Evan Osnos
Evan Osnos joined The New Yorker as a staff writer in 2008. His coverage ranges from politics and foreign affairs to white-collar crime and espionage. He has written Profiles of Joe Biden and Xi Jinping, visited North Korea during the nuclear crisis of 2017, and reported from the siege at the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021. His first book, “Age of Ambition: Chasing Fortune, Truth, and Faith in the New China,” based on his experience of living in Beijing for eight years, won the 2014 National Book Award and was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize. In 2020, Osnos published “Joe Biden: The Life, the Run, and What Matters Now.” His most recent book is “Wildland: The Making of America’s Fury.”
Previously, Osnos worked as the Beijing bureau chief for the Chicago Tribune, where he was part of a team that won the 2008 Pulitzer Prize for investigative reporting. Before his assignment to China, he worked in the Middle East, reporting mostly from Iraq. He is a CNN contributor and a frequent guest on “The Daily Show,” “Fresh Air,” and other programs. He lives in Washington, D.C.
Donald Trump Returns. What Now?
“What we’re seeing about the foundations of Trump 2.0 suggests that this is going to be a kind of maximalist, confrontational version of Trump that comes back into office in January, 2025,” Susan B. Glasser says.
How to Prepare for Trump 2.0
The Washington Roundtable speaks with David Cole, a former legal director of the A.C.L.U., about the civil and legal guardrails that could contain a second Trump Administration.
Donald Trump Returns. What Now?
“This is the pivotal four years,” Susan B. Glasser says. “We’re going to understand whether something like an American strongman can arise within our system right now or not.”
Why American Democracy Is in Danger, with Michael Beschloss
“This is an election of a kind we have never seen before in American history,” the historian said, at The New Yorker Festival on October 26th.
The Lies Are Winning
“We’ve moved from a moment of alternative facts with Kellyanne Conway to now embracing the idea of lies,” Jane Mayer says.
What Billionaires See in Donald Trump
What the “MAGA mega-donors” to Donald Trump might want in return for their “intensely gigantic” and “shocking” contributions.
Kamala Harris’s Hundred-Day Campaign
Three months ago, the Vice-President was fighting for respect in Washington. Can she defy her doubters—and end the Trump era?
What Motivates Kamala Harris?
Navigating San Francisco politics made the Vice-President a “very pragmatic politician,” Evan Osnos argues.
How to Find Every Democratic Voter in Wisconsin
What it’s like to live on the razor’s edge of the political divide, with the Wisconsin Democratic Party chair, Ben Wikler.
The Election Is Dividing Husbands and Wives Across America
“We always have a gender gap,” the independent Democratic pollster Celinda Lake says. “It looks like it’s going to be on steroids this year.”
How to Get Under a Strongman’s Skin, with George Conway
“All you have to do is figure out what it is that he talks about in self-defense and poke him,” says the co-founder of the Lincoln Project.
Will Harris Get Trump to Self-Destruct at the Debate?
“The stakes are genuinely huge,” Evan Osnos says. “As we’ve learned this year, debates can be actually decisive.”
Kamala Harris’s “Different Kind of Hope Campaign”
“The enthusiasm is real, but I don’t think it’s so much around an agenda of Harris’s as much as it is around an agenda of stopping Trump,” Susan B. Glasser says.
Proud and Impassioned, Joe Biden Passes the Torch at the D.N.C.
In a valedictory speech in Chicago, the President mapped his legacy and asked to be remembered as a man who pulled the country from the maw of tragedy.
What the Harris Campaign Needs to Win
James Carville and Paul Begala share lessons from Bill Clinton’s groundbreaking 1992 campaign.
The Harris-Walz Reboot
“Walz has scrambled the circuits for Trump because he’s not easy to pigeonhole,” Evan Osnos says. “He’s not what Trump imagines, in his comic-book way, of what a progressive looks like.”
Decoding the “Compelling” Attack Ads of the 2024 Campaign
“The Harris campaign will have a couple of uplifting, very positive ads, especially when they announce who the V.P. will be,” Professor Jennifer Lawless says. “But my bet is that this will be a race to the bottom in terms of negativity.”
