Who Goes to the DNC Anyway? Who Goes to the DNC Anyway?
From an 18-year-old first-time voter to a baseball-cap entrepreneur, eight conventioneers tell us what brings them to Philly.
Jul 28, 2016 / Samantha Schuyler and Molly Stier
Why We Need to Listen to the Mothers of the Movement Why We Need to Listen to the Mothers of the Movement
Both parties use grief to sell their messages. But not all uses of emotion in politics are the same.
Jul 27, 2016 / D.D. Guttenplan
The Democratic Convention Is Highlighting the Difference Between Electoral and Movement Politics The Democratic Convention Is Highlighting the Difference Between Electoral and Movement Politics
Elected officials operate within the parameters of possibility. Movement politics is about redefining those parameters.
Jul 27, 2016 / Bruce Shapiro
Eat, Pray, Starve: What Tim Kaine Didn’t Learn During His Time in Honduras Eat, Pray, Starve: What Tim Kaine Didn’t Learn During His Time in Honduras
The vice-presidential nominee supports policies that hurt the country that was the “turning point” in his life.
Jul 27, 2016 / Greg Grandin
Neo-McCarthyism and Olympic Politics as More Evidence of a New Cold War Neo-McCarthyism and Olympic Politics as More Evidence of a New Cold War
McCarthyism was a characteristic feature of the preceding Cold War, but now it is coming from liberals, even from the Clinton campaign.
Jul 27, 2016 / Audio / Stephen F. Cohen
Hillary Clinton Just Made History Hillary Clinton Just Made History
The DNC’s roll-call vote made Clinton the first woman to ever be nominated for the presidency by a major party.
Jul 27, 2016 / John Nichols
Gun Control Is Having a Moment in Philadelphia Gun Control Is Having a Moment in Philadelphia
“Gun control” was a dirty word at the DNC just four years ago.
Jul 26, 2016 / George Zornick
Hillary Clinton Can Become the Real Candidate of Change Hillary Clinton Can Become the Real Candidate of Change
Clinton needs to go bold: using her experience and competence as the basis for laying out a big agenda for change that can help build enthusiasm and turnout.
Jul 26, 2016 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
The Democratic Party Puts a Diverse America Onstage The Democratic Party Puts a Diverse America Onstage
Immigrant-rights groups kept the pressure on Hillary Clinton and the Democratic Party during the first day of the convention.
Jul 26, 2016 / Julianne Hing
Welcome to the 2016 DNC, Sponsored by Special Interests Welcome to the 2016 DNC, Sponsored by Special Interests
These will be the first conventions since 1968 to have no public funding whatsoever.
Jul 25, 2016 / George Zornick