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What the research really says about immigration politics
There’s too many lumpers out there
Cuts to health care threaten an industry that’s already facing a mass exodus
Could a shutdown finally end the filibuster?
Inflation has cooled, anger about the cost of living hasn’t
The half-drawn horse of abundance
The state of the 2026 Senate map
There’s no conspiracy against healthy eating
“National” conservatism is un-American
What you missed at the National Conservatism Conference
Why “Moneyball” worked while DOGE failed
A boring theory of the populist right
Has Denver’s minimum wage gone too far?
I’ve been right about some things
How the stock market learned to love Trump
Denver’s restaurants are dying
Three phases of affordable housing
What makes sense in ’90s nostalgia
When people don’t vote, Democrats win
Chatbots may not be causing psychosis, but they’re probably making it worse
How will the Electoral College look in 2032?
Postcards from the wrong side of history
Breaking down State Senate Bill 79
Your cause is not the moral equivalent of fighting slavery
A few things worth noting (and trying)
I’m sort of “against polling” too
Your take on Slow Boring’s evening post
A warning sign for America about Trump’s personalist rule
D.C. needs real policing, not propaganda
A case study in the new politics of higher education
Moms leaving the workforce is a warning sign, not a revolution
SB PM: The Loomer-Wiles power struggle
Democrats’ strategy for winning union voters is broken
Trump’s awful turn against mRNA vaccine research
SB PM: A government-data skeptic with a history of economic errors
Avoiding a data center electricity price apocalypse
Proportional representation is the solution to gerrymandering
SB PM: Rebuilding the National Weather Service
Help improve federal mass transit policy
A cure for high grocery prices
The humanities should be harder
Matt and Joseph Gordon-Levitt on AI and copyright
MAGA’s war on the American economy
Emotional labor was about paid work
Ride-sharing apps are good, actually
How Wuthering Heights keeps changing
The power of a single-issue group
Real talk about agriculture and climate
It's time for abundance Democrats to embrace cultural moderation
Repairing the tax code after Trump
Trump's insane war on renewable energy
There's plenty of water for data centers
America should stop giving Israel financial aid
We probably can't ban prescription drug ads
The crisis of expertise is about values
The investment-led approach to climate only works if you actually do it
What to make of Javier Milei's early successes
Inclusionary zoning is a tax on new construction
The promise and peril of tracking
30 months of great news on falling crime
Only a big tent can maximize the OBBBA opportunity
The scary surrender to Trump’s attacks on free speech
On the 4th of July, thinking about what the US and Europe can learn from each other
Republicans' most toxic policy commitment
The power of coalition merchants
Progressive millennials are old now
Derek Thompson on the politics of abundance
Learning from Milwaukee's "Sewer Socialists"
What true political leadership looks like
Leftists and moderates agree on what Democrats get wrong
The stationary bandits of New York City
21 thoughts on Trump's war with Iran
The case for parliamentary cities
Why I joined a weird Zoom book club
Trump rediscovers comprehensive immigration reform
Why I'm obsessed with winning the Senate
Sunday Thread + Mailbox + JOBS!
Trump's "beautiful" bill wrecks our energy future
The strange politics of a linguistic mystery
Blue state Republicans are the problem
An "abundance" theory of power
Where are all the daddy blogs?
Yes, DOGE failed — and it matters
An abundance agenda for antitrust policy
NBA officiating needs more bias
I swore I’d never give Harvard money — Trump changed my mind
Politicians need to take AI progress seriously
What we don't learn in "Original Sin"
Noah Smith on China, industrial policy and more
Democrats should care less about demographics
Progressives need to reckon with Brandon Johnson
Banning lab-grown meat is stupid
Why I write such excellent posts
The Democratic Party’s siren call to defeat
Can we be normal about family policy?
Eleven thoughts on a really shitty House budget
What can we learn from politicians who overperform
At last, a workable plan for high-speed rail
We’re sleeping on the most dangerous situation in the world
Hakeem Jeffries on the GOP reconciliation bill and more
Hakeem Jeffries joins Slow Boring
Mailbag: Stakeholder management and its limits
Doubling down on climate won't win the Senate
What cities can learn from Disney World
Dog-whistle moderation is not the way
The most disturbing aspect of Trump’s first 100 days
Mailbag: Mythical class resentments
Trump threw away our best chance at fairer trade
What's the plan to win the Senate?
Mailbag: Negativity has consequences
The government shouldn’t tell people where to live
Trump is crippling the tax police
The New Jersey Democratic field needs an education reform
Mailbag: The gender politics of Trumponomics
Don't ignore Republicans' awful budget
Four trade deficit myths hurting the economy
The troubling rise of Hitler revisionism
Mailbag: Condescending to the wine moms
Economic data face imminent threats
29 thoughts on Liberation Day and the fallout
How will we know if abundance is winning?
Talking "Abundance" with Ezra Klein & Derek Thompson
Cory Booker showed how it's done
The underrated power of not doing things
Tariffs only "work" if they make prices higher
The founding myth of progressive economics
Mailbag: Parenting and politics
How Democrats lost their edge on education
Democrats can't hide from immigration forever
Protectionism for small landlords is a dumb idea
Mailbag: An AI take on AI-proofing your job
New York City can do better than Andrew Cuomo
What if Grover Cleveland had served consecutive terms?
The stock market won't save us
What the Department of Education actually does
Mailbag: Remembering Kevin Drum
Sixteen thoughts on an averted shutdown
It's time to take AI job loss seriously
Trump is lying about dead people and Social Security
Democrats should take their opposition to Trump's tariffs seriously
Mailbag: Donation recommendations and old-school heroes
17 thoughts on Trump's big speech
A very online person's attempt to be less online
Cutting health care “waste” is hard
Trump threatens personal liberty and free markets
Mailbag: More philosophical than usual
Flu and measles are getting worse as vaccination rates fall
Misinformation mostly confuses your own side
How we’re thinking about covering Donald Trump
Democrats should stop subsidizing Tesla
Mailbag: When to ring the alarm?
The path forward for Common Sense Democrats
The Full Common Sense Democrat Manifesto
America stopped caring how poor kids do in school
Democrats don't need more "infrastructure"
The world should call Trump's bluff on tariffs
The paradox of Trump's first weeks
Immigration policy should prioritize American interests
Should Democrats be left-wing economic populists?
Three must-knows from today's big-deal jobs report
Mailbag: The payment system endgame
Doomscrolling in the age of Trump
An epidemiologist on bird flu and RFK, Jr
What to do with sincere but unpopular beliefs?
Public services are for users, not providers
Civil servants shouldn't quit their jobs
Mailbag: Biden’s indecisive lawfare
Congressional Republicans’ coming war on poor people
Mailbag: Imagining a high-growth New York
Slow Boring February Happy Hour
The case for vaccinating chickens
Thirty-one thoughts on the ceasefire deal
Nobody knows what Trump is going to do
Rep Ritchie Torres on what’s next
Ritchie Torres on what’s next for Democrats
How to organize a Slow Boring meet-up
Crushing the NIMBYs of Middlemarch
Major data revisions are coming
Don't blame Joe Manchin for child poverty