Perspectives

On the Road With Rahm Emanuel: He Embodies His Party’s Past. Could He Also Be Its Future?

By David Montgomery

October 23, 2026 01:02 p.m.
Dana Milbank: No Attack Is Too Vile for JD Vance

By Dana Milbank

October 22, 2026 05:00 a.m.
Matt K. Lewis: Mike Johnson Really Needs to Stop Insisting the Polls Are Wrong

By Matt K. Lewis

October 21, 2026 11:06 a.m.

Dana Milbank: How Big a Wave? This Minnesota Math Teacher Could Be the Democrats’ High-Water Mark.

October 14, 2026 05:00 a.m.
Dana Milbank: We Have a Chance to Break Out of Our National Doom Loop in 2028. Here’s How.

October 07, 2026 11:51 a.m.
Dana Milbank: Ballparks in Our National Parks? Trump’s Plundering Is in a League of Its Own.

October 02, 2026 05:00 a.m.

Matt K. Lewis: Don’t Bet on JD Vance in 2028

October 08, 2026 01:13 p.m.
Matt K. Lewis: I Almost Never Vote for Democrats. I’m Making an Exception This Year.

September 30, 2026 09:37 p.m.
Matt K. Lewis: How Trump Blew Up His Coalition, Group by Group

September 22, 2026 03:50 p.m.

Robin Givhan: Stop Belittling Kamala Harris

By Robin Givhan

October 09, 2026 06:10 p.m.
How ‘Hamilton’ Became Cool Again

By Anusha Mathur

September 25, 2026 10:53 a.m.
Robin Givhan: The Complicated Masculinity of Abdul El-Sayed

By Robin Givhan

September 12, 2026 05:00 a.m.
The Ballad of Scott Brown Is the Story of the Republican Party in 2026

By Bill Donahue

September 03, 2026 03:01 p.m.

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Forum: Sen. Bill Cassidy, Rep. Al Green and 16 Other Candidates on Losing Their 2026 Primaries.

October 14, 2026 02:44 p.m.

What Washington Gets Wrong About Education — According to 12 Teachers From Across the Country

September 30, 2026 04:03 p.m.
Five Reflections on 9/11 — By People Who Were Born After 9/11

September 11, 2026 01:16 p.m.
Under-the-Radar Ideas to Improve American Energy Policy that Could Pass Congress this Year

July 24, 2026 04:15 p.m.
What Is the Most Significant Gap in the Social Safety Net for American Families?

June 26, 2026 04:56 p.m.
What Washington Gets Wrong About Religion, According to 14 Religious Leaders and Experts

June 12, 2026 03:15 p.m.

Dana Milbank: It Was Already a Pretty Bad Week. Then Trump Surrendered to China.

September 25, 2026 05:00 a.m.
Matt K. Lewis: How Trump Blew Up His Coalition, Group by Group

September 22, 2026 03:50 p.m.
Dana Milbank: The AI Industry Sounds an Existential Alarm — And the House Goes Home

September 18, 2026 05:00 a.m.
Matt K. Lewis: Trump’s AI Stance Is a Betrayal of His Supporters — And Conservatism

September 16, 2026 11:13 a.m.
Dana Milbank: Maybe We Should Name Everything After Trump

September 16, 2026 05:00 a.m.
Robin Givhan: The Complicated Masculinity of Abdul El-Sayed

September 12, 2026 05:00 a.m.
Five Reflections on 9/11 — By People Who Were Born After 9/11

September 11, 2026 01:16 p.m.
Dana Milbank: In Dallas, Trump’s Land of Make-Believe Unravels

September 11, 2026 05:00 a.m.
Dana Milbank: The Washington Sun Rises Today. I Hope You’ll Join Our Orbit.

September 09, 2026 05:45 a.m.
The Ballad of Scott Brown Is the Story of the Republican Party in 2026

September 03, 2026 03:01 p.m.
How Dolly Parton Unilaterally Fixed a Massive Flaw in American Education

September 02, 2026 05:28 p.m.
Dana Milbank: The Only Thing Mike Johnson’s House Is Good at Doing Is Wrongdoing

September 02, 2026 05:00 a.m.
Jesse Watters vs. Abdul El-Sayed Was Compelling TV — And Great for American Democracy

August 28, 2026 05:00 a.m.
Dana Milbank: The Republican Midterm Message on Inflation? Stop Whining!

August 27, 2026 05:00 a.m.
The Better Things Look for Democrats in 2026, the Worse They Could Be in 2028

August 26, 2026 05:00 a.m.
Dana Milbank: Allow Me to Present the Secret War Plans for Trump’s Military Attack on the Bond Market

August 25, 2026 05:00 a.m.