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Sarah Jones

Senior Writer, Intelligencer

Sarah Jones is a senior writer for Intelligencer who covers politics and has written for New York since 2018. She was previously a staff writer for The New Republic and is the author of Disposable: America's Contempt for the Underclass, forthcoming from Avid Reader Press.

  1. early and often
    Make America Great Again Victory Rally At Capital One Arena
    For MAGA, the Line Between God and Trump Has BlurredConversion stories and moments of revelation were once reserved for a higher power. Now they’re political.
  2. early and often
    Daddy’s HomeViolent masculinity is shaping the Trump administration.
  3. trump inauguration
    The Robber Baron InaugurationTrump’s inauguration affirmed the power of today’s robber barons.
  4. pete hegseth
    What Pete Hegseth Thinks Women Are Good ForOn the gender politics of his confirmation hearing.
  5. lgbtq+ rights
    Anita Bryant Is WinningThe late anti-gay crusader leaves behind a venomous legacy.
  6. the trump administration
    The Trump Administration Chooses ViolencePete Hegseth and Daniel Penny represent the authoritarianism of the right.
  7. drones
    The Great Drone Panic of 2024America is a paranoid and fearful place.
  8. covid pandemic
    What Trump’s COVID Contrarians Tell UsThe pandemic is still reshaping American politics.
  9. just asking questions
    How Trump Could Attack Trans RightsA legal scholar weighs in on what the next few years may look like for trans rights.
  10. crime
    The UnitedHealthcare Shooting Was InevitableOur political system is breaking down. Now it has killed.
  11. men
    The Creep Cabinet Is No AccidentIn Trump’s inner circle, misogyny is still the byword.
  12. book review
    The Perfect Fantasy Novel for These Uncertain TimesThe last book in Tad Williams’s influential Osten Ard series has a strong anti-authoritarian streak.
  13. just asking questions
    Sen. Chris Murphy
    Chris Murphy Wants Democrats to Break Up With NeoliberalismThe Democratic senator speaks out about the future of his party.
  14. politics
    Phil Vassar Performs On "FOX & Friends" All-American Summer Concert Series
    Inside the Mind of Pete HegsethTrump’s pick to run the Pentagon believes women are unfit for combat and that the greatest threat to the nation is the left.
  15. early and often
    Project 2025’s Mastermind Is Obsessed With ContraceptionAt a book party, the Heritage Foundation’s Kevin Roberts avoided much of what he wrote.
  16. 2024 election
    Bigotry Is Not the Answer to Donald TrumpPost-election, liberals scramble for easy scapegoats.
  17. 2024 election
    Kamala Harris Squandered Her Opportunity to WinVoters, especially women, wanted change, and they didn’t trust her to deliver.
  18. 2024 election
    The Real Class War Against Normal PeopleThe powerful support Vance and Trump precisely because they won’t help working Americans.
  19. just asking questions
    How Did This Become the Gender-Gap Election?Trump vs. Harris brings America’s gendered political preferences into sharper focus.
  20. early and often
    Why Did Trump’s MSG Rally Call Kamala Harris the Antichrist?For his Christian-right supporters, the election will be fought as spiritual warfare.
  21. 2024 election
    Elon Musk’s Plutocratic GambitHe wants government by the wealthy, for the wealthy, and is prepared to buy it.
  22. 2024 election
    At McDonald’s, Trump Cosplays as a WorkerThe former president boasts an extreme anti-labor record.
  23. close read
    No One Is Afraid of The ApprenticeTrump decided he has nothing to fear from a movie about his infamous relationship with Roy Cohn. And he’s mostly right.
  24. early and often
    Donald Trump Is DeterioratingAnd as he does, the extremists around him move closer to power.
  25. feminism
    The Misogyny PlotA new report on the Kavanaugh hearings reveals a deeper conspiracy.
  26. higher education
    In College at 40, in Debt for a LifetimeMillions of older Americans owe student loans. Is relief possible?
  27. 2024 election
    The Protector of No OneTrump is the wolf in the pasture, the threat in the dark.
  28. just asking questions
    J.D. Vance and the Rise of the ‘Postliberal’ CatholicsHis rise may bring relatively obscure ideologies ever closer to political power.
  29. life after roe
    When Abortion Bans KillThey’re working exactly as designed.
  30. 2024 election
    J.D. Vance’s War on American Life Starts in SpringfieldAn Ohio town is paying the price for his lies, and if he and Trump win the election, the rest of us will too.
  31. 2024 election
    A Viral Racist Lie Is How Republican Politics WorksJ.D. Vance’s lie about Haitian immigrants is an homage to Trump.
  32. 2024 election
    Trump’s ‘Make America Healthy Again’ Is a RuseTrump’s public-health rhetoric is an exercise in misdirection.
  33. 2024 election
    The Bro CandidateTrump wants to sound reasonable on women’s rights, but look who he courts.
  34. 2024 election
    Donald Trump’s Misogyny Is About PowerIn the absence of substance, hatred flourishes.
  35. life after roe
    The ‘Pro-Life’ Policies Hurting WomenA Washington Post story on maternal health in Arkansas makes the case for reproductive justice.
  36. 2024 dnc
    Gaza Is the Defining Moral Issue of Our TimeAn arms embargo is a relatively moderate demand.
  37. 2024 election
    Project 2025 Is Still a ThreatIts architects know just how to gut the federal government.
  38. 2024 election
    Minnesota Governor Tim Walz
    Tim Walz Believes in the Common GoodThe Minnesota governor isn’t a socialist, but his unapologetic liberalism can be refreshing.
  39. 2024 election
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    American Freak ShowConservative obsessions with fertility and sexuality are weird, and we should label them as such.
  40. cat ladies
    Dear J.D. Vance, Childless Cat Ladies Are People TooAmerica belongs to everyone, whether we have biological children or not.
  41. kamala harris
    A Woman Can WinKamala Harris could succeed where Hillary Clinton failed.
  42. jd vance
    The GOP Is Still the Party of the BossRepublicans may be changing their rhetoric, but not their basic posture toward workers.
  43. politics
    The Gathering Conspiracy Against FreedomDemocrats shouldn’t stifle their rhetoric after Trump’s shooting.
  44. 2024 election
    2024 Republican National Convention: Day 1
    The Billionaire and the BootlickerJ.D. Vance is an ideological choice to be vice-president.
  45. holler aunts
    Who Is Netflix’s Hillbilly Elegy For?The streamer’s adaptation of J.D. Vance’s controversial memoir is an exercise in elite arrogance.
  46. jd vance
    US-POLITICS-CONVENTION-ELECTION
    Revisiting Trump VP Pick J.D. Vance’s ‘Hillbilly Elegy’ MemoirIt’s dripping with condescension for the white-working class he claims to represent.
  47. trump rally shooting
    TOPSHOT-US-POLITICS-VOTE
    God’s StrongmanA near assassination encourages the belief that Trump is holy.
  48. national conservatism
    Senator John Hawley Speaks At The 2024 National Conservatism Conference
    The Authoritarian PlotAt the National Conservatism Conference, Republican senators mix with racists ranting about “post-white America.”
  49. politics
    The Nursemaids of National ConservatismAt a conference on the future of the right, women are a resource for men.
  50. kamala harris
    Vice President Harris Delivers Remarks At The White House On Conflict-Related Sexual Violence
    A Socialist’s Case for Kamala HarrisShe’s not a lefty, but I think she’s our best option.
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