What Time Is It? Here’s What the 2016 Election Tells Us About Obama, Trump, and What Comes Next What Time Is It? Here’s What the 2016 Election Tells Us About Obama, Trump, and What Comes Next
Political scientist Stephen Skowronek talks about how his theory of the cycles of presidential history explains the campaign’s shocking results.
Nov 22, 2016 / Interview / Richard Kreitner
Taking It to the States Taking It to the States
State and local government is where the next generation of progressive voices will emerge.
Nov 22, 2016 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Did Race or Class Doom Hillary Clinton? Did Race or Class Doom Hillary Clinton?
It was both.
Nov 16, 2016 / Joan Walsh
The Perfect Metaphor for Election 2016 The Perfect Metaphor for Election 2016
What have we done?
Nov 15, 2016 / Tom Tomorrow
What I Got Wrong About Hillary Clinton—and What Other Feminists Get Wrong About Her Now What I Got Wrong About Hillary Clinton—and What Other Feminists Get Wrong About Her Now
It’s simply untrue that Clinton didn’t put forward populist policies to help working women, even if it is true that she couldn’t escape her elite branding.
Nov 14, 2016 / Joan Walsh
Election Night Election Night
So what couldn’t happen (we’d learned from the polls) Had happened before 12 o’clock. There’s much to discuss about what all this means. But later. Right now I’m in shock.
Nov 10, 2016 / Column / Calvin Trillin
This 99-Year-Old Man Rode His Bike to the Polls. Wisconsin Republicans Turned Him Away. This 99-Year-Old Man Rode His Bike to the Polls. Wisconsin Republicans Turned Him Away.
Scott Walker’s voter-ID law is disenfranchising the greatest generation.
Nov 8, 2016 / Ari Berman
Media Malpractice 2016 Media Malpractice 2016
We need structural reforms to revive an accountability-centered media that doesn’t value profits over the public interest.
Nov 8, 2016 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Write Your Own Ending to the Presidential Election Write Your Own Ending to the Presidential Election
So even if your candidate loses, you still win!
Nov 8, 2016 / Tom Tomorrow
Donald Trump Wants Working Americans to Fight Each Other Donald Trump Wants Working Americans to Fight Each Other
His strategy has been to pit the white working class against people of color. Let’s prove him wrong.
Nov 7, 2016 / George Goehl