Charles Blow

The vice president is an institutionalist politician. Her membership in a “Divine Nine” organization helps explain why.

The Springfield fable is part of a crusade to throw immigrants out of the country.

The election is too close to call, but the vice president has exposed the former president.

The false “stolen valor” claim isn’t sticking, but that hasn’t stopped conservatives from using it.

Sycophants still line up to play his game.

The vice president is giving Democrats what they want while disorienting Donald Trump.

Harris is selling something different, but would continue his legacy.

Authoritarian tendencies and misogyny rise together.

This election has become a contest between Harris’s high spirits and Trump’s dark vision.

Her death is the manifestation of a societal sickness that devalues Black life.