Trump Says This Was His Best Debate Yet. He Might Be Right. Trump Says This Was His Best Debate Yet. He Might Be Right.
Time is running out for the Republicans to come up with a consensus alternative to the Greatest Shill on Earth.
Feb 14, 2016 / D.D. Guttenplan
Thousands March in North Carolina to Protest Voter Suppression Thousands March in North Carolina to Protest Voter Suppression
Civil-rights activists mobilize to make their voices heard at the ballot box in 2016.
Feb 13, 2016 / Ari Berman
A Concrete Plan to Make Black Lives Matter A Concrete Plan to Make Black Lives Matter
This is a plan for pressuring whoever is in office, whether they are sympathetic to the causes of racial and economic justice or not.
Feb 13, 2016 / Mychal Denzel Smith
Donald Trump, the Most Dangerous Face in the Republican Crowd Donald Trump, the Most Dangerous Face in the Republican Crowd
Like “Lonesome” Rhodes, the lead character in Elia Kazan’s great 1957 movie about demagogy, Trump is a case study of narcissism and megalomania run amok.
Feb 12, 2016 / Sasha Abramsky
Bernie Sanders Has an Obama Problem Bernie Sanders Has an Obama Problem
He needs to find a way to critique the administration without alienating black voters who are protective of the president.
Feb 12, 2016 / Joan Walsh
Does the Rise of Trump and Sanders Turn What We Know About American Elections Upside Down? Does the Rise of Trump and Sanders Turn What We Know About American Elections Upside Down?
The 2016 election has flummoxed pundits. Is it upending political science, too?
Feb 12, 2016 / Joshua Holland
Corporations Killed Medicine. Here’s How to Take It Back. Corporations Killed Medicine. Here’s How to Take It Back.
For most of human history, life-saving drugs were a public good. Now they’re only good for shareholders.
Feb 12, 2016 / Fran Quigley
A Debate Christopher Hitchens Would Surely Have Appreciated A Debate Christopher Hitchens Would Surely Have Appreciated
When Democrats debated Thursday night, the trials of Henry Kissinger were on the agenda.
Feb 12, 2016 / John Nichols
Hillary Clinton Rips Scott Walker to Make a Bigger Point Hillary Clinton Rips Scott Walker to Make a Bigger Point
In a critical debate, she used local references to make points about Wisconsin and America.
Feb 12, 2016 / John Nichols
Big GOP Donors Are to Blame for Their Party’s Clown-Car Primary Big GOP Donors Are to Blame for Their Party’s Clown-Car Primary
In another era, the “establishment” might be coalescing around a single candidate, and attacking Trump and Cruz. But there is no single Republican “establishment” today.
Feb 11, 2016 / Joshua Holland