
Matthew Yglesias
Former Senior Correspondent
Latest articles by Matthew Yglesias


Sales really are up, plus cities are quieter due to the pandemic.


One of the most prominent books on police abolition doesn’t have a good answer on violent crime.


He’s proposed cuts in budget after budget, and is holding up needed fiscal aid.


State violence against unarmed minorities has four times the impact of other homicides.


It’s almost impossible to change minds about the president.


A larger and more solid gap than Hillary Clinton ever enjoyed.


A terrifying forecast from the Congressional Budget Office.


A new push for eight concrete police reforms is promising, albeit a bit unproven.


A surprisingly quick bounce back from pandemic lows.


America has a great tradition of civil disobedience. Looters aren’t following it.