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  • Insisting Jesus Was White Is Bad History and Bad Theology

    12 December 2013, 4:58 pm by: Jonathan Merritt

    In trying to police his depiction, Megyn Kelly is wrong on both the facts and the essential universality of the Christian message.    
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  • Why Liberal Democrats Are Skeptical of Hillary Clinton, in One Paragraph

    12 December 2013, 12:46 pm by: David A. Graham

    Hint: It's the same reason an auditorium of Goldman Sachs executives gave her a warm welcome recently.    
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  • Obama's Misguided Focus on Inequality

    12 December 2013, 12:00 pm by: Amitai Etzioni

    Until Democrats—liberals and centrists alike—show government can work, the public won't be receptive to government-driven social-justice proposals.    
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  • The 12 Days of Obamacare: Late-Night Comedy Roundup

    12 December 2013, 10:09 am by: Reena Flores

    Plus: a bipartisan budget deal, holiday carols about Obamacare—and more.    
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  • Ask Washington Anything: Mark Halperin and John Heilemann

    12 December 2013, 9:28 am by: Emma Green

    The authors of Game Change and Double Down answer questions about politics as part of a series from Reddit and The Atlantic.    
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  • The Poster Child for Washington Dysfunction

    12 December 2013, 9:11 am by: Norm Ornstein

    How the farm bill went from a beacon of bipartisanship to a stalled-out symptom of ideological ineptitude    
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  • Ex-CIA, NSA, FBI, and GCHQ Employees Urge Former Colleagues to Blow the Whistle

    12 December 2013, 8:52 am by: Conor Friedersdorf

    Daniel Ellsberg and other former leakers plead for current staffers to follow Edward Snowden's example.    
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  • The Mysterious Surge of Higher-Income Obamacare Enrollees

    11 December 2013, 5:21 pm by: Garance Franke-Ruta

    Only 40 percent of those getting cleared to sign up through the exchanges so far are eligible for subsidies, far short of the 90 percent predicted.    
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  • Mandela and the Question of Violence

    11 December 2013, 3:11 pm by: Ta-Nehisi Coates

    One should never lose sight of why America preaches nonviolence to some people while urging other people to arms.     
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  • The Obama 'Selfie' Photog Speaks: 'Photos Can Lie'

    11 December 2013, 3:00 pm by: Garance Franke-Ruta

    The journalist who snapped the picture seen 'round the world says everyone's getting the story wrong.    
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  • Will House Conservatives Wreck the Budget Deal?

    11 December 2013, 1:48 pm by: Molly Ball

    The right isn't wild about the bipartisan funding agreement reached Tuesday, but no revolt big enough to stop it appears to be brewing.    
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  • Obama-Castro Shake Shakes the Media: Late-Night Comedy Roundup

    11 December 2013, 9:38 am by: Reena Flores

    Plus: Kanye West wants to be “the Obama of clothing,” Obama wants to go on tour with Macklemore—and more.    
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  • How Americans Were Deceived About Cell-Phone Location Data

    11 December 2013, 9:15 am by: Conor Friedersdorf

    Remember when multiple Obama Administration figures said the NSA doesn't collect it? That wasn't true.    
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  • The Biggest Politics Stories of 2013

    11 December 2013, 8:00 am by: The Editors

    The year in review, from the editors of The Atlantic's Politics Channel    
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  • Ryan and Murray Are Already Playing Defense on Their Budget

    10 December 2013, 6:57 pm by: David A. Graham

    The Republican and Democratic negotiators have reached a budget deal. Can they sell their parties on it?    
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  • The Sexist Hype Around the Obamas and Helle Thorning-Schmidt

    10 December 2013, 6:23 pm by: Garance Franke-Ruta

    The toxic effect of a pervasive expectation about how female political leaders ought to look    
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  • E.L. Doctorow Wishes There Had Been More Outrage About the NSA

    10 December 2013, 10:38 am by: Emma Green

    The award-winning author discusses his disappointment with the American government—and the public.    
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  • World of Watchcraft: Late-Night Comedy Roundup

    10 December 2013, 9:44 am by: Reena Flores

    Plus: North Korea’s unemployment benefits, The Daily Show goes inside the online gaming community—and more.    
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  • The Republican Primary to End All Republican Primaries

    10 December 2013, 9:39 am by: Molly Ball

    Texas Senator John Cornyn's challenge from Steve Stockman, a militia-loving birther congressman, could be the ultimate expression of Tea Party nihilism.    
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  • Do You Trust the Washington Post's Sources on Morale at the NSA?

    10 December 2013, 8:20 am by: Conor Friedersdorf

    Former officials insist that employees are upset because President Obama hasn't visited to show his support.    
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  • How President Obama Misled Chris Matthews About NSA Surveillance

    10 December 2013, 6:00 am by: Conor Friedersdorf

    The MSNBC host should revisit the interview so his viewers know the truth.    
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  • When Jimmy Carter Was the Computer-Driven Candidate

    9 December 2013, 5:22 pm by: Garance Franke-Ruta

    The Georgia Democrat's campaign used email a few times a day in late 1976.    
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  • Junior Senators: So Hot Right Now

    9 December 2013, 4:54 pm by: David A. Graham

    In a chamber that fetishizes seniority and experience, whippersnappers are suddenly grabbing the spotlight.    
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  • The Rev Reproaches Republicans: Late-Night Comedy Roundup

    9 December 2013, 9:39 am by: Reena Flores

    Plus: Walmart is ruining every kid's Christmas, kids are ruining American education rankings—and more.    
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  • Google, Apple, and Microsoft Agree: NSA Spying Undermines Freedom

    9 December 2013, 6:42 am by: Conor Friedersdorf

    A total of eight prominent tech companies are urging President Obama and Congress to rein in the surveillance state.    
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