Best of 2025: Revolving Door Project

Socialist in Seattle

A year after her election, Mayor Katie Wilson wants to upgrade housing and transit in the Emerald City. But moderate councilors and divisions within her own base are undermining her.

The House Districts Where Democrats Are Still Fighting Each Other

California’s Democrat-on-Democrat races mirror left-vs.-center primary battles we’ve seen across the country.

The Coming AI Meltdown

The whole economy has been pumped up by unsustainable investment in AI. The unwinding will not be pretty—and could be catastrophic.

Republicans Had 690 Days to Oppose Trump

They’re trying to cram all the opposition into the last 40 before the election.

After Missouri, Mid-Decade Redistricting May Die a Natural Death

Republican gerrymandering in the state might be too shameless even for the Supreme Court.