British political journalist and spy-thriller writer Jonathan Freedland imagined a president in need of removal from office before Trump was elected

It might seem like a conspiracy theory on the surface, but a closer look reveals some troubling connections

Why do so many Americans mistake what typically signals a failure of democracy for democracy itself?

American politicians love to talk about ‘3 a.m. phone calls,’ but Israeli leaders actually receive them

Bad faith, political speech, and the intrusive ‘we’

Jewish dominatrix Tara Indiana is rarely on the bottom—but she was in her presidential race against Donald Trump

From a New York Jewish liberal to everyone on the other side: Our differences are real, but so are our similarities.

‘I was struck by the fervent hatred many Sanders supporters maintained for Hillary Clinton.’

‘In retrospect, I clearly ignored too much of my own anecdotal evidence.’

The Jacksonian political movement was an enemy of swindler capitalism that enfranchised the lower class, welcomed immigrants, grew into the enduring Democratic Party, and revolutionized the United States as a democracy instead of an aristocracy

Feelings of unease, and tiny pockets of satisfaction, around the results of the 2016 presidential election

Israeli leftists are no strangers to sudden electoral defeats. Is there anything American liberals can learn from them?

Mystic emanations, and a path forward, in democracy’s wake

Ruth Bader Ginsburg was outspoken against Donald Trump during the election. The day after he won, she may have shown her disapproval in another fashion.

Historical analogies are always flawed, but some moral principles shine eternal