
Sean Illing
Host of The Gray Area
Latest articles by Sean Illing


“He’s what a lot of Americans would be if they had a billion dollars.”


How the refugee crisis, Trump, and Brexit signal a world in flux.


A Stanford researcher talks about his study on the role of false stories in the 2016 election.


Professor Eddie Glaude Jr. on Trump’s victory and the future of race and politics in America.


Donald Trump, explained by a man who’s spent hours talking to him.
“Today is supposed to be a celebration, but instead it’s just ... crushing.”


One reason to be skeptical: the way it’s written.


“They were serving themselves and their own clicks.” –Kelly McBride, vice president of Poynter


An interview with Ryan Holiday, author of Ego Is the Enemy.


“We’ve created in the war on terror a perpetual motion machine.” —Mark Danner, author of Spiral