Paul Ryan’s Self-Serving Hypocrisy Is Enabling Donald Trump and Ted Cruz Paul Ryan’s Self-Serving Hypocrisy Is Enabling Donald Trump and Ted Cruz
The speaker decries the ugly and divisive politics of his party, yet he promises to back the ugliest and most divisive nominee.
Mar 23, 2016 / John Nichols
Standing Ovations for Donald Trump at AIPAC Standing Ovations for Donald Trump at AIPAC
Pandering to the pro-Israel lobby was the order of the day for candidates of both parties.
Mar 23, 2016 / Ali Gharib
Donald Trump Could Be the Military-Industrial Complex’s Worst Nightmare Donald Trump Could Be the Military-Industrial Complex’s Worst Nightmare
The Republican front-runner is against nation building. Imagine that.
Mar 23, 2016 / Naked Democracy / William Greider
There Were 5-Hour Lines to Vote in Arizona Because the Supreme Court Gutted the Voting Rights Act There Were 5-Hour Lines to Vote in Arizona Because the Supreme Court Gutted the Voting Rights Act
Reducing the number of polling places in Phoenix had catastrophic consequences in the March 22 primary.
Mar 23, 2016 / Ari Berman
Trump v. Disastrous US Triumphalism in Foreign Policy Trump v. Disastrous US Triumphalism in Foreign Policy
Trump’s challenge to 20-year bipartisan consensus may finally produce the missing public debate.
Mar 23, 2016 / Audio / Stephen F. Cohen
Fear and Hate Drove Arizona’s Republican Primary Fear and Hate Drove Arizona’s Republican Primary
Sheriff Joe Arpaio rallied the GOP and repelled Democrats as a polarized Phoenix electorate helped choose the next president.
Mar 23, 2016 / Joan Walsh
Imagine How President Donald Trump or Ted Cruz Would Respond to the Brussels Attacks Imagine How President Donald Trump or Ted Cruz Would Respond to the Brussels Attacks
You don’t have to, because they spelled it out—scapegoat, close borders, and torture.
Mar 22, 2016 / John Nichols
Ted Cruz’s Radical New Proposal: Patrol and ‘Secure’ Muslim Neighborhoods Ted Cruz’s Radical New Proposal: Patrol and ‘Secure’ Muslim Neighborhoods
It’s not clear what he even means.
Mar 22, 2016 / George Zornick
Millennials Are Taking to the Streets to Defend Democracy in Brazil Millennials Are Taking to the Streets to Defend Democracy in Brazil
You wouldn’t know it from reading the media, but huge numbers have turned out to preserve the rule of law and the gains of social democracy.
Mar 22, 2016 / StudentNation / Greg Grandin
This Congressional Progressive Caucus Budget Shows That Bold, Progressive Ideas Are Feasible and Sensible This Congressional Progressive Caucus Budget Shows That Bold, Progressive Ideas Are Feasible and Sensible
The remarkable CPC People’s Budget is an urgent call for the kinds of bigger, bolder reforms that can make our lives better.
Mar 22, 2016 / Katrina vanden Heuvel