Campaigns and Elections

Clinton Super Tuesday Win

The ‘Woman Card’ The ‘Woman Card’

So if playing the “woman card” really Is entrenched now in Hillary’s plans, She’s a bargain: Her president’s paycheck Will be 10 percent less than a man’s.

May 5, 2016 / Column / Calvin Trillin

Ted Cruz, Like Joe McCarthy, Shuffles Off the Stage

Ted Cruz, Like Joe McCarthy, Shuffles Off the Stage Ted Cruz, Like Joe McCarthy, Shuffles Off the Stage

“Well hello, Joe, what do you know? Got any patter for my vaudeville show?” “I can’t believe you’re asking me, Ted, When that ‘nest of Muslims’ is knocking ’em dead.” “Should I reu…

May 5, 2016 / Edward Sorel and Prudence Crowther

Is the American Party System About to Crack Up?

Is the American Party System About to Crack Up? Is the American Party System About to Crack Up?

Three scholars of American politics and history consider whether we're on the verge of a fundamental realignment.

May 5, 2016 / Feature / Danielle Allen, Rick Perlstein, and Daniel Schlozman

Bernie Sanders

Why Bernie Didn’t Get My Vote Why Bernie Didn’t Get My Vote

It’s not his focus on the economy—it’s that he doesn’t seem to understand that the economy is structured by gender and race.

May 4, 2016 / Column / Katha Pollitt

GOP Debate SC

How to Destroy the Republican Party, in 3 Easy Steps How to Destroy the Republican Party, in 3 Easy Steps

With a few common-sense reforms, Democrats can finish the job Donald Trump has already started.

May 4, 2016 / Feature / Thomas Geoghegan

Donald Trump Indiana primary

This Is What Happens When Republican Voters Get What They Want This Is What Happens When Republican Voters Get What They Want

It’s Donald Trump’s party now.

May 4, 2016 / Joan Walsh

Bernie Sanders

Indiana Tells Bernie Sanders to Stay in the Race, and Keep Talking About Trade Indiana Tells Bernie Sanders to Stay in the Race, and Keep Talking About Trade

The challenger wins a key primary by declaring that “we must rewrite our disastrous trade policies.”

May 4, 2016 / John Nichols

‘Weiner’: If They Cheer, or if They Jeer

‘Weiner’: If They Cheer, or if They Jeer ‘Weiner’: If They Cheer, or if They Jeer

The outstanding political film of the 2016 presidential season is about the 2013 New York City mayoral race.

May 4, 2016 / Books & the Arts / Stuart Klawans

Protesters for Berta Caceres

Berta Cáceres’s Killers Are Getting Good at the PR Game Berta Cáceres’s Killers Are Getting Good at the PR Game

State terrorists in Honduras have learned that to be effective, they can’t just kill and torture. They also have to be able to tell good stories.

May 3, 2016 / Greg Grandin

Bernie Sanders Should Push for a New Realism in Foreign Policy

Bernie Sanders Should Push for a New Realism in Foreign Policy Bernie Sanders Should Push for a New Realism in Foreign Policy

Sanders is helping to energize and educate a new generation coming into American politics—it is imperative that a real security agenda be part of that education.

May 3, 2016 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

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