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Are you abandoning the fight if you move from a red state to a blue one?
Your Mileage May Vary is an advice column offering you a unique framework for thinking through your moral dilemmas. It’s based on value pluralism — the idea that each of us has multiple values that are equally valid but that often conflict with each other. To submit a question, fill out this…
Why animals are smarter than we think
When I was growing up, one of my favorite things to hear from an adult was that I was smart. It made me feel special — like I was capable of doing things that other people weren’t. In hindsight, that pride came with baggage: pressure to do well academically, and a sense of competition that […]
Did the midterms kill MAGA?
In 2015, Donald Trump descended a golden escalator and launched a presidential campaign that reshaped American politics. More than a decade later, with his record-low approval ratings and the US embroiled in a war with Iran, he asked voters to treat the 2026 midterms as a referendum on him. “Please…
How Democrats can make good on their new mandate
The midterm elections were great for Democrats everywhere, but some triumphed even more decisively than others: Maryland Gov. Wes Moore, for example, cruised to reelection with roughly 63 percent of the vote. Voters pushed Republicans out — and kept Democrats like Moore in power — in part because…
You’re going to hate shopping in an AI economy
When was the last time you had to call customer support with a problem? Can you remember how it went? If you’re like most Americans, the answer is “probably not very well.” And that may be understating it: As of 2025, according to the “National Customer Rage Survey” — yes, it’s a real thing — […]
This election’s biggest AI story isn’t about data centers
You’ve probably been hearing a lot about data centers this week. Candidates in several races made regulating data centers a key part of their campaigns. Now, 40 ballot measures to slow or stop data centers have passed. And in an exit poll, when respondents were asked how important AI and data…
Trump doubles down on everything that lost him the midterms
This story appeared in The Logoff, a daily newsletter that helps you stay informed about the Trump administration without letting political news take over your life. Subscribe here. Welcome to The Logoff: President Donald Trump is doubling down after a midterm annihilation. What happened? On Friday…
JD Vance’s bad week gets worse
This story appeared in Today, Explained, a daily newsletter that helps you understand the most compelling news and stories of the day. Subscribe here. Hi readers, happy Friday! What a week, right? My colleague Caitlin Dewey has spent the last two days unpacking some of the midterm results and their…
Dems won the midterms. How should they work with Trump?
Just days after big wins in the midterms, Democrats are celebrating historic victories. But what can we actually learn from these wins? David Axelrod is a Democratic strategist and the man behind Barack Obama’s two presidential victories. He’s not a senior political commentator at CNN. He’s spent…
Los Angeles is about to test a new kind of housing politics
It’s notoriously hard to govern Los Angeles, a city that gives its mayor less direct authority over the government than in a city like New York or Chicago. But even so, it’d be hard to do much worse than Karen Bass. Elected mayor of LA in 2022, Bass campaigned on promises to solve the city’s […]
The decency was the point
As various factions try to make the case about what won the midterms — moderation or progressivism, populism or the establishment — perhaps the easiest and most universal way to describe 2026 was as a contest between decency and cruelty. For nearly a decade, bullying, scape-goating, and just plain…
Convenience is a hot commodity. Here’s how to decide when it’s actually worth it.
Despite the widespread protests over data centers and Flock cameras, the viral videos of people pranking bots in job interviews, frustration with slop, and rage at tech CEOs’ rightward lean, AI is spreading. According to the Pew Research Center, about half of American adults have used a chatbot…
AI scams are everywhere — and they’re slick. Here’s how to protect yourself and your family.
It’s hard to tell exactly when AI slop stopped being just a punchline involving Will Smith eating spaghetti and started feeling dangerous. That’s actually part of the problem. This year, many of the popular AI tools that used to struggle with the number of fingers on a human hand gained the ability…
Sweden builds houses and apartments like Lego sets. Why don’t we?
Sweden has given the world many wonderful gifts. Zara Larsson, obviously. Spotify and social democracy. And Ikea, the company that showed us you can furnish your apartment, stylishly and affordably, with the contents of a few flatpack boxes. Sweden’s talent for mass-producing clever…
How they built it
The US faces a huge housing shortage, outdated transportation systems, a dearth of affordable childcare, and an urgent need for substantial clean energy. But why haven’t we been able to build out all of the things we so acutely need? Fortunately, these problems are not without solutions. We just…
What the midterms could mean for Trump’s Cabinet
This story appeared in The Logoff, a daily newsletter that helps you stay informed about the Trump administration without letting political news take over your life. Subscribe here. Welcome to The Logoff: It’s a whole new world for President Donald Trump. What’s happening? So far, surprisingly…
Midterm voters clearly wanted to make America nice again
This story appeared in Today, Explained, a daily newsletter that helps you understand the most compelling news and stories of the day. Subscribe here. As the dust from Tuesday’s elections continues to settle, Republicans are looking around their shrunken ranks and wondering precisely where they…
Rahm Emanuel knows how congressional Democrats can keep winning
Democrats had a better night than anyone expected on Tuesday, winning sweeping majorities in both the House and the Senate as voters turned away from President Donald Trump and the Republican Party. Now, they have to figure out how to govern and contend with two more years of Trump’s presidency…
The moment Donald Trump blew the midterms
Democrats just partied like it’s 1974. On Tuesday night, they pulled off the largest midterm victory since the post-Watergate wave. Democratic Senate candidates conquered longtime Republican strongholds like Kansas and Texas — and probably (in the view of the internet’s gamblers) Mississippi and…
The midterms were a youth revolt
One of the most consequential subplots of the 2026 elections is that young voters swung back toward Democrats — hard. Early data shows that 66 percent of adults under 30 voted for a Democrat for the House of Representatives, compared to just 31 percent who voted for a Republican — a gap of 35…
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