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Last Checked: 2025-09-21 00:53:55
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Donna Shalala

24 Jul 2020

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Florida congresswoman Donna Shalala was one of many first-time candidates in 2018. But unlike other ...

Doug Jones

10 Jul 2020

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The Alabama senator discusses the coronavirus outbreak in the South, new efforts to grapple with its...

Carly Fiorina

25 Jun 2020

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The 2016 Republican presidential candidate announces her intention to vote for Joe Biden, and the co...

Jumaane Williams

13 Jun 2020

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The second-highest elected official in New York City is a progressive activist who’s worked to cha...

Nan Whaley

29 May 2020

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The mayor of Dayton, Ohio, on how badly America's cities need a bailout—and how painful the impact...

Bill Cassidy

15 May 2020

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Senator (and doctor) Bill Cassidy discusses the coronavirus response, vaccines, and how states like ...

Phil Murphy

01 May 2020

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The governor of one of the hardest-hit states discusses the coronavirus response, how he thinks abou...

Andrew Yang

27 Apr 2020

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The former presidential candidate discusses universal basic income, coronavirus-linked bigotry again...

Stacey Abrams

24 Apr 2020

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Georgia politician and voting rights activist Stacey Abrams discusses elections in a pandemic, vice ...

Voter Suppression By Pandemic

11 Apr 2020

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Sherrilyn Ifill of the NAACP Legal Defense Fund discusses Wisconsin’s election debacle and how the...

‘The Woman From Michigan’

03 Apr 2020

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Governor Gretchen Whitmer joins to discuss Michigan’s coronavirus response and her relationship wi...

Risking Exposure in Congress

28 Mar 2020

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Grace Meng represents New York in Congress. Her Queens district is at the center of the U.S. coronav...

Arnold Schwarzenegger on the Pandemic Response

25 Mar 2020

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Arnold Schwarzenegger has asked everyone to stay home. He's issued PSA videos, with his mini donkey ...

The Coronavirus Response, with Senator Sherrod Brown

20 Mar 2020

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Senator Sherrod Brown discusses the Trump administration's response to the pandemic and what he thin...

This Isn’t Trump’s Katrina (Except When It Is)

13 Mar 2020

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Vann Newkirk joins Isaac Dovere to discuss Floodlines—the new Atlantic podcast about Hurricane Kat...

Beating Donald Trump, with David Plouffe

06 Mar 2020

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The campaign manager behind Obama’s 2008 election breaks down the state of the Democratic party. W...

South Carolina, with Jennifer Palmieri

29 Feb 2020

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Former Clinton aide Jennifer Palmieri discusses the South Carolina primary, how 2020 is different th...

The Unlearned Lessons of 2016, with Katy Tur

21 Feb 2020

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As Democrats slugged it out in Nevada this week, the president undermined the Justice Department in ...

A Historic Vote on Equal Rights, and Hopes for Gun Control

14 Feb 2020

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On Thursday, Congresswoman Jennifer Wexton presided over debate on a bill to advance the Equal Right...

The New Hampshire Primary, with Chris Pappas

07 Feb 2020

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After the chaos of Iowa, New Hampshire is set to deliver the first clear results of the 2020 preside...

The Iowa Caucuses, with J.D. Scholten

30 Jan 2020

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Isaac Dovere previews the Iowa caucuses with congressional candidate J.D. Scholten. A former basebal...

The Ticket: Politics from The Atlantic

28 Jan 2020

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On Thursday, Radio Atlantic is becoming The Ticket: Politics from The Atlantic. As the 2020 voting b...

Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot

24 Jan 2020

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The new mayor of Chicago, Lori Lightfoot, won all fifty of Chicago’s wards in a landslide last yea...

Arnold Schwarzenegger on Show-Business Politics

16 Jan 2020

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The governator discusses the Republican party, his commitment to the environment, and the Democratic...

"He Doesn't Understand War"

09 Jan 2020

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Ruben Gallego says President Trump doesn’t understand war, but the situation with Iran could soon ...

Will the Trump Presidential Library Have an Impeachment Section?

20 Dec 2019

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On the day President Trump is impeached, Isaac Dovere visits the Nixon Library with Tom Steyer. The ...

Why Impeachment Is Different This Time Around

13 Dec 2019

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Steve Chabot, a House Republican who helped lead his party's impeachment fight against Bill Clinton,...

Britain Votes (Again)

05 Dec 2019

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Donald Trump wasn’t the only election surprise of 2016. Three months before he won the presidency,...

Is Russia Winning the Impeachment Hearings?

22 Nov 2019

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During an impeachment hearing this week, President Trump's former top Russia adviser accused Republi...

How to Stop A Civil War

14 Nov 2019

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The special December issue of The Atlantic focuses on a single theme: “How to Stop a Civil War.”...

Virginia Hates Tyrants

07 Nov 2019

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Senator Tim Kaine discusses Democrats' historic win in Virginia and what it means for 2020. Learn mo...

President Pete?

31 Oct 2019

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Mayor Pete Buttigieg discusses his unlikely presidential run. Learn more about your ad choices. Visi...

