Campaigns and Elections

Urban Meyer on the sidelines

Ohio State Football Coach Urban Meyer Endorses John Kasich in a Greasy Political Payback Ohio State Football Coach Urban Meyer Endorses John Kasich in a Greasy Political Payback

Meyer has done very well in Ohio. His players cannot organize, and his salary is sky-high. This week, he paid back the man who has made it happen.

Mar 11, 2016 / Dave Zirin

Marco Rubio and Donald Trump

Republican Candidates Give Trump a Pass for Violence at His Rallies Republican Candidates Give Trump a Pass for Violence at His Rallies

You’d think a string of violence at his rallies would leave Trump vulnerable. It hasn’t.

Mar 11, 2016 / George Zornick

Hillary Clinton

Hillary Clinton Is Exposing the Dark Underbelly of the Democrats’ Money Machine Hillary Clinton Is Exposing the Dark Underbelly of the Democrats’ Money Machine

Her campaign has put a spotlight on the cozy relationships between Democratic operatives and corporate America.

Mar 10, 2016 / Joshua Holland

Prison fence

The Gaping Hole in Clinton’s and Sanders’s Plans for Criminal Justice Reform The Gaping Hole in Clinton’s and Sanders’s Plans for Criminal Justice Reform

Why aren’t more reform-minded politicians talking about the public defender shortfall?

Mar 10, 2016 / Zoë Carpenter

Texas voter ID

Will a Conservative Court Uphold Texas’ Discriminatory Voter ID Law? Will a Conservative Court Uphold Texas’ Discriminatory Voter ID Law?

The toughest voting restriction in the country has been blocked three times by the Voting Rights Act yet remains in effect.

Mar 10, 2016 / Ari Berman

Before Her Murder, Berta Cáceres Singled Out Hillary Clinton for Criticism

Before Her Murder, Berta Cáceres Singled Out Hillary Clinton for Criticism Before Her Murder, Berta Cáceres Singled Out Hillary Clinton for Criticism

The presidential candidate has ignored criticism of her role in enabling the consolidation of the Honduran coup.

Mar 10, 2016 / Greg Grandin

Clinton and Sanders Promised Not to Deport Child Migrants. Should We Cheer?

Clinton and Sanders Promised Not to Deport Child Migrants. Should We Cheer? Clinton and Sanders Promised Not to Deport Child Migrants. Should We Cheer?

Promises they can’t keep aren’t what immigrants really need.

Mar 10, 2016 / Julianne Hing

Bernie Sanders Rally

Start Making Sense: Bernie on the Move Start Making Sense: Bernie on the Move

How Bernie won in Michigan. Plus, “Trump: fascist or clown?” and another kind of politics: the gay revolution.

Mar 10, 2016 / Podcast / Start Making Sense and Jon Wiener

Letters Icon

Letters From the March 28–April 4, 2016, Issue Letters From the March 28–April 4, 2016, Issue

See ya, Scalia… Dogs will whistle… Co-ops and worker-owned… That short-fingered guy (again)…

Mar 10, 2016 / Our Readers

Donald Trump in the Spin Room

How We Got Trumped by the Media How We Got Trumped by the Media

They’re so obsessed with “The Donald” that they can barely be bothered to cover the other candidates, much less the important issues.

Mar 10, 2016 / John Nichols

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