Election debates

Debate stage

Pimps, Prostitutes, Drug Dealers and the GOP’s Colorblind America Pimps, Prostitutes, Drug Dealers and the GOP’s Colorblind America

The first Republican debates were a startling reminder that the party is still dominated by white men who won’t talk honestly about race.

Aug 7, 2015 / Mark Winston Griffith

‘Kill People and Break Things’: The Very Best of the First GOP Presidential Debate

‘Kill People and Break Things’: The Very Best of the First GOP Presidential Debate ‘Kill People and Break Things’: The Very Best of the First GOP Presidential Debate

Here’s the best the GOP had to offer on national security, reproductive rights, economics, race and immigration.

Aug 7, 2015 / Miranda Katz, Jailyn Gladney, Asha Thanki, and Stephen Quillen

GOP Kid's Table

The First GOP Debate: At the Kids’ Table The First GOP Debate: At the Kids’ Table

At least for one night, some of the richest, most powerful men in the country got honorary membership in club that includes “the rest of us.”

Aug 6, 2015 / D.D. Guttenplan

Debate stage

11 Key Quotes From the ‘Happy Hour’ Debate 11 Key Quotes From the ‘Happy Hour’ Debate

The GOP’s second-tier candidates try to out-Trump the Donald in the race for recognition.

Aug 6, 2015 / Ethan Corey and Sara Rathod

Donald Trump

American Democracy Has to Do Better Than This American Democracy Has to Do Better Than This

And we’re the ones who are going to have to change it.

Aug 6, 2015 / Naked Democracy / William Greider

Debate stage

For a More Substantive Republican Debate, Ask Tougher Questions For a More Substantive Republican Debate, Ask Tougher Questions

The people with the tough jobs Thursday are not the candidates, but the moderators.

Aug 6, 2015 / John Nichols

Minimum Wage Protester

4 Tough Questions on Poverty for the Republican Presidential Candidates 4 Tough Questions on Poverty for the Republican Presidential Candidates

This first debate of the 2016 election is an opportunity for the leading Republicans to go on the record about the issues that matter most to working families. But they probably wo...

Aug 5, 2015 / Marisol Bello

Tom Tomorrow cartoon

Things Donald Trump Could Do to Look Even More Presidential Things Donald Trump Could Do to Look Even More Presidential

Another in a series of unavoidable cartoons about terrible people who are never actually going to be president.

Aug 5, 2015 / Tom Tomorrow

Is US Policy Toward Russia and Ukraine Falling Apart?

Is US Policy Toward Russia and Ukraine Falling Apart? Is US Policy Toward Russia and Ukraine Falling Apart?

Growing signs that Europe is no longer united in following DC’s hawkish policies.

Aug 5, 2015 / Audio / Stephen F. Cohen

Trump Campaign

The Coming Debate and a Trump in the House of Cards The Coming Debate and a Trump in the House of Cards

A debate that promises to defy the needs—and common sense—of most Americans.

Aug 4, 2015 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

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