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Jane Coaston

Jane Coaston

Former Senior Politics Reporter

    Latest articles by Jane Coaston

    The gender gap in black views on Trump, explained
    Politics

    24 percent of black men approve of Trump. Just 6 percent of black women do. Why?

    By Jane Coaston
    Politics
    President Trump faces few real challengers in the Republican primary on Super TuesdayPresident Trump faces few real challengers in the Republican primary on Super Tuesday
    Politics

    The president is well on his way to winning the 1,276 delegates he needs for the GOP nomination.

    By Jane Coaston
    Podcasts
    What Trump got right about white AmericaWhat Trump got right about white America
    Podcast
    Podcasts

    AEI’s Tim Carney discusses how social breakdown killed the American dream on The Ezra Klein Show.

    By Jane Coaston
    Explainers
    Some Tea Party Republicans in South Carolina are voting for Bernie SandersSome Tea Party Republicans in South Carolina are voting for Bernie Sanders
    Explainers

    But does cross-party voting work? Sort of.

    By Jane Coaston
    Explainers
    The deeply strange Republican New Hampshire primary, explainedThe deeply strange Republican New Hampshire primary, explained
    Explainers

    More than a dozen candidates — alongside President Trump — are running for New Hampshire’s delegates.

    By Jane Coaston
    The Iowa Republican caucuses you didn’t know were happening, explained
    Politics

    The big question: Will Trump win all the votes, or almost all the votes?

    By Jane Coaston
    Explainers
    Why some conservatives think Sanders is Trump’s biggest threatWhy some conservatives think Sanders is Trump’s biggest threat
    Explainers

    “Even though the populists are not socialists, Sanders is speaking their language.”

    By Jane Coaston
    Explainers
    The Virginia gun rights rally raising fears of violence, explainedThe Virginia gun rights rally raising fears of violence, explained
    Explainers

    Why an annual Lobby Day has resulted in a state of emergency and online calls for a civil war.

    By Jane Coaston
    Explainers
    The life and death of sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, explainedThe life and death of sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, explained
    Explainers

    How a money manager to the super-wealthy used his famous friends to avoid a prison sentence for molesting young girls.

    By Anna North, Jane Coaston and 1 more
    Politics
    Sean Hannity suggests bombing Iranian oil refineries to cause “major poverty for the people of Iran”Sean Hannity suggests bombing Iranian oil refineries to cause “major poverty for the people of Iran”
    Politics

    “Maybe we could help them with arms and help them, you know — in some ways.”

    By Jane Coaston