The democratic socialistβs rise in Wisconsin was supposed to portend a major breakthrough for the left. Her narrow loss should still be a wake-up call for the Partyβs establishment.
There is nothing that speaks more to our perma-tabloid social environment than the advent of the live stream, which has allowed ordinary people to become both the celebrity and the paparazzi of their own lives.
Lior Schleien used to host hit TV shows. Now he posts videos of discussions with young people, the majority of whom currently tend right, which garner millions of views.
The Milwaukee County executive defeated Francesca Hong, a Democratic Socialist who was widely considered the front-runner in the Democratic primary for governor.
Peggy Flanagan wins the stateβs Democratic primary for U.S. Senate; Mike Lindell, a close ally to President Donald Trump, loses the Republican gubernatorial primary.
In the special Republican primary to replace Senator Lindsey Graham, who passed away in July, his sister Darline Graham and Representative Ralph Norman will move on to a runoff election in late August.
Readers respond to Melanie Thernstromβs profile of the gynecologist Sally Greenwald, Nikhil Krishnanβs review of βHow to Kill a Language,β by Sophia Smith Galer, and Louis Menandβs piece about Andres Serranoβs photograph βPiss Christβ and Americaβs culture wars.