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Jeff Stein

Jeff Stein

Former reporter on politics & policy

    Latest articles by Jeff Stein

    Politics
    Mitch McConnell’s entire career has been about gaining power. What happens now that he has it?Mitch McConnell’s entire career has been about gaining power. What happens now that he has it?
    Politics

    McConnell’s inscrutable political motives, explained by a biographer.

    By Jeff Stein
    Politics
    The Weeds: Vox writers share the biggest lessons they learned from 2016The Weeds: Vox writers share the biggest lessons they learned from 2016
    Podcast
    Politics

    Vox’s Ezra Klein, Matt Yglesias, Sarah Kliff, and Dara Lind all weigh in with a big lesson from this year.

    By Jeff Stein
    Politics
    The DNC race has become another fight over Bernie Sanders when Dems need it leastThe DNC race has become another fight over Bernie Sanders when Dems need it least
    Politics

    Leading Democrats are flirting with alienating Sanders’s supporters already deeply skeptical of the party.

    By Jeff Stein
    Politics
    Read: John Kerry’s dramatic speech attacking Israel’s settlement policyRead: John Kerry’s dramatic speech attacking Israel’s settlement policy
    Politics

    Here’s a full transcript of the secretary of state’s controversial Wednesday speech.

    By Jeff Stein
    Politics
    Donald Trump’s victory has older Americans thinking the economy is already great againDonald Trump’s victory has older Americans thinking the economy is already great again
    Politics

    Older voters love the Republican Party, and the Republican Party just got much more powerful.

    By Jeff Stein
    Politics
    The problem with blaming coal country for backing Republicans who will strip their health careThe problem with blaming coal country for backing Republicans who will strip their health care
    Politics

    The fight over 120,000 Appalachian coal miners’ health care, explained.

    By Jeff Stein
    Politics
    Elite donors push Democrats left on climate and immigration, but right on taxesElite donors push Democrats left on climate and immigration, but right on taxes
    Politics

    What would happen if Democrats adopted Bernie Sanders’s call to reject the 1 percenters bankrolling the party?

    By Jeff Stein
    Politics
    A law professor’s warning: we are closer to oligopoly than at any point in 100 yearsA law professor’s warning: we are closer to oligopoly than at any point in 100 years
    Podcast
    Politics

    Fewer companies control way more market share than at any point since the dawn of the Progressive Era.

    By Jeff Stein
    Politics
    Ta-Nehisi Coates’s advice to young journalists: get off TwitterTa-Nehisi Coates’s advice to young journalists: get off Twitter
    Politics

    “Every day I wake up and hope I have the courage to leave.”

    By Jeff Stein
    Politics
    Was the warrant the FBI used for its final Clinton investigation unjustified?Was the warrant the FBI used for its final Clinton investigation unjustified?
    Politics

    Several lawyers think the answer is no — and that will only make liberals more furious at the FBI.

    By Jeff Stein