Election 2016

John McCain Iran deal

Iran Hawks Think We Can Impose Harsher Sanctions on Iran Iran Hawks Think We Can Impose Harsher Sanctions on Iran

Here’s why they’re wrong.

Aug 12, 2015 / Juan Cole

Clinton education speech

Hillary Clinton Joins Debt-Free College Push With a Big Plan Hillary Clinton Joins Debt-Free College Push With a Big Plan

All three major Democratic candidates embrace the idea of free public higher education.

Aug 11, 2015 / George Zornick

Trump Megyn Kelly

The GOP’s Contempt for Women The GOP’s Contempt for Women

Republicans may be trapped in a death spiral from which they cannot escape.

Aug 11, 2015 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Rand Paul

Rand Paul’s Decline Marks the End of Realism Within the GOP Rand Paul’s Decline Marks the End of Realism Within the GOP

Once the great hope for his party’s foreign policy realists, these days he’s sounding more like a dyed-in-the-wool interventionist.

Aug 11, 2015 / James Carden

Tom Tomorrow cartoon

How Close Can the GOP Get to Absolute Madness? How Close Can the GOP Get to Absolute Madness?

The state of the party makes you wonder: Is this real life?

Aug 11, 2015 / Tom Tomorrow

Bernie Sanders

National Nurses United Union Backs Bernie Sanders National Nurses United Union Backs Bernie Sanders

This is the first major endorsement for Senator Sanders, as unions divide their support between the candidates.

Aug 10, 2015 / John Nichols

Rand Paul’s Eye-Roll Marked the End of the 9/11 Era

Rand Paul’s Eye-Roll Marked the End of the 9/11 Era Rand Paul’s Eye-Roll Marked the End of the 9/11 Era

The attacks of 2001 are no longer the potent GOP rallying point they once were.

Aug 7, 2015 / George Zornick

Debate stage

Pimps, Prostitutes, Drug Dealers and the GOP’s Colorblind America Pimps, Prostitutes, Drug Dealers and the GOP’s Colorblind America

The first Republican debates were a startling reminder that the party is still dominated by white men who won’t talk honestly about race.

Aug 7, 2015 / Mark Winston Griffith

‘Kill People and Break Things’: The Very Best of the First GOP Presidential Debate

‘Kill People and Break Things’: The Very Best of the First GOP Presidential Debate ‘Kill People and Break Things’: The Very Best of the First GOP Presidential Debate

Here’s the best the GOP had to offer on national security, reproductive rights, economics, race and immigration.

Aug 7, 2015 / Miranda Katz, Jailyn Gladney, Asha Thanki, and Stephen Quillen

Donald Trump Burns His Bridges

Donald Trump Burns His Bridges Donald Trump Burns His Bridges

The Republican frontrunner picks himself over his party.

Aug 7, 2015 / John Nichols

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