Brazil

How the “Dangerous Gimmick” of the Two-State Solution Ended in Disaster

Charlie Kirk and the Long Shadow of Political Violence

In this episode of The Political Scene, Jane Mayer, Susan Glasser, and Evan Osnos discuss the recent act of political violence, the shooting of right-wing activist Charlie Kirk, and set the moment in context with the history of law and order in America. They explore how this event might be exploited to justify further ...