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’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
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
August 9, 1974: Richard Nixon Resigns August 9, 1974: Richard Nixon Resigns
“The debate on Watergate has been a profoundly educative experience and it will continue for a long time.”
Aug 9, 2015 / Richard Kreitner
‘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
August 7, 1912: The Progressives Nominate Teddy Roosevelt for a Third Term as President August 7, 1912: The Progressives Nominate Teddy Roosevelt for a Third Term as President
“He uses words that are ludicrously meaningless.”
Aug 7, 2015 / Richard Kreitner
11 Key Quotes From the ‘Happy Hour’ Debate 11 Key Quotes From the ‘Happy Hour’ Debate
The GOP’s second-tier candidates try to out-Trump the Donald in the race for recognition.
Aug 6, 2015 / Ethan Corey and Sara Rathod
Narco-Terror Has Come to Mexico City Narco-Terror Has Come to Mexico City
The murders of photojournalist Rubén Espinosa and activist Nadia Vera Pérez are only the latest in a string of deaths connected to the state of Veracruz.
Aug 6, 2015 / Greg Grandin
For a More Substantive Republican Debate, Ask Tougher Questions For a More Substantive Republican Debate, Ask Tougher Questions
The people with the tough jobs Thursday are not the candidates, but the moderators.
Aug 6, 2015 / John Nichols
4 Tough Questions on Poverty for the Republican Presidential Candidates 4 Tough Questions on Poverty for the Republican Presidential Candidates
This first debate of the 2016 election is an opportunity for the leading Republicans to go on the record about the issues that matter most to working families. But they probably wo...
Aug 5, 2015 / Marisol Bello