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Americans want Congress to stop the imperial presidency

4 Oct 2026

Article I is so back

MAGA is having a normal one

3 Oct 2026

Also: The online stans-turned-political-prisoners and ...is Threads back?

Become a Fellow at The Argument

2 Oct 2026

An opportunity to publish, debate, and grow with The Argument’s editorial team.

What happened to the working-class husband?

2 Oct 2026

The degree divide haunting American marriage.

Ad free podcast for paid subscribers: What the hell is going on in Europe?

1 Oct 2026

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Stop trying to make xenophobia sound smart

1 Oct 2026

No one actually cares about how immigration impacts the economy

You can't legislate community

30 Sep 2026

There's no replacement for believing in things

The least popular war since Vietnam

30 Sep 2026

Trump’s war on Iran is dragging the whole Republican Party down

Inside the redistricting wars (with Rep. Kevin Kiley)

29 Sep 2026

Is retaliatory gerrymandering justified?

I’m with Nikole Hannah-Jones on this one

29 Sep 2026

K-12 grades shouldn’t be meaningless

No, AI safety is not a threat to GDP

28 Sep 2026

The economy will survive an AI slowdown

Do I just care because they look like me?

27 Sep 2026

The Tigray War killed hundreds of thousands. Four years later, Ethiopia is sliding back toward conflict.

Can the Massachusetts lesbian Bar save journalism?

26 Sep 2026

Also: Clavicular gets charged and the most popular song of the year you may not have heard.

How to kill housing with paperwork

25 Sep 2026

It takes longer to get permits in Boston than to build a house in Phoenix

Are we running out of math? (with Kai Williams)

24 Sep 2026

How mathematicians are reckoning with AI

The politics of panic

24 Sep 2026

Even the optimistic AI take isn’t looking so good

Ad free podcast for paid subscribers: Chat, are we doomed?

24 Sep 2026

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How Trump is building a blue wave

23 Sep 2026

Adam Carlson on the electoral cost of sticking with Trump

You couldn’t be nice to your chatbot if you tried

23 Sep 2026

But maybe you should try anyway.

Polling has become a playground for grifters, liars, and frauds

22 Sep 2026

I'm a pollster and this is getting ridiculous.

The scumbag style in American politics

21 Sep 2026

Bad people make bad allies

No, diplomas are not a substitute for learning

20 Sep 2026

Worst Take of the Week: An NYT op-ed proposes turning the University of California into a diploma mill

How to make Macklemore a martyr

19 Sep 2026

Also: The “dangerous” ideology behind AI safety, new data on streaming, and the unmasking of a would-be terrorist.

One policy that unites liberals and conservatives

18 Sep 2026

Greater welfare spending

The election experts and the models can’t both be right

17 Sep 2026

Election experts doubt a blue wave. Here’s why they’re wrong.

Ad free podcast for paid subscribers: Are we on the road to serfdom?

17 Sep 2026

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Ad free podcast for paid subscribers: How 9/11 changed American politics forever

10 Sep 2026

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Nate Silver on why the center-left is losing

3 Sep 2026

Does the center-left need to separate from the establishment?

Derek Thompson on the antisocial century

27 Aug 2026

Americans are spending more time alone than ever before.

How do I listen to The Argument podcast without ads in my podcast app?

26 Aug 2026

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Are elites just whoever you don’t like?

26 Aug 2026

What Bernie Sanders gets right about billionaires

What's wrong with Bowling Alone?

26 Aug 2026

A skeptical debate on social capital

#MeToo didn’t go far enough

26 Aug 2026

Can women ever be free from fear?

You don't actually want to buy a house

26 Aug 2026

The American dream... or just good marketing?

Why AI might not replace us after all

26 Aug 2026

Will you still have a job in 2030?

What AOC and Bernie Sanders get wrong about the oligarchy

26 Aug 2026

What are Bernie Sanders and AOC actually fighting against?

Was Jane Jacobs the first NIMBY?

26 Aug 2026

Loving cities doesn't mean you know what they need

Is assimilation racist?

26 Aug 2026

Do immigrants need to assimilate to belong?

The Biden legacy: A ranking of failures

26 Aug 2026

Sleepy Joe couldn't let go

Andrew Tate, Dan Bilzerian, and the death of romance

26 Aug 2026

I made a fake YouTube account and saw the manosphere

How environmentalists lost the plot

26 Aug 2026

How NIMBYs hijacked the climate movement

Do we need to build God to cure cancer?

26 Aug 2026

The AI labs keep promising a medical miracle. Not everyone is buying it.

Why is crime falling everywhere?

26 Aug 2026

Diving into the vibe shift on crime

Why Democrats and Republicans want you to pay $50,000 for a car

26 Aug 2026

I just want to buy a car

Did Joe Biden really kill Spirit Airlines?

26 Aug 2026

What the Spirit Airlines fallout tells us about American politics