Osita Nwanevu
The New York Times
Baltimore, MD, United States
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Opinion | Trump Isn’t the Only One to Blame for the Capitol Riot
Our institutions, from the Electoral College to the media, have convinced conservatives that they are denizens of the real America. → Read More
The Cultural Permanence of Donald Trump
Trumpism has become America’s latest civic religion, and it won’t be voted out of office in November. → Read More
A Sister Souljah Moment to Rule Them All
In the most important election of our lifetime, Joe Biden will have to risk everything. → Read More
Democrats Have Failed Urban Black Americans
The Republican critique of misrule in American cities has some merit, and it’s not clear that Joe Biden’s party is prepared to meet the need. → Read More
The Biden Era Will Put the New Left to the Test
Progressives have gotten all they can out of the election season. After November, they will have to raise a ruckus to secure victory. → Read More
This Is How Trump Will Try to Take Down Kamala Harris
Are the Democrats ready for grotesque attacks about the senator’s ex-boyfriend Willie Brown? → Read More
The Tide Is Turning Against the Filibuster
During his eulogy for John Lewis, Barack Obama seemed keen to bury the Senate's procedural relic once and for all. → Read More
Trump’s Polling Decline Is Tying the Conservative Media in Knots
It’s getting harder and harder to explain away a bevy of bad numbers, but the president’s allies are valiantly spinning on. → Read More
Anthony Fauci Is Not Our Savior
He may be wildly more popular than Trump, but he can’t rescue America from the ignorance and incompetence of the Trump White House. → Read More
The Implausibility of an “Explosive” Economic Rebound by November
Democrats fear that a dramatic recovery could help Trump win reelection. The number of job losses and coronavirus deaths suggests otherwise. → Read More
Democrats are Losing at Political Rhetoric
While Joe Biden has struggled to say anything truly memorable to voters this year, it's a malady shared by his party's key figures in the post-Obama era. → Read More
Go for the Jugular, Joe Biden
Instead of giving Trump wise advice on the coronavirus crisis, the Democratic front-runner ought to attack his incompetence. → Read More
Joe Biden’s Super Tuesday Spectacle Brought Him Back From the Dead
The former vice president's campaign stage-managed a sensational three-day display of party consolidation. → Read More
The Media Decides
How the political press sold Democratic voters on Joe Biden's comeback → Read More
Michael Bloomberg Puts Democrats in Moral Peril
The Republican mayor hasn't quite bought enough of the party to win its nomination, but it's too close for comfort. → Read More
The Hardest Decision Bernie Sanders Will Make This Year
If he wins the nomination, he’ll have to choose a running mate who shares his values but expands his appeal. → Read More
History Will Remember Democrats’ Timidity, Too
Trump’s corruption isn’t the whole story of the impeachment saga. → Read More
Trump Has Never Looked More Comfortable as a Demagogue
The president's State of the Union previewed his reelection themes: Socialism and health care and socialism and xenophobia and socialism. → Read More
Joe Biden’s Frantic Defense of the Status Quo
The former vice president's unending promises of reconciling with Republicans may be designed to forestall a future of radical demands. → Read More
Sinners in the Hands of an Angry Greta Thunberg
Many of the Swedish climate activist's putative allies aren't down for the cause, they're simply hoping to be absolved. → Read More