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In "It Was Never Thus," Jill Lepore reports about measuring Presidents' misdeeds. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

In "Ten Years After," George Packer reports on how the financial crisis of 2008 was years in the making and has had a lasting impact on American political life. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

In "The Digital Public Square," Steve Coll reports on Alex Jones and social media neutrality. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

In "Get Out and Vote," George Packer reports on how the midterm elections are the last obstacle to Trump’s consolidation of power—and the greatest obstacle to voting is the feeling that it doesn’t matter. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

In "Long, Hot Summers," Evan Osnos reports on how the G.O.P. is standing by as President Trump upends American security. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

In "Bad Trips," Amy Davidson Sorkin reports on how, when President Trump brings up Russia, he seems to be speaking of something that is defined less by reality than by what he needs it to be. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

In "After Kennedy," Jeffrey Toobin reports on how President Trump's Supreme Court pick could undo Kennedy's legacy. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

In "Family Values," Margaret Talbot reports on how the policy of separating children from their parents at the southern border was the purest distillation yet of what it means to be governed by a President with no moral center. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

In "Going Rogue," George Packer writes about in how, in half a week, between Quebec and Singapore, Trump showed that the liberal order is hateful to him, and that he wants out. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

In "Kim's Chinese Lessons," Evan Osnos writes about Donald Trump and Kim Jong Un's nuclear summit, and the bid for history. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

In "Smelling the Coffee," Jelani Cobb writes about racial bias training at Starbucks. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

In "The Long Fight," Amy Davidson Sorkin writes about John McCain's legacy. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

In "Bad Bets," Robin Wright reports on the end of the Iran deal, and Trump'confrontationaltatial foreign policy. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

In "Dream On," Amy Davidson Sorkin write's about how the Administration's incompetence and the courts' rectitudes have seen the Dreamers through. But those factors may be temporary safeguards. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

In "Crash Course," Nicholas Lemann writes about the dangers of undoing Dodd-Frank. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

One thing is becoming clear about the various Trump scandals: they center on the President’s disdain for the law. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

In "Might and Right," George Packer writes about how the president and his new national security advisor, John Bolton, are in an especially bad position to respond to the atrocities in Syria. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

In "About Facebook," Andrew Marantz writes about the future of Facebook after Cambridge Analytica. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

In "Death of a King," Jelani Cobb writes about the life and legacy of Martin Luther King, Jr. and what it means on the 50th Anniversary of his assassination. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

In "Account Settings," David Remnick reports on Cambridge Analytica and a moral reckoning in Silicon Valley. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

In "A Revelatory Case," Amy Davidson Sorkin delves into what went wrong in the Stormy Daniels case. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

In "Illiberal Arts," David Remnick writes about Donald Trump and the stress test of liberal democracy. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

In "Gun Shots," Margaret Talbot weighs in on the gun control debate after Parkland. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

In "Indicted," Amy Davidson Sorkin writes about Robert Mueller’s distinctly American indictments. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

In "Peace Games," Evan Osnos writes about the politics at the Winter Olympics. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

In "State of the Resistance," Jelani Cobb writes about the opposition to President Trump. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

In "Firing Offenses," Amy Davidson Sorkin writes about the questions that Mueller might ask Trump. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

In "Trump in the World," Amy Davidson Sorkin asked, "how can someone so “America first” attend an event so globally minded?" Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

In "Words of the Year," Louis Menand writes about the importance of words. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

In "Christmas Stories," Adam Gopnik writes about the Christmas spirit. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

In "How Low Will They Go?," Amy Davidson Sorkin writes about Roy Moore and the G.O.P. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

In "Faking It," Steve Coll writes about how, in attacking the media, the president has in many ways strengthened it. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

In "A History of Paranoia," Jelani Cobb writes about the new politics of race. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

In "Tests for Liberals," Amy Davidson Sorkin writes about Al Franken, Roy Moore, and a test for the democratic party. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

In "Autumn of the Patriarchy," David Remnick delves into the Weinstein moment and the Trump presidency. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

In "A Long Year," Steve Coll writes about the president's turbulent year. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

In "The Silent Majority," Amy Davidson Sorkin writes about Jeff Flake and the G.O.P.'s complicity problem. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

In "Limits of Power," Jia Tolentino writes about Harvey Weinstein and the limits of powerful men. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

In "Fighting Words," Evan Osnos writes about President Trump's war tantrums. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

In “Disasters Will Happen,” Amy Davidson Sorkin writes about President Trump’s trips to Puerto Rico and Las Vegas. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

In “Inquietude,” Jill Lepore writes about our free speech fumbles. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

In “Madmen Theories,” Steve Coll writes about President Trump’s U.N. début. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

In “In The Dark,” Amy Davidson Sorkin explores how America is dealing with hurricane disasters. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

In “Broken Dreams,” William Finnegan writes about saving DACA. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

In “Coming Storms,” Elizabeth Kolbert writes about Hurricane Harvey and climate change. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Jelani Cobb writes that some saw Steve Bannon’s blend of nationalism and racial grievance as the ballast in Trump’s ship. But will Bannon’s banishment change anything? Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices