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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.
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.
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?
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.”
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.
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.
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.
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?
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.
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.
Letter from the Southwest

What Really Happened at Waco

Thirty years later, an avoidable tragedy has spawned a politically ascendant mythology.
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.
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? 
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.
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.
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?