You are using an
outdated
browser.
Please
upgrade your browser
and improve your visit to our site.
Skip Navigation
The New Republic
The New Republic
LATEST
BREAKING NEWS
POLITICS
CLIMATE
CULTURE
MAGAZINE
NEWSLETTERS
PODCASTS
GAMES
The New Republic
The New Republic
The New Republic
The New Republic
The New Republic
LATEST
BREAKING NEWS
POLITICS
CLIMATE
CULTURE
MAGAZINE
NEWSLETTERS
PODCASTS
GAMES
The New Republic
The New Republic
The New Republic
January-February 2024
January 5, 2024
Magazine
Osita Nwanevu
The Electric Kool-Aid Conservative
Tom Wolfe was no radical.
January 4, 2024
Magazine
Melissa Gira Grant
The Right Is Winning Its War on Schools
Using bogus scandals and funding crunches, Republicans across the country are decimating public education.
January 3, 2024
Magazine
Timothy Noah
The Economists Who Found the Richest People of All Time
Branko Milanovic and Guido Alfani study inequality over the course of human history. The results are not good.
January 2, 2024
Magazine
Aaron Gell
Democrats and Climate Activists Are on a Collision Course in 2024
In the run-up to a presidential election with dire climate implications, can activists afford to demonize Democrats? Can they afford not to?
January 2, 2024
Magazine
Alex Shephard
Why Are Republicans So Bad at Podcasting?
Ted Cruz, Matt Gaetz, and Mike Johnson all have podcasts. They’re terrible.
December 29, 2023
Magazine
Julian E. Zelizer
The Squad Has a Serious Shot at Party Leadership
Despite attacks from their colleagues, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and her peers are part of a proud tradition of influential legislators who moved their party left.
December 28, 2023
Magazine
Nina Burleigh
Biden’s Other Formidable Opponent in 2024
Fox News has never been more nakedly partisan. Can Biden fend off the network as he battles Trump for reelection?
December 28, 2023
Magazine
Andrea Jurjević
Personal Effects
December 22, 2023
Magazine
Phillip Maciak
The Curse
Pushes Cringe Beyond the Limits
Benny Safdie, Nathan Fielder, and Emma Stone take social awkwardness to the most painful levels TV has ever seen.
December 18, 2023
Magazine
Steven Greenhouse
How Corporations Crush New Unions
Bargaining-table negotiations over a first contract are never easy, but now they’re becoming excruciatingly slow and difficult. For companies like Trader Joe’s, that’s the goal.
December 14, 2023
Magazine
Matthew Duss
Ukraine and Israel and the Two Joe Bidens
In Ukraine, Biden has spent two years articulating a stirring argument for a rules-based order. In Israel, he set about burning that argument to the ground. Is a morally consistent foreign policy possible?
December 14, 2023
Magazine
Adam Nayman
May December
Is a Wicked Imitation Game
Todd Haynes took the story of a tabloid scandal and made it something much stranger.
Our Writers
Kate Aronoff
Climate & Energy
Matt Ford
Law & The Courts
Melissa Gira Grant
LGBTQ Rights
Jason Linkins
Power & Plutocracy
Timothy Noah
Politics & Economy
Malcolm Ferguson
Breaking News
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
Breaking News
Edith Olmsted
Breaking News
Hafiz Rashid
Breaking News
Greg Sargent
Politics & Democracy
Grace Segers
Congress & Elections
Alex Shephard
Politics & Media
Heather Souvaine Horn
Climate Change
Michael Tomasky
Politics & Ideas
About
The New Republic
’s history
1