McKay CoppinsMcKay Coppins is a staff writer at The Atlantic where he covers national politics, religion, and the media. He is the author of The Wilderness, a book about the battle over the future of the Republican Party, and he has been a visiting ellow at the University of Chicago's Institute of Politics. In 2019, he won the Aldo Beckman Award from the White House Correspondents Association for his coverage of the Trump presidency; in 2021, he received the Wilbur Award for religion journalism. He lives near Washington, DC, with his wife and children. Read More Read Less