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Hasan Piker: Democrats Won Midterms, But Now They Have to Deliver on Voter Demands for Change

Tuesday was a historic night for progressive Democrats and, in particular, candidates backed by the Democratic Socialists of America. Six new DSA-endorsed candidates were elected to the House, and democratic socialists won mayoral races in Los Angeles, Washington, D.C., and Providence.
“The Democratic Socialists of America had a phenomenal night, and this movement is only going to continue to grow,” says prominent leftist political commentator Hasan Piker.

National Politics Will Never Be the Same: Juan González on How Latino Voters Remade the Political Map

The midterms saw a landslide of Latinos vote for Democrats. In Texas, California, Kansas and Colorado, Latinos who had voted for Republicans just two years ago voted for Democrats in large numbers, helping secure Democratic control of both the House and the Senate. Latino lawmakers will make up about a fifth of the Democratic majority in the House. And in an historic victory, the two most populous states in the country, California and Texas, will soon be led by Democratic Latino governors.

Purple Mississippi? Overcoming GOP Voter Suppression, Black Voters Power Dem Wins Across the South

Mississippi’s race for the U.S. Senate remains too close to call: Democrat Scott Colom is narrowly leading Republican incumbent Cindy Hyde-Smith by nearly 2,000 votes with 96% of votes counted as of Friday morning. Donald Trump carried Mississippi by 23 points in 2024. If elected, Colom would be the first Democrat to win the state in 40 years and the first African American since 1875, during the Reconstruction era.

“They Have Eyes”: How Trump’s Corruption Became a Top Concern for Midterm Voters

Democrats regained control of both the House and the Senate in Tuesday’s historic midterm elections, a comeback fueled largely by voter anger over high prices and the war on Iran. But surveys also found that corruption was a major concern, with 76% of voters telling a Harris poll that elected officials care more about enriching themselves than improving the economy for ordinary people.

What Comes After the Midterms

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What will Donald Trump do with the remaining two years of his presidency, and how will Democrats in Congress respond? On Washington Week With The Atlantic, panelists joined to discuss this and more.

Memories of the Train

Illustrations by Katherine Lam
The train’s seats: blue with a white strip down the middle. The windows: wide, tinted green. The sun: halfway below the horizon. He was playing with the top his mother had bought from the cart lady. With each spin came flashes of rainbow light: zzz zzz zoom. The train’s seats: white with a blue strip down the middle, five per row. The windows: wide, tinted blue. A hard orange sunlight cut through the glass.
He was playing with the top his mother had bought.

Mike Johnson Will Tend To Your Lawn Now

“Heaven forbid, if we lose this majority or whatever, I don’t know what my next chapter of life is, I’m just open to it. And if God moves on our hearts and says we should, you know, go back to my hometown of Shreveport and start a lawn business, I’ll do that with equal fervor. I mean, I just want to be of my highest and best use to God and to my country.

Americans Are Spending Less Time With Friends

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What does your ideal night look like? Maybe it’s dinner with friends or a quiet evening at home with family or a partner. If you picked the latter option, you are part of a growing contingent of Americans who are spending less time with friends and, by some measures, more time with family.

What Happened to JetBlue?

For airlines in the United States, going bankrupt is practically a rite of passage. Since the airline industry was deregulated almost 50 years ago, dozens of airlines have filed for Chapter 11, including each of the so-called Big Three carriers—United, American, and Delta. A notable exception has been JetBlue, which until recently was one of the industry’s few success stories.