No More Years! No More Years!

It is the journalist's job to be an instant historian, to make sense of cultural shifts and political surges in real time. So two editors from New York Magazine compiled what they consider to be some of the most astute, insightful, and prescient political journalism from the past year.

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NEW YORK MAGAZINE + DIGG The Election Is Month Away, Here's What You Should Read digg.com It is the journalist's job to be an instant historian, to make sense of cultural shifts and political surges in real time. So two editors from New York Magazine compiled what they consider to be some of the most astute, insightful, and prescient political journalism from the past year. THE STATE OF THE UNION THE BIG PICTURE Eight Years In America: Hope And What Came After nymag.com An epic chronology of the political, cultural, and technological trends of the Obama era, including interviews with the President, Joe Biden, Bernie Sanders, and other protagonists. ALARMS America Is A Breeding Ground For Tyranny nymag.com The clearest warning about how a Trump presidency could change America. Democracy, according to Sullivan, is like an ouroboros: Left to its own devices, it has a tendency to consume itself. TRAUMA The Grief That White Americans Can't Share nytimes.com A powerful, emotional, visceral response to the Alton Sterling shooting—a pain that even Hannah-Jones's well-meaning white friends could never understand. HOSTING WE DIGG | SPONSORED Looking For A Better Website Builder? hostgator.com We found it. Hostgator has faster load times, response times and a better UI than its competitors. Use the promo code DIGG and get 77% off your plan + 24/7 customer service, seamless scalability options and 4,500 templates. PLANET TRUMP RALLY MONSTERS Lost In Trumplandia newrepublic.com Reporter-goes-to-Trump-rallies practically became its own subgenre of journalism this year; but Lockwood has a poet's eye for the surreal quality of it all. THE CARNIVAL WATCH: Unfiltered Voices From Donald Trump's Crowds nytimes.com A sampling of the raw, aggressive atmosphere at Trump rallies. AT TRUMP TOWER Operation Trump: Inside The Most Unorthodox Campaign In Political History nymag.com Trump's campaign has flouted every norm in the political playbook. This is one of the first looks inside what was essentially a one-man show. MEANWHILE IN CLINTON LAND HER STRUGGLE Hillary Vs Herself nymag.com A portrait of Clinton that wrestles with her inability to translate her on-the-ground presence, and yes even likability, to a national audience. "It's worth asking to what degree charisma, as we have defined it, is a masculine trait…" THE ISSUES The Future of America Is Being Written in This Tiny Office: Hillary Clinton's Policy Team highline.huffingtonpost.com Oh, yeah. There are actual policy issues at stake here! PERCEPTION VS. REALITY The Hillary Haters slate.com One interesting finding in this look at Hillary animus over the decades: Clinton is most hated when she's running for something; when she's actually doing a job, people like her. ONE LAST THING... ROAD TRIPS The Open Road digg.com Remember John Boehner? The former Speaker posted this 6-second video of himself driving an RV to Youtube. He's probably happier than his successor Paul Ryan. Check out the rest of New York Magazine's election takeover today on Digg dot com. View the Edition at Digg.com »

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