Skip Navigation
Democratic Party
May 28, 1984
Henry Fairlie
The Decline of Oratory
April 23, 1984
Hendrik Hertzberg
The Mushy Center
April 12, 1980
Subscribers Only
Arthur Schlesinger Jr.
The Great Carter Mystery
Is incompetence the mother of success?
Subscribers Only
December 22, 1979
Morton Kondracke
Superman Crashes
September 23, 1978
Morton Kondracke
Kennedy the President
July 24, 1976
Ken Bode
Carter’s Problems
July 28, 1973
Walter Pincus
Drippings from the Watergate
July 15, 1972
Alexander M. Bickel
Will the Democrats Survive Miami?
October 24, 1970
James T. Murphy
Changes in the House: a Prediction
August 3, 1968
Paul R. Wieck
Southern Democrats: Not What They Used To Be
April 1, 1966
Andrew Kopkind
He’s a Happening
November 20, 1965
Andrew Kopkind
Connally's Texas
July 16, 1962
Gus Tyler
What Is Representative Government?
November 16, 1959
William Costello
Coasting with Ike in '56
June 23, 1958
Ronnie Dugger
Politics in California-III
June 2, 1958
Ronnie Dugger
Politics in California—I
April 6, 1952
The Editors
Truman’s Gift to Democracy—Free Choice in ’52
July 26, 1948
The New Republic Staff
The New Party's Future
July 26, 1948
Helen Fuller
The Funeral Is Called Off
July 12, 1948
MagazineThe New Republic
The Democrats’ Last Chance
The choice for Democrats at Philadelphia is to find progressive leadership or perish.

Our Writers

Kate AronoffClimate & Energy
Matt FordLaw & The Courts
Melissa Gira GrantLGBTQ Rights
Jason LinkinsPower & Plutocracy
Timothy NoahPolitics & Economy
Malcolm FergusonBreaking News
Ellie Quinlan HoughtalingBreaking News
Edith OlmstedBreaking News
Hafiz RashidBreaking News
Greg SargentPolitics & Democracy
Grace SegersCongress & Elections
Alex ShephardPolitics & Media
Heather Souvaine HornClimate Change
Michael TomaskyPolitics & Ideas
About The New Republic’s history