Far Right
Fault Lines
What the Iran Strikes Reveal About MAGA
The movement has survived all sorts of political stress tests, but there’s one schism that could actually pose a problem.
By Jon Allsop
Infinite Scroll
How the Internet Left 4chan Behind
The anonymous forum thrived when edgelord content wasn’t acceptable on more mainstream social media. Today, it can be found most anywhere.
By Kyle Chayka
Q. & A.
What Marine Le Pen’s Conviction Means for French Democracy
After the far-right leader was found guilty of embezzlement and barred from running for office, her supporters cried foul. Was justice served or politicized?
By Isaac Chotiner
The Lede
A New Rallying Cry for the Irony-Poisoned Right
It took less than twenty-four hours after Trump’s reëlection for young men to take up a slogan that could define the coming era of gendered regression: “Your body, my choice.”
By Jia Tolentino
The Political Scene Podcast
How Poll Watchers Could Help Trump Challenge the Election Results
“It’s impossible to overstate how much more organized Trump’s 2024 operation is than the 2020 operation,” the New Yorker contributing writer Antonia Hitchens says.
The Political Scene Podcast
How Hurricane Helene Has Fuelled Far-Right Conspiracies
The devastation of Hurricane Helene is throwing North Carolina’s already hypercompetitive election into disarray.
Dispatch
The Complicated Rise of the Right in Germany’s Left-Behind Places
As populist parties surge in the eastern part of the country, the ruling coalition is stumbling and the traditional political spectrum is being scrambled.
By Alec MacGillis
Q. & A.
The Uncertain Outcomes of Emmanuel Macron’s Election Maneuver
The snap elections yielded a surprising defeat for France’s far right—and a new set of problems for Macron to contend with.
By Isaac Chotiner
Q. & A.
Why the French Far Right Triumphed
An expert on French politics explains where President Emmanuel Macron went wrong in calling a snap election.
By Isaac Chotiner
The Political Scene Podcast
Why Jim Jordan Is Still “the Man for the Moment”
Despite his failed bid for Speaker, the Ohio representative is the face of a Republican Party that is more interested in launching investigations than it is in passing laws.
Under Review
How to Treat Right-Wing Violence in the U.S.
Does the far-right extremism of the Trump era represent an eternal pattern in American politics or a new one?
By Benjamin Wallace-Wells
Daily Comment
The Puzzling, Increasingly Rightward Turn of Mario Vargas Llosa
The writer has shocked many by endorsing Latin America and Spain’s rising authoritarian movements.
By Graciela Mochkofsky
Daily Comment
Why Israel’s Government Is Attacking Its Public-Broadcasting System
Benjamin Netanyahu’s coalition is going after élite institutions, and that’s not good for democracy.
By Nicholas Lemann
Letter from the Southwest
What Really Happened at Waco
Thirty years later, an avoidable tragedy has spawned a politically ascendant mythology.
By Rachel Monroe
Q. & A.
The Failed Coup Plotters Yearning for the German Reich
A mishmash of conspiracy theories and imperial nostalgia has found purchase with the country’s far-right factions.
By Isaac Chotiner
News Desk
What the Conviction of Stewart Rhodes Means for Right-Wing Militancy
Will imprisoning the Oath Keepers’ leader for seditious conspiracy derail the movement he helped build?
By Mike Giglio
The Political Scene Podcast
The Historical Echoes of Trump’s Dinner with a White Supremacist
Following the former President’s meal at Mar-a-Lago with the Holocaust denier Nick Fuentes, our roundtable breaks down the Republican Party’s historic relationship with the far right.
News Desk
The Conservative Stalwart Challenging the Far-Right Legal Theory That Could Subvert American Democracy
J. Michael Luttig is opposing Republican groups in one of the most momentous cases that the Supreme Court is considering this term.
By Jane Mayer
Q. & A.
Vladimir Putin’s Place in the Culture Wars
The columnist Christopher Caldwell discusses conservative admiration for the Russian leader, and whether election denialism is just politics.
By Isaac Chotiner
Q. & A.
“I’m a Woman, I’m a Mother, I’m Christian”: How Giorgia Meloni Took Control in the Italian Election
The country has chosen its most right-wing government since the Second World War. Will political dysfunction temper extremism?
By Isaac Chotiner