Democracy Dies in Darkness

The 5 most undersold political stories of 2019

Analysis by
Staff writer
December 23, 2019 at 9:03 a.m. EST
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) walks to his office on Capitol Hill earlier this month. (Susan Walsh/AP)

The year 2019 brought us a new Democratic House majority, our third impeached president in history, the Mueller report, the beginnings of the 2020 presidential race and so much more.

But what about the stories that got short shrift? What happened this year that we should be thinking about that maybe we aren’t? As we’ve done before, we’ve compiled stories you might not have paid close attention to but probably should.