Viktor Orbán’s defeat showed Democrats how to end Trump’s rule.
Sign up for the Slatest to get the most insightful analysis, criticism, and advice out there, delivered to your inbox daily. This past week, we discovered anew that presidential son-in-law Jared Kushner—who serves as a chief Trump administration diplomatic envoy—also profits mightily from business deals with countries with whom he negotiates. We learned, further, that […]
How to find a way back.
Sign up for the Slatest to get the most insightful analysis, criticism, and advice out there, delivered to your inbox daily. At the close of 2025, many progressive commentators were seizing on any glimmer of hope that America’s march toward authoritarianism might be slowing to a crawl. On Dec. 26, the New York Times’ Michelle […]
How to Depolarize American Politics by Edward B. Foley & Eric S. Maskin
American voters are more polarized than ever before, and the United States’ conventional electoral system prevents a third-party candidate from posing a serious challenge, even if he or she can bridge ideological and partisan divides. But it does not have to be this way: a simple and sensible institutional fix is readily available. TUCSON/CAMBRIDGE – […]