Jonathan Cohn

It’s Been 2 Years Since The Capitol Riot. Democracy Is Still Crumbling.

This article is part of HuffPost’s biweekly politics newsletter. Click here to subscribe. It’s hard to think of a more poignant split screen, or one that revealed more about this moment in American politics, than the one that appeared on Friday…

Michigan Sen. Debbie Stabenow Will Retire, Opening Up Seat In Key Swing State

Sen. Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.) will not seek reelection in 2024, opening up a Senate seat in a key swing state that has leaned Democratic in the past few cycles. Stabenow has been in the Senate since 2000 and in public office since 1975, when she…

A Holiday Read About Football — And Life

I grew up in South Florida, watching and rooting for the Miami Dolphins. I was in the old Orange Bowl stadium when one Hall of Fame quarterback (Bob Griese) finished his career and another (Dan Marino) started his. Up through the late 1990s, the…

There's A Workplace Revolution Unfolding In The Last Place You'd Expect: An NFL Locker Room

MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. — Miami Dolphins head coach Mike McDaniel made his way across the field during a recent Wednesday practice, strutting to a Drake song playing over the loudspeakers. It was a curiously upbeat display, given that the Dolphins were…

Three Ways The New Primary Calendar Could Change The Nominating Process

This article is part of HuffPost’s biweekly politics newsletter. Click here to subscribe. Democrats are on the verge of changing their primary calendar in ways that could have some profound effects on the way their presidential nominating process…

The Unforgettable Moments When Nancy Pelosi Made History

Nancy Pelosi announced last week that she was stepping down as leader of the House Democrats. And in may ways that announcement was not surprising. The Democrats will be in the minority come January. Even if they were to win back the majority in…

How Nancy Pelosi Shaped History

This article is part of HuffPost’s biweekly politics newsletter. Click here to subscribe. Nancy Pelosi’s career as Democratic House leader is full of moments when she made a difference in history ― sometimes in front of the cameras, sometimes behind…

How The Blue Wave Happened

In most of America, the story of the midterms was about a red wave that never materialized. In Michigan, the story was about a blue wave that made history. For my last big campaign piece, I tried to give readers a sense of what that wave looked and…

What It Was Like To Ride The Blue Wave On Election Day

DETROIT ― The email arrived a little after 9 a.m. on Election Day. It was an update from Lori Goldman, a Democratic political activist from the northern Detroit suburbs. She was so upset, she said, that she was feeling physically ill. Just weeks…

The GOP Has A Problem And It's Not Just Donald Trump

This article is part of HuffPost’s biweekly politics newsletter. Click here to subscribe. It could be days, maybe even weeks, before we know who will control Congress. But here’s one thing about the election we know already: It turned out well for…

Elissa Slotkin Wins Reelection In Michigan House Race The Whole Country Was Watching

Rep. Elissa Slotkin (D-Mich.) is projected to win reelection in what turned out to be one of the most intense and expensive races anywhere in the country, according to the Associated Press. Slotkin, first elected to Congress as part of the 2018…

Gov. Gretchen Whitmer Wins Another Term In Michigan

Gov. Gretchen Whitmer (D-Mich.) is projected to win reelection, following a campaign that focused on protecting abortion rights and stopping MAGA Republicans from imposing their will on the state. Whitmer’s victory keeps a Democrat in charge of a…

Elissa Slotkin Is Running Against GOP Election Denial

EAST LANSING, Mich. ― Rep. Elissa Slotkin (D-Mich.) wagered that her constituents would put patriotism before partisanship once before. And she won. Now she’s making that bet again. The last time was in late 2019, as House Democrats were gearing up…

The Story Of The Midterm Elections, In One Very Important Campaign

Abortion rights Control of public schools The future of democracy It’s all at stake in Michigan, in a campaign that says a lot about how MAGA Republicans want to transform America and, maybe, the kind of Democrat who can stop them. That Democrat is…

Gretchen Whitmer Is Both Loved And Hated In Michigan — And Still 'Fighting Like Hell'

DETROIT, Mich. — Gretchen Whitmer loves to talk about unity and common purpose. She did it in 2018, when she first ran for governor of Michigan, a Democrat promising to “fix the damn roads” and to work with Republicans on solving manageable problems.…

We Still Don't Know What's Going To Happen On Election Day

This article is part of HuffPost’s biweekly politics newsletter. Click here to subscribe. With Election Day only a few days away, the emerging consensus within the political class is that things look bad for the Democrats. As this thinking goes,…

To Stop An Abortion-Rights Amendment, Conservatives Are Attacking LGBTQ Rights

This article is part of HuffPost’s biweekly politics newsletter. Click here to subscribe. The politics of abortion aren’t especially ambiguous at this point: Most Americans don’t want a government ban. And while there’s a range of opinion on exactly…

What The Weird Conservative Fixation On Electric Vehicles Says About Their Politics

This article is part of HuffPost’s biweekly politics newsletter. Click here to subscribe. WARREN, Mich. ― Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) was in the Detroit area last Saturday, as part of the road show that former President Donald Trump brings to…

How Progressives Can Win The Long-Term Fights They're Losing

This article is part of HuffPost’s biweekly politics newsletter. Click here to subscribe. The name Aaron Belkin may not mean a lot to you. But his history as an advocate should, if you care about progressive politics. And you might want to pay…

There Are Plenty Of Reasons To Take Lindsey Graham’s Abortion Bill Seriously

This article is part of HuffPost’s biweekly politics newsletter. Click here to subscribe. Republican leaders in the Senate really don’t want voters paying attention to the abortion bill their colleague Lindsey Graham (S.C.) introduced Tuesday. The…