The Rest of the World Is Disturbed and Confused by the GOP Race The Rest of the World Is Disturbed and Confused by the GOP Race
The soap-opera shenanigans of Ted Cruz and Donald Trump are, as John Kerry put it, “an embarrassment to our country.”
Mar 29, 2016 / John Nichols
An Alien’s View of the 2016 Election An Alien’s View of the 2016 Election
Electing Trump may mean the end of the world.
Mar 29, 2016 / Tom Tomorrow
What Obama Has Gotten Right About the Foreign-Policy Establishment What Obama Has Gotten Right About the Foreign-Policy Establishment
What we need today is a serious and sustained challenge to the “credibility” addiction that has failed our country for so long.
Mar 29, 2016 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Don’t Blame It All on Donald Trump Don’t Blame It All on Donald Trump
To treat Trump’s candidacy as an anomaly is to overlook the system that gave birth to it.
Mar 28, 2016 / Tom Engelhardt
Ted Cruz Backers Should Be Ashamed of Themselves and Their ‘Wacko Bird’ Candidate Ted Cruz Backers Should Be Ashamed of Themselves and Their ‘Wacko Bird’ Candidate
Cruz is running the same race as Trump. The two Republicans who were equally unacceptable at the start of the race are even more unacceptable now.
Mar 25, 2016 / John Nichols
Trump’s Immigration Plan Would Have a Tiny Effect on Wages Trump’s Immigration Plan Would Have a Tiny Effect on Wages
The liberal agenda is huge in comparison.
Mar 24, 2016 / Editorial / Mike Konczal
Paul Ryan’s Self-Serving Hypocrisy Is Enabling Donald Trump and Ted Cruz Paul Ryan’s Self-Serving Hypocrisy Is Enabling Donald Trump and Ted Cruz
The speaker decries the ugly and divisive politics of his party, yet he promises to back the ugliest and most divisive nominee.
Mar 23, 2016 / John Nichols
Trump v. Disastrous US Triumphalism in Foreign Policy Trump v. Disastrous US Triumphalism in Foreign Policy
Trump’s challenge to 20-year bipartisan consensus may finally produce the missing public debate.
Mar 23, 2016 / Audio / Stephen F. Cohen
Fear and Hate Drove Arizona’s Republican Primary Fear and Hate Drove Arizona’s Republican Primary
Sheriff Joe Arpaio rallied the GOP and repelled Democrats as a polarized Phoenix electorate helped choose the next president.
Mar 23, 2016 / Joan Walsh
Imagine How President Donald Trump or Ted Cruz Would Respond to the Brussels Attacks Imagine How President Donald Trump or Ted Cruz Would Respond to the Brussels Attacks
You don’t have to, because they spelled it out—scapegoat, close borders, and torture.
Mar 22, 2016 / John Nichols