From the editor | December 31

It’s finally arrived: U.S. election year is here, and you can count on OZY to keep you ahead of the curve on major issues that other outlets often overlook. From the hidden powers behind the Democratic candidates to the Chinese Americans for Trump, we’ll always aim to surprise and open your eyes.

Fay Schlesinger, OZY Managing Editor

News + Politics

OZY Takes You Ahead of the Curve on Politics

We spent 2019 giving you fresh insight into the political scene and getting you ready for the blockbuster 2020 to come.

We come to the end of 2019 with the two biggest American political stories still unresolved. The first was the unfolding presidential campaign, with its massive and unsettled Democratic field. The second: The impeachment of President Donald Trump — from the Mueller Report waiting game to the Democrats’ will-they-or-won’t-they-impeach drama to the rapid turns surrounding l’affaire Ukraine. It culminated in the almost exactly party-line House impeachment votes Dec. 18.

We strive to ensure our coverage is giving you what you can’t get from the usual national media suspects — namely, clear-eyed, multipartisan coverage that breaks you out of your bubble.

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Politics & Power

Digital, Political Nomads: Meet the Chinese Americans for Trump

Buying New York property and shedding censored chat apps, these Trump supporters are defying demographic destiny.

When Phoebe Xu left China for the U.S. as a 20-year-old in 1982, she was fleeing a suppressed society marked by the after effects of the bloody Cultural Revolution. So more than three decades later, when a political-correctness-decrying capitalist rose to the top of the presidential pecking order in her new home, she didn’t see a pariah — like many of her Asian American peers — but a powerful testament to social conservatism and free speech.

Xu soon found she wasn’t alone. Along with hundreds of others, the 57-year-old project manager began posting to a sprawling pro-Trump group on WeChat, China’s most popular social media app.

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