Florida Has Not Held an Employer Responsible for Violating the Minimum Wage Since 2011

Blame Pam Bondi, the state’s Trump-loving attorney general.

Spencer Woodman

How to Fight Big Money in 2016 and Beyond

As Jeb Bush supporters discovered, money can’t make someone a great candidate—but it does function as a gatekeeper for one who is able to run a viable campaign in the first place.

Layne Amerikaner

Emperor Trump

The 2016 election season is beginning to feel like an alternate reality.

Tom Tomorrow

Trump Says This Was His Best Debate Yet. He Might Be Right.

Time is running out for the Republicans to come up with a consensus alternative to the Greatest Shill on Earth.

D.D. Guttenplan

Heading Into New Hampshire, Republicans Are a Hot Mess

Donald Trump gets uglier, and establishment savior Marco Rubio melts down.

Joan Walsh

Republicans Suddenly Realize Anti-Choice Politics Can Be Toxic

After a year of over-the-top campaigning against Planned Parenthood by Republicans, Bush, and Christie now decry Rubio’s extreme anti-choice stances.

John Nichols

This Republican Debate Was Nasty, Brutish and Long

The Republican debates are going from bad to worse—by design.

John Nichols

American Presidential Candidates Are Now Openly Promising to Commit War Crimes

Would Donald Trump approve waterboarding? “You bet your ass” he would.

Rebecca Gordon

Instead of Calling Him a ‘Jerk,’ Bush Should Say ‘Donald Trump Is Making Overtly Fascist Appeals’

While Republicans pull their punches and embarrass themselves, Democrat Martin O’Malley says what should be said.

John Nichols

‘New Bush Strategy: Attack Trump’—Newspaper Headlines

Calvin Trillin