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Eric Levitz is a features writer for Intelligencer. He covers politics and economics.

  1. the left
    The Case Against Supply-Side Liberalism Is WeakCritics of the ideology have grossly misrepresented what its proponents actually claim.
  2. the economy
    America’s Economic Outlook Keeps Getting BetterProductivity and real wages are rising.
  3. the economy
    Rent Growth Is Slowing (Where Housing Got Built)Fresh confirmation that housing, like every other good, gets cheaper when there’s more of it to go around.
  4. trump indicment
    Conservatives: Punishing Coup Leaders Is AuthoritarianDoes holding a presidential candidate accountable for trying to end American democracy imperil American democracy?
  5. the left
    The ‘AOC Left’ Has Achieved PlentyThere is nothing progressive about denying progress.
  6. higher education
    Why Elite Colleges Do Affirmative Action For the RichRich alumni are worth more.
  7. the left
    Will There Be Bananas Under Socialism?The most important question facing the American left today.
  8. climate change
    Can Extremely Reflective White Paint Save the Planet?Probably not, but geoengineering in some form is going to be necessary to address climate change.
  9. climate change
    A New Order Blocking Manchin’s Pipeline Could Hurt the ClimateRestricting Congress’s authority to exempt energy projects from judicial review would undermine the green transition.
  10. the left
    The Case for Cornel West 2024 Is Extremely WeakHelping Donald Trump win the presidency is not a good way of advancing progressive political goals.
  11. early and often
    Biden’s Unpopularity Is More Mysterious Than It LooksThe economy is doing well. So why do so many people hate it?
  12. the economy
    The ‘Greedflation’ Debate Is Deeply ConfusedThe left should promote progressive solutions to inflation rather than championing dubious explanations for its cause.
  13. the economy
    It Makes Sense That Bidenomics Is Unpopular (So Far)For all its virtues, the president’s economic agenda has yet to increase living standards for most Americans.
  14. the economy
    The Recession That Didn’t HappenA variety of indicators suggest that the economy is more resilient than experts thought.
  15. vision 2024
    Trump’s Legal Woes Aren’t Bad Enough for the GOP’s Own GoodThe federal indictment has rendered Trump a weaker general-election candidate but done little to aid his primary rivals.
  16. the economy
    Larry Summers Was Wrong About InflationThe economist predicted that the Fed would need to push unemployment above 5 percent to contain price growth. Whoops.
  17. trump indictment
    The DOJ Tried to Give Trump a Pass. He Wouldn’t Take It.The government gave the ex-president a chance to get away with willfully retaining classified documents. He refused to take it.
  18. state politics
    Why Are Minnesota Democrats So Progressive?Despite having a single-vote state-senate majority, they have passed the most ambitious agenda in the country.
  19. smokepocalypse
    The East Coast Is Choking On the Hidden Costs of Climate ChangeMany calculations of climate change’s economic costs have failed to account for the impacts of wildfires.
  20. millennials
    Millennials Will Not Age Into Voting Like BoomersOlder millennials are getting more conservative as they age, but the generation’s politics are still distinctly left-wing.
  21. early and often
    The Contradiction at the Heart of DeSantis 2024The Florida governor wants Republicans to know he is more electable and more extreme than Donald Trump.
  22. debt ceiling hostage crisis
    The No Good, Not That Bad Debt Ceiling DealExtortion paid off, but only a little bit.
  23. debt ceiling hostage crisis
    Is Joe Biden Botching the Debt-Ceiling Fight?Yes and maybe not.
  24. foreign interests
    Will the Ukraine War Become a ‘Frozen Conflict’?The outcome the Biden administration is preparing for is far from ideal.
  25. electoral autopsies
    The Return of the Emerging Democratic Majority?In the most highly contested midterm races, millennials and zoomers turned out in even higher numbers than they did in 2018.
  26. early and often
    How to Make Mass Immigration WorkTo make an influx of people economically beneficial and politically viable, the U.S. must build more housing.
  27. the debt ceiling
    The GOP’s Work-Requirement ScamThe policy’s true purpose is to deny aid to hardworking Americans. And Joe Biden appears to be playing along.
  28. mass transit
    America’s Trains and Buses Are Speeding Toward a CliffAs COVID-relief funds dwindle and ridership remains low, mass-transit systems are poised for financial crisis.
  29. the economy
    New Study Finds a High Minimum Wages Creates JobsConventional wisdom had long suggested the opposite.
  30. the left
    Do the ‘Woke’ Betray the Left’s True Principles?A new book makes that case.
  31. clarence thomas
    What Conservatives Can’t Say About Clarence ThomasThe best defense of the Supreme Court justice’s ethical lapses is that everyone already knows he’s just a conservative activist in a robe.
  32. the debt ceiling
    How Biden Can Win the Debt-Ceiling Fight With One Weird TrickHint: It does not involve a coin.
  33. early and often
    The Biden Administration Just Declared the Death of NeoliberalismThe White House has called for a “new Washington consensus.” Can it become a reality?
  34. 2024 election
    Trump Could Definitely Beat BidenThe former president would likely have a better chance of defeating Biden in 2024 than he did in 2020.
  35. housing policy
    New ‘Luxury’ Apartments Are Good, ActuallyBut resolving the housing crisis will require the government to become a housing developer.
  36. fox news
    Fox News Could Be Just as Racist Without Tucker CarlsonThe host is gone, but his audience’s appetite for white-nationalist propaganda remains.
  37. early and often
    The Religious Right Has Never Been Smaller or More PowerfulWho needs a “moral majority” when you have the courts?
  38. feminism
    Leave Dianne Feinstein AloneWhat is feminism for if not to protect the right of 89-year-old multimillionaires to keep their jobs at the public’s expense?
  39. politics
    Why the GOP Can’t Moderate On Abortion Pill BansAs public opinion moves left on abortion, the pro-life movement’s ambitions move ever rightward.
  40. socialism
    Blaming ‘Capitalism’ Is Not an Alternative to Solving ProblemsThe revolution is not coming anytime soon.
  41. early and often
    The Trump Indictment Puts the GOP in an Impossible TrapHis legal woes have rendered him less electable, even as it has made attacks on his electability politically toxic for his rivals.
  42. the economy
    How Fallout From SVB Is Increasing the Risk of a RecessionAs midsize banks bleed deposits, consumers and businesses will suddenly find credit hard to come by.
  43. the media
    Millennials Aren’t Killing ‘Objective’ News — the Market IsThe modern attention economy is an enemy of conscientious reporting and intellectual humility.
  44. mental health
    4 Explanations for the Teen Mental-Health CrisisThe possible culprits include social media’s pernicious influence on adolescence, rising academic pressure, and helicopter parenting.
  45. artificial intelligence
    Is AI Turning Me Into an Obsolete Machine?Everything you need to know about GPT-4 and my existential crisis.
  46. housing
    Is Apartment-phobia Driving America’s Housing Crisis?Or is the problem that Americans speak English?
  47. foreign interests
    America Must Plan for a Stalemate in UkraineThe odds of a total Ukrainian victory look increasingly slim.
  48. silicon valley bank
    The Fed Might ‘Fix’ the Economy by Breaking BanksTriggering a cascade of bank runs might be an effective way to cool off an economy.
  49. the swamp
    How Biden Learned to Love the Debt-Ceiling CrisisHe has turned a chronic political headache into a winning issue.
  50. trains
    East Palestine Deserves New Rail-Safety Reforms NowMore stringent regulation is justified no matter what the investigation into the Norfolk Southern derailment finds.
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