Yoni Appelbaum

In 1901, a series of articles took a dim view of the era, and of the idea that all Americans ought to participate in the democratic process.

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A tectonic demographic shift is under way. Can the country hold together?

The special counsel has concluded he can neither charge nor clear the president. Only Congress can now resolve the allegations against him.

Starting the process will rein in a president who is undermining American ideals—and bring the debate about his fitness for office into Congress, where it belongs.

As participation in civic life has dwindled, so has public faith in the country’s system of government.

Not yet—but it has precious few supporters on either the left or the right.

A multi-ethnic democracy requires grappling honestly with the past—and recognizing the symbols of the Confederacy for what they are.

The president addressed the quadrennial gathering like a campaign rally—talking to a group devoted to service as if it valued self-interest.

Richard Haass, one of the few foreign-policy experts the president says he respects, had some harsh words for the administration’s early stumbles.

Why the president, who appears allergic to the logic of bureaucracy, keeps getting defeated by that humblest of technologies, the office memorandum

Some issues aren’t amenable to deal making; some principles don’t lend themselves to compromise.

Why did Trump’s choice for national-security adviser perform so well in the war on terror, only to find himself forced out of the Defense Intelligence Agency?

A day after the Trump charges “Nixon/Watergate” level misconduct by his predecessor, the administration says that “neither the White House nor the president will comment further.”

The National Security Council staffer, who explained her decision to resign in The Atlantic, was not a political appointee.

A conversation with a longtime media and advertising executive about how the president-elect sold himself to the public

The Party of Lincoln’s nominee returned to the site of his greatest speech, to attack the faith in democratic government that Lincoln so carefully fostered.

Breaking with two centuries of political tradition, the presidential nominee didn’t ask Americans to place their trust in each other or in God, but rather, in him.

The Constitution assigns executive authority to the president—but a President Trump would hand it off to Mike Pence.

Armored, masked police officers confront one of the citizens they are sworn to protect.