Reporting in ‘Forgotten America’

24 Oct 2019

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James Fallows spent decades covering national politics for The Atlantic. For the last four years tho...

Sanders vs. Warren?

18 Oct 2019

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The fourth Democratic debate this week highlighted Elizabeth Warren’s new front-runner status. It ...

How ISIS Returns

11 Oct 2019

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Staff writer Mike Giglio has been reporting on ISIS since before Americans knew what to call it. He ...

Understanding the Whistle-Blower

03 Oct 2019

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As a CIA officer detailed to the White House, Congresswoman Elissa Slotkin is one of the few people ...

Amy Klobuchar, Live at The Atlantic Festival

26 Sep 2019

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As impeachment news comes in by the minute, The Atlantic hosts its annual festival in our nation’s...

Steve Bullock's Longshot Case

19 Sep 2019

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The Montana governor talks about his presidential campaign, his personal connection to the gun contr...

The Heir

12 Sep 2019

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Begun with a gold-rush brothel in the Yukon, the Trump empire has long been passed down through gene...

On the Road with Beto

06 Sep 2019

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This week, Beto O'Rourke took a bus out of New York. Not a campaign bus, just a regular old bus. Isa...

The Man Who Couldn't Take It Anymore

29 Aug 2019

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In December, Defense Secretary James Mattis resigned in protest after President Trump announced plan...

Recession Politics

23 Aug 2019

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This week showed increasing signs that a recession could be on the horizon. Manufacturing is shrinki...

Andrew Yang's Campaign Against the Coming Dystopia

15 Aug 2019

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Andrew Yang joins Isaac Dovere on the trail in Iowa. Yang’s campaign started as a long-shot from a...

Cory Booker on White Supremacist Violence

08 Aug 2019

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On Wednesday, Senator Cory Booker gave a speech on gun violence and white nationalism at the Emanuel...

Rebuilding the Blue Wall

01 Aug 2019

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While in Detroit covering the Democratic debates, Isaac Dovere sits down with Dana Nessel, Michigan’...

The Veteran Candidate

26 Jul 2019

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Seth Moulton, the Massachusetts congressman and presidential candidate, joins Isaac Dovere this week...

How to Cover Racist Tweets

19 Jul 2019

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On Sunday, President Trump told four members of Congress to “go back” to the countries “from w...

Trump Diplomacy

11 Jul 2019

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This week, the British ambassador to the United States resigned after private cables leaked with his...

The Other Republican

27 Jun 2019

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Former Massachusetts Governor Bill Weld has experience taking down a Republican president. He began ...

The Fight for Reparations

21 Jun 2019

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On Wednesday—for the first time in a decade—Congress held a hearing on reparations for slavery. ...

The Reelection Battle Begins

13 Jun 2019

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The 2020 race is on. Staff writer Edward-Isaac Dovere, who covers Democratic politics, was in Cedar ...

Partisanship at the Supreme Court

06 Jun 2019

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In the coming days, the Supreme Court will announce its decisions on two cases that ask the same bas...

The Abortion Debate’s New Urgency

30 May 2019

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Recent weeks have seen unprecedented anti-abortion bills pass in states across the country. In Alaba...

Introducing Crazy/Genius Season 3

23 May 2019

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Privacy is now the most important idea on the internet—so what exactly is it? And if we care about...

Trump’s Trade War

16 May 2019

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Trump isn’t like most Republican presidents, but his views on trade have been an unusually firm de...

Liberalism’s Last Stand

09 May 2019

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Franklin Foer joins Isaac Dovere to discuss his story in the June issue of The Atlantic about Hungar...

Is Politics Funny Anymore?

02 May 2019

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Last weekend’s White House Correspondents’ Dinner was the first one in years without a comedian....

To Impeach Or Not To Impeach?

25 Apr 2019

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Atlantic Ideas Editor Yoni Appelbaum and Vox editor-at-large Ezra Klein have both deeply researched ...

The Trauma at the Border

20 Apr 2019

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On Tuesday, Attorney General William Barr ordered immigration judges to stop releasing asylum seeker...

Can A Long-Shot Candidate Beat Donald Trump?

12 Apr 2019

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The crowded race for the Democratic nomination includes both frontrunners and long-shots, but how do...

Sex, Gender, and the Democratic Party

04 Apr 2019

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In recent days, three women have accused former Vice President Joe Biden of inappropriate contact. O...

Politics After Mueller

28 Mar 2019

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Last week, the special counsel submitted his report to Attorney General Bill Barr. And this week, Ba...

President Trump’s Post-Mueller Corruption Problem

23 Mar 2019

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When elected, most presidents either sell their assets or put them in a blind trust. Isolating a pre...

Paul Manafort and the Problem of White-Collar Crime

14 Mar 2019

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Former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort will spend around seven years in federal prison — far...

The Future of the Democratic Party

07 Mar 2019

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The Democratic party is in a battle with itself. After devastating losses in 2016, the party was res...

President Trump's New Legal Nightmare

28 Feb 2019

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On Wednesday before the House Oversight Committee, Michael Cohen called the president a racist, a co...

