Political Figures

Barbara Lee

Obama Just Signed a Blank Check for Endless War in Afghanistan Obama Just Signed a Blank Check for Endless War in Afghanistan

And one congresswoman is not having it.

Oct 15, 2015 / John Nichols

How Bernie Changed the Democratic Debate

How Bernie Changed the Democratic Debate How Bernie Changed the Democratic Debate

The other candidates followed his lead, and leaned left.

Oct 14, 2015 / Editorial / The Editors

October 14, 1962: The Cuban Missile Crisis Begins

October 14, 1962: The Cuban Missile Crisis Begins October 14, 1962: The Cuban Missile Crisis Begins

“Thermonuclear war is not, as the world has been saying, unthinkable; quite the contrary, it is perfectly thinkable. Let no one mistake the fact.”

Oct 14, 2015 / 150th Anniversary / Richard Kreitner

Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders

How the Populist Moment Will Shape the Debates How the Populist Moment Will Shape the Debates

The moment and the movements shaping it.

Oct 13, 2015 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Democrat candidates

5 Tough Questions for Tonight’s Democratic Debate 5 Tough Questions for Tonight’s Democratic Debate

Let’s talk about making the “gig economy” fair, creating a postal bank, congressional authorization for war, and helping, rather than harming, immigrants.

Oct 13, 2015 / John Nichols

Hillary Rodham Clinton

The Presidential Debate Question No One Is Asking: ‘Are You a Capitalist?’ The Presidential Debate Question No One Is Asking: ‘Are You a Capitalist?’

If Americans can handle a debate about socialism’s strengths and weaknesses, surely they can handle a brief back-and-forth regarding capitalism.

Oct 12, 2015 / John Nichols

October 11, 1986: Ronald Reagan and Mikhail Gorbachev Meet in Reykjavik, Iceland, to Negotiate Disarmament

October 11, 1986: Ronald Reagan and Mikhail Gorbachev Meet in Reykjavik, Iceland, to Negotiate Disarmament October 11, 1986: Ronald Reagan and Mikhail Gorbachev Meet in Reykjavik, Iceland, to Negotiate Disarmament

“It is not nor at the most fundamental level has it ever been postwar U.S. policy to relinquish the ambition of superiority in the arms race.”

Oct 11, 2015 / 150th Anniversary / Richard Kreitner

John Boehner, Kevin McCarthy

Kevin McCarthy’s Exit Proves What We Already Know—the GOP Is Completely Dysfunctional Kevin McCarthy’s Exit Proves What We Already Know—the GOP Is Completely Dysfunctional

The Republican Party has become not only antigovernment but anti-governing.

Oct 8, 2015 / John Nichols

Alan Grayson

Alan Grayson Takes on Kevin McCarthyism Alan Grayson Takes on Kevin McCarthyism

Did the speaker-in-waiting reveal “a clear and unequivocal misuse of appropriated funds for political purposes” in the targeting of Hillary Clinton?

Oct 8, 2015 / John Nichols

Ben Carson

Ben Carson Just Keeps Getting More Awful. Why? Ben Carson Just Keeps Getting More Awful. Why?

The mild-mannered reactionary used to be the anti-Trump. Now he’s one-upping him on guns. This won’t end well.

Oct 7, 2015 / Joan Walsh

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