Eugene Robinson's Blog, page 22

Rich nations, climate disaster is coming for you

Paying poor nations to mitigate loss and damage from climate change isn't charity. It's a matter of self-preservation.

Trump won’t fade away. The GOP will have to get rid of him.

Rupert Murdoch's empire is dismissing him. His candidates lost. But Trump thrives on attention, not victory or accolades.

Elon Musk wanted to go to Mars. Now he’s distracted by blue check marks.

The idea that one of the smartest innovators of his generation has been sidelined by a destructive, $44 billion hobby is just depressing.

Biden fears for democracy. It might not matter in the midterms.

The president's laser focus on the threat to the U.S. political system isn't much of a midterm closing argument. That's not the point.

What can we expect if Republicans take over? Eugene Robinson answered your questions.

Eugene's Q&A with readers was at 1 p.m. ET on Tuesday. Read the transcript.

Ketanji Brown Jackson asks the right question about affirmative action

We can end affirmative action when we've eradicated the effects of slavery and anti-Black terror.

The midterms aren’t just a toss-up — they’re a mystery

Trump and Biden are campaigning in unexpected places. Voters are pulled between competing imperatives. Politics just might be a lot stranger than we think.

Plummeting U.S. test scores aren’t a red state vs. blue state thing

How governors reacted to the pandemic and closing schools made no difference in outcomes.

El antisemitismo de Kanye West no tiene un significado más profundo. Dejemos de buscarlo.

El antisemitismo es un problema, sin importar cómo se llegue a él. Analizar la trayectoria de Kanye West, el significado de su caída o de su camiseta 'White Lives Matter' no proporcionará una explicación definitiva.

Liz Truss’s fall is a warning to populists everywhere

Truss is the latest Tory leader to see her campaign promises mugged by reality.