State of Emergency

21 Feb 2019

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Last week, President Trump declared a national emergency to get funding for the wall. The move gave ...

Pecker Pics and Tabloid Tricks

14 Feb 2019

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Amazon founder Jeff Bezos recently accused the National Enquirer of “extortion and blackmail” ov...

Something Rotten in the State of Virginia

06 Feb 2019

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Recently, news broke that Virginia’s Democratic governor and attorney general both wore blackface ...

Kamala Harris, Progressive Prosecutor?

01 Feb 2019

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Senator Kamala Harris has drawn criticism for beginning her 2020 campaign by pitching herself as a ‘...

The Art of the Shutdown Deal

24 Jan 2019

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The government shutdown is now the longest in U.S. history, but President Trump seems no closer to a...

Is the President a Russian Asset?

17 Jan 2019

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On Friday, the New York Times published a startling story: In 2017, days after Trump fired FBI Direc...

How to Fix Social Media

10 Jan 2019

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Social media platforms once promised to connect the world. Today’s digital communities, though, of...

What Happened to the GOP?

20 Dec 2018

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Observing antidemocratic ‘power grabs’ by state Republicans, Atlantic staff writer George Packer...

Does the NRA Connect Trump to Russia?

14 Dec 2018

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On Thursday, Maria Butina became the first Russian national convicted of seeking to influence the 20...

The First Gene-Edited Babies

06 Dec 2018

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A Chinese researcher recently touched off a global controversy when he announced the birth of the wo...

What’s Happening With Mueller and Manafort?

29 Nov 2018

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Paul Manafort’s cooperation with the Mueller probe has collapsed. In a Monday filing, the special ...

Florida Flashbacks

16 Nov 2018

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The midterms were over a week ago, but a number of races have yet to be called. In Florida, the sena...

What Did We Learn From the Midterms?

09 Nov 2018

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Executive Editor Matt Thompson interviews Atlantic reporters on what lessons they drew from the midt...

Midterms in the Wake of Political Violence

02 Nov 2018

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The upcoming midterms mark the first nationwide referendum on the Trump presidency and the GOP-led C...

The Murder of Jamal Khashoggi

26 Oct 2018

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On October 2nd, Washington Post contributing columnist Jamal Khashoggi entered the Saudi consulate i...

The Politics of Ancestry

19 Oct 2018

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Senator Elizabeth Warren recently shared results of a genetic analysis to back up her family’s sto...

America's Higher Education Crisis

12 Oct 2018

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A college education has become a key asset towards success in the American economy, but for many Ame...

Remembering Ferguson with DeRay Mckesson

05 Oct 2018

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Four years ago, after a police officer shot and killed Michael Brown, protestors took to the streets...

Is the Public Square Gone?

28 Sep 2018

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After a news week that’s felt more like a news month, Matt Thompson sits down with two experienced...

The Reputations and Reckonings of #MeToo

21 Sep 2018

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As Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh faces assault allegations, the #MeToo movement reaches its ...

Is Democracy Dying?

14 Sep 2018

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With authoritarianism and populism on the rise around the world, The Atlantic examines the fate of d...

How Much Longer Can Football Last?

07 Sep 2018

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Mark Leibovich has a day job covering the reality show of politics as the New York Times Magazine’...

The Endless Devastation of Hurricane Season

31 Aug 2018

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This week, the most rigorous estimate yet of deaths caused by Hurricane Maria was published, marking...

Trump’s Worst Day

23 Aug 2018

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Matt and Gillian discuss Paul Manafort’s guilty verdict and Michael Cohen’s guilty plea with Fra...

When Does Hollywood’s Diversity Become Real Representation?

17 Aug 2018

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With movies like Crazy Rich Asians, BlacKkKlansman, and Sorry To Bother You out in theaters, Hollywo...

Charlottesville: One Year Later

10 Aug 2018

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It’s been a year since the violence of the “Unite the Right” rally and the political turmoil o...

Keepers of the Year 2018

20 Jul 2018

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The first anniversary of Radio Atlantic this week coincides with one of the newsiest weeks of 2018. ...

The Future of Europe

13 Jul 2018

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As President Trump meets with other western leaders in Europe, the spirit of democratic cooperation ...

Are We Ready for the Next Pandemic?

06 Jul 2018

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“Humanity is now in the midst of its fastest-ever period of change,” writes Ed Yong in the July/...

The View from the Border

21 Jun 2018

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Outrage over families separated at the border has reached a fever pitch. Social media is awash with ...

Being Black in America Can Be Hazardous to Your Health

15 Jun 2018

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Nationwide, black Americans live three years less than white Americans. In places with a history of ...

The North Korea Summit

08 Jun 2018

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Two of the world’s most volatile heads of state—Kim Jong Un and Donald Trump—have moved in the...

A White House Troll ‘Owning the Libs’

01 Jun 2018

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A new generation of political activists have grown up more interested in provoking outrage from thei...

Is the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict Past Solving?

25 May 2018

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The decades-old dispute between Israelis and Palestinians seems to be at a new low these days. Two A...