The Latest Political News From Trusted Sources

 The Atlantic (www.theatlantic.com)

Focuses more on longer features pieces, delving deeper into political stories than other publications.

• The Well Fixer’s Warning
• He Taught a Ta-Nehisi Coates Essay. Then He Was Fired.
• The 1 Thing That Could’ve Changed the War in Afghanistan
• Cornel West on Why the Left Needs Jesus
• ‘He Thought What He Was Doing Was Good for People’

FiveThirtyEight (fivethirtyeight.com)

It began as a polling aggregation website in 2008, but it has since been acquired by ESPN. Now, the site focuses on statistical analyses of political data.

• Republican Views On Immigration Are Shifting Even Further To The Right Under Biden
• What Americans Think About Ending The War In Afghanistan
• Afghanistan Has Fallen To The Taliban. How Will Americans Judge Biden’s Decision To Withdraw?
• Politics Podcast: Americans Wanted To End The War In Afghanistan. Will That Change?
• Do You Buy That … The 2020 Census Contained Good News For Democrats?

FactCheck.org (www.factcheck.org)

FactCheck.org fact checks and rebuts false claims made by politicians and partisan groups; it is an important resource for keeping politicians honest. It won a Webby for best political blog.

• Marine General Supports Vaccinations for Military
• CDC Document Discusses Strategy To Protect Displaced People From COVID-19
• Biden Leaves Misleading Impression on U.S. Debt
• Misinformation About Face Masks
• Biden and Buttigieg Overstate Jobs Impact from Infrastructure Bill

The Nation (www.thenation.com)

It was founded as a successor to The Liberator, William Lloyd Garrison's abolitionist, and it continues to carry the progressive torch. It won a Webby for best political blog.

• If Liz Cheney’s Assigning Blame for an “Epic Failure” in Afghanistan, She Can Start With Her Father
• Rather Than Focus on How the US Got Out of Afghanistan, Focus on How It Got In
• West Virginia Activists Are Coming for Joe Manchin
• Governor Cuomo Resigns
• Public Education Is Set Up to Fail in the Pandemic

Reddit Politics (www.reddit.com)

Redditors share politics news and offer their own (widely varying) opinions on this subreddit.

• Americans rank George W. Bush as the president most responsible for the outcome of the Afghanistan war: Insider poll
• FBI joins investigation into QAnon-affiliated leak of voting machine logins in Colorado
• Gorbachev, who pulled Soviets from Afghanistan, says U.S. campaign was doomed from start
• CNN calls out Ted Cruz for "running off to Cancun" after GOP senator mocks reporter in Afghanistan | “Rather than running off to Cancun in tough times," CNN PR said, Clarissa Ward "is risking her life"
• Biden argues U.S. troops shouldn't fight in war that 'Afghan forces are not willing to fight for themselves'