President Obama: In the Final Stretch President Obama: In the Final Stretch
Taking stock of the president’s last moments in office.
Oct 7, 2016 / Khalid Rahmaan
The Clinton-Trump Electoral Map Looks Almost Exactly Like the Obama-Romney Map. How Is That Possible? The Clinton-Trump Electoral Map Looks Almost Exactly Like the Obama-Romney Map. How Is That Possible?
We’ve never seen a presidential candidate like Trump before. Why does the electoral math seems so familiar?
Oct 7, 2016 / Jon Wiener
Bernie Sanders Has a Plan to Fix the Trump-Friendly Tax Code Bernie Sanders Has a Plan to Fix the Trump-Friendly Tax Code
Like few other industries, real-estate developers are showered with special tax treatment.
Oct 6, 2016 / George Zornick
The Bully We Secretly Want in the Oval Office The Bully We Secretly Want in the Oval Office
In a strange way, some Americans would risk having a loose cannon like Trump in the White House even if it comes crashing down on them.
Oct 6, 2016 / Tom Engelhardt
Trump Benefits From a Broken Tax System Trump Benefits From a Broken Tax System
Revelations about Donald Trump’s tax returns—and the probability that he has paid no federal income tax for decades—should spur movements to fix our broken tax system.
Oct 6, 2016 / Chuck Collins
Slouching Toward War With Russia in Syria? Slouching Toward War With Russia in Syria?
The proposed Obama-Putin cooperation was killed by its enemies in Washington, with dire implications.
Oct 6, 2016 / Stephen F. Cohen
Why I Voted Nader in 2000 and Will Be Voting for Hillary Clinton in 2016 Why I Voted Nader in 2000 and Will Be Voting for Hillary Clinton in 2016
Trump’s candidacy does not bode well for the Fourth, Fifth, Sixth, 14th, and 15th Amendments.
Oct 6, 2016 / Touré Reed
A Journey Into the Heart of Trump Country A Journey Into the Heart of Trump Country
Arlie Hochschild on her new book, plus Amy Wilentz on Trump’s high road and Robert Kenner and Eric Schlosser on Command and Control.
Oct 6, 2016 / Podcast / Start Making Sense and Jon Wiener
Letters From the October 24, 2016, Issue Letters From the October 24, 2016, Issue
Not so Gurley after all… I beg your pardon!… Why the fuss over Russ?… Disruption roulette… Collective responsibility…
Oct 6, 2016 / Our Readers
Texas’s Voter-Registration Laws Are Straight Out of the Jim Crow Playbook Texas’s Voter-Registration Laws Are Straight Out of the Jim Crow Playbook
Compare them to Oregon’s, which make voting incredibly easy.
Oct 6, 2016 / Feature / Ari Berman