Alex Garland’s film is a fascinatingly empty meditation on journalism and our political divides.

Czechoslovakia’s “Velvet Divorce” offers a model for dealing with America’s irreconcilable differences.

Make no mistake, America’s experiment in popular sovereignty is in jeopardy. Here’s how this moment compares to past crises.

How did “working across the aisle” become the goal and not merely the means?

The curious appeal of the country legend in a divided nation

Politicians love to bluster about saving “our democracy”—without acknowledging all the ways it’s broken.

A rise in extreme polarization culminated in Trump—and likely won’t be vanquished by Biden.

Getting elections right in the face of a pandemic—and a partisan meltdown

Ezra Klein’s flawed diagnosis of the divisions in American politics

Do we need to get more polarized?

The fiasco surrounding Antonin Scalia's death points to a long-term illness.

The grim, angry, loopy, and predetermined conclusion to Washington's crisis