Steve Coll's Blog, page 4

Battling Anxiety Over Making Sure Your Vote Gets Counted

Steve Coll writes about a measured rise in voter anxiety brought on by the coronavirus pandemic and President Donald Trump���s concerted campaign of voter suppression.

What Was Missing from the Postmaster General���s Senate Testimony

Steve Coll writes about the Postmaster General, Luis DeJoy, and his appearance before the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee to answer questions about what the Postal Service is doing to make sure an expected flood of mail-in ballots for the 2020 Presidential election will be handled in a timely manner.

Is the Postal Service Being Manipulated to Help Trump Get Re��lected?

Steve Coll on the looming question of whether the Postal Service can handle the expected surge in absentee ballots in the November election, and whether the Trump Administration is manipulating the U.S.P.S. to benefit the President.

Trump���s Attack on Voting by Mail

Steve Coll writes about President Donald Trump���s attacks on the process of voting by mail, and the funding and logistical shortcomings that will make it a challenge this fall.

Camus and the Political Tests of a Pandemic

Steve Coll on how Albert Camus���s ���The Plague,��� and his dissident wartime commentary, speaks to us today as we confront the coronavirus pandemic, and what we can learn from Camus���s moral clarity and unwavering resolve.

Pandemic Protests and Politics

Americans love a good revolt. Yet, if Trump runs a populist campaign premised on jump-starting the economy in defiance of scientists, he will be fighting uphill, Steve Coll writes.

Woodrow Wilson���s Case of the Flu, and How Pandemics Change History

Steve Coll writes about Woodrow Wilson���s case of the 1918 flu while dealing with treaty negotiations at the end of the First World War, and President Donald Trump���s failures in addressing the current coronavirus pandemic.

The Meaning of Donald Trump���s Coronavirus Quackery

The President���s pronouncements are a reminder, if one was needed, of his scorn for rigorous science,��even amid the worst pandemic to hit the U.S. in a century, Steve Coll writes.

Trump���s Discordant Display of Nativism in a Pandemic

Trump won the Presidency while pledging to wall America off from the world. The COVID-19 crisis has reinforced his deep-seated belief in this impossibility, Steve Coll writes.

What Matters Most in the Battle Between Trump and Pelosi

Pelosi���s willingness to get in the President���s face has made many a meme, but their conflict has more to say about our constitutional checks and balances, Steve Coll writes.