Could Kamala Harris Be a Trump-Level Cultural Phenomenon?
Analyzing the “very successful” kickoff of the Vice-President’s 2024 campaign.
Special Episode: Biden Passes the Torch
Kamala Harris “has one foot in the incumbency and one foot outside of it, and that is the opportunity here,” Evan Osnos says. “She has the chance to reshape this race in a profound way.”
Joe Biden’s Act of Selflessness
Throughout his political career, the President has turned pain into purpose. Now he must do it again.
Donald Trump Returns. What Now?
“What we’re seeing about the foundations of Trump 2.0 suggests that this is going to be a kind of maximalist, confrontational version of Trump that comes back into office in January, 2025,” Susan B. Glasser says.
How to Prepare for Trump 2.0
The Washington Roundtable speaks with David Cole, a former legal director of the A.C.L.U., about the civil and legal guardrails that could contain a second Trump Administration.
Donald Trump Returns. What Now?
“This is the pivotal four years,” Susan B. Glasser says. “We’re going to understand whether something like an American strongman can arise within our system right now or not.”
Why American Democracy Is in Danger, with Michael Beschloss
“This is an election of a kind we have never seen before in American history,” the historian said, at The New Yorker Festival on October 26th.
The Lies Are Winning
“We’ve moved from a moment of alternative facts with Kellyanne Conway to now embracing the idea of lies,” Jane Mayer says.
What Billionaires See in Donald Trump
What the “MAGA mega-donors” to Donald Trump might want in return for their “intensely gigantic” and “shocking” contributions.
Kamala Harris’s Hundred-Day Campaign
Three months ago, the Vice-President was fighting for respect in Washington. Can she defy her doubters—and end the Trump era?
What Motivates Kamala Harris?
Navigating San Francisco politics made the Vice-President a “very pragmatic politician,” Evan Osnos argues.
How to Find Every Democratic Voter in Wisconsin
What it’s like to live on the razor’s edge of the political divide, with the Wisconsin Democratic Party chair, Ben Wikler.
The Election Is Dividing Husbands and Wives Across America
“We always have a gender gap,” the independent Democratic pollster Celinda Lake says. “It looks like it’s going to be on steroids this year.”
How to Get Under a Strongman’s Skin, with George Conway
“All you have to do is figure out what it is that he talks about in self-defense and poke him,” says the co-founder of the Lincoln Project.
Will Harris Get Trump to Self-Destruct at the Debate?
“The stakes are genuinely huge,” Evan Osnos says. “As we’ve learned this year, debates can be actually decisive.”
Kamala Harris’s “Different Kind of Hope Campaign”
“The enthusiasm is real, but I don’t think it’s so much around an agenda of Harris’s as much as it is around an agenda of stopping Trump,” Susan B. Glasser says.
Proud and Impassioned, Joe Biden Passes the Torch at the D.N.C.
In a valedictory speech in Chicago, the President mapped his legacy and asked to be remembered as a man who pulled the country from the maw of tragedy.
What the Harris Campaign Needs to Win
James Carville and Paul Begala share lessons from Bill Clinton’s groundbreaking 1992 campaign.
The Harris-Walz Reboot
“Walz has scrambled the circuits for Trump because he’s not easy to pigeonhole,” Evan Osnos says. “He’s not what Trump imagines, in his comic-book way, of what a progressive looks like.”
Decoding the “Compelling” Attack Ads of the 2024 Campaign
“The Harris campaign will have a couple of uplifting, very positive ads, especially when they announce who the V.P. will be,” Professor Jennifer Lawless says. “But my bet is that this will be a race to the bottom in terms of negativity.”
Could Kamala Harris Be a Trump-Level Cultural Phenomenon?
Analyzing the “very successful” kickoff of the Vice-President’s 2024 campaign.
Special Episode: Biden Passes the Torch
Kamala Harris “has one foot in the incumbency and one foot outside of it, and that is the opportunity here,” Evan Osnos says. “She has the chance to reshape this race in a profound way.”
Joe Biden’s Act of Selflessness
Throughout his political career, the President has turned pain into purpose. Now he must do it again.