Politics

Hillary Speaking to audience

What’s Wrong With the Democratic Platform What’s Wrong With the Democratic Platform

It has good language on many issues, but it lacks an overarching vision.

Jul 15, 2016 / John Nichols

State Elections Ohio

Democrats Have a Plan to Register 50 Million New Voters Democrats Have a Plan to Register 50 Million New Voters

If more people vote, Trump-Pence loses.

Jul 15, 2016 / Ari Berman

Ruth Bader Ginsburg

The Only Thing Ruth Bader Ginsburg Did Wrong Was Apologize The Only Thing Ruth Bader Ginsburg Did Wrong Was Apologize

Who is better positioned to call Donald Trump out as a “faker” ignorant of the constitutional values that bind us together?

Jul 15, 2016 / James D. Zirin

Mike Pence

Mike Pence Is a Smooth-Talking Todd Akin Mike Pence Is a Smooth-Talking Todd Akin

The guy who led the crusade against Planned Parenthood and signed anti-abortion laws will drive more women to Hillary Clinton.

Jul 15, 2016 / Joan Walsh

Queens Home Foreclosure

How Banks Stole Homes From the Most Vulnerable New Yorkers How Banks Stole Homes From the Most Vulnerable New Yorkers

“Reverse redlining” flooded communities of color with toxic mortgages, practically ensuring default.

Jul 15, 2016 / Michelle Chen

Cuba Terror List

My Journey From Louisiana to Havana, and Back Again My Journey From Louisiana to Havana, and Back Again

Afro-Cubans are clad in American flags that represent, for them, a chance at upward mobility, while at home black Americans are murdered under this same flag.

Jul 15, 2016 / Kristina Kay Robinson

Mike Pence introduces Trump

Trump Pick Pence Is a Right-Wing Political Careerist Who Desperately Wants Out of Indiana Trump Pick Pence Is a Right-Wing Political Careerist Who Desperately Wants Out of Indiana

A Limbaugh-loving, Koch-connected member of the corporate conservative political establishment.

Jul 14, 2016 / John Nichols

MLK Speaks During March on Washington

The Civil-Rights Movement’s Lesson for Today’s Politics The Civil-Rights Movement’s Lesson for Today’s Politics

Moral prophecy is important, but without engaging our adversaries we’ll get nowhere.

Jul 14, 2016 / Harry C. Boyte

Mike Pence and Donald Trump

Vice President Mike Pence Would Be a Dream for the Koch Brothers Vice President Mike Pence Would Be a Dream for the Koch Brothers

Donald Trump has long boasted of his independence from GOP donors, but that may be changing.

Jul 14, 2016 / George Zornick

Is the Human Race Too Stupid to Survive?

Is the Human Race Too Stupid to Survive? Is the Human Race Too Stupid to Survive?

Or are we living in some kind of heavy-handed political satire?

Jul 14, 2016 / Tom Tomorrow

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