Executive Branch

Clinton Super Tuesday Win

Hillary Clinton Will Claim a Historic Victory Tuesday Night—and the Media Should Cover It That Way Hillary Clinton Will Claim a Historic Victory Tuesday Night—and the Media Should Cover It That Way

But Sanders and his voters deserve time to think about their next steps, too.

Jun 6, 2016 / Joan Walsh

Michael Hayden

Michael Hayden Played Right Up to the Edge of Legality—and Then Took a Big Leap Off Michael Hayden Played Right Up to the Edge of Legality—and Then Took a Big Leap Off

In his new memoir, the former director of the NSA and the CIA shows how his many failures were followed, one after the next, by promotions.

Jun 1, 2016 / Books & the Arts / James Bamford

Tom Tomorrow cartoon

This Campaign Is So Confusing This Campaign Is So Confusing

Notes from the road to the White House.

Jun 1, 2016 / Tom Tomorrow

A New Campaign to Hold Wall Street Accountable Emerges

A New Campaign to Hold Wall Street Accountable Emerges A New Campaign to Hold Wall Street Accountable Emerges

Take on Wall Street sets the stage for the next wave of financial reform.  

May 31, 2016 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Obama Hiroshima

Obama’s Powerful Call to ‘Make War Less Likely and Cruelty Less Easily Accepted’ Obama’s Powerful Call to ‘Make War Less Likely and Cruelty Less Easily Accepted’

Speaking in Hiroshima, the president channels Eisenhower’s urging to take “the chance for a just peace for all peoples.”

May 27, 2016 / John Nichols

Jimmy Carter

Thanks, Jimmy Carter, for Stating What Should Be Obvious: Trump’s Campaign Is Racist Thanks, Jimmy Carter, for Stating What Should Be Obvious: Trump’s Campaign Is Racist

The former president has long modeled how white leaders can and should disavow white supremacy.

May 26, 2016 / Imara Jones

The Pentagon in Washington

How to Disappear Money, Pentagon-Style How to Disappear Money, Pentagon-Style

Conflating self-interest with the country’s need for security, military officials have kept their spending out of the public eye.

May 24, 2016 / William D. Hartung

Donald Trump.

The Media Must Decide Whether to Follow Donald Trump Down the Sewer The Media Must Decide Whether to Follow Donald Trump Down the Sewer

Journalists act as though they have no control over the campaign of personal destruction Trump plans against Clinton. They’re wrong.

May 24, 2016 / Joan Walsh

Tom Tomorrow cartoon

The Great Trump Overload The Great Trump Overload

Soon we won’t recall the days before Trump.

May 24, 2016 / Tom Tomorrow

Tom Tomorrow cartoon

The Pundits Are Always Right The Pundits Are Always Right

There’s no place for ambition in American politics.

May 18, 2016 / Tom Tomorrow

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