Paul Waldman

In their new book, White Rural Rage: The Threat to American Democracy Tom Schaller and Paul Waldman argue that rural white citizens pose an existential, four-fold threat to U.S.democracy.

Rural Americans need a new movement to demand more than lip service from their elected representatives.

Republican control of the House of Representatives is a sickness that ought to be excised from the body politic.

The move signals that any depth of corruption will be defended — so long as it’s committed by a Republican.

Most presidents usually grasp for unity after tragedy. Trump stokes division.

When the price crashes to earth, they’ll thank Trump for the privilege of being shaken down.

When the price crashes to earth, they’ll thank Trump for the privilege of being shaken down.

We say very clearly that rural America is hurting. But we refuse to justify attitudes that some scholars try to underplay.

The continued effort by Trump and his allies to convince rank-and-file Republicans that any election they don’t win must be fraudulent is a profound threat to American democracy.

The prevailing belief on the right is that even nonviolent liberal protest is inherently illegitimate.