Republicans

The Hate Behind Donald Trump’s Success

The Hate Behind Donald Trump’s Success The Hate Behind Donald Trump’s Success

Why is no one in the Republican establishment directly condemning Trump’s nascent movement of thugs and fanatics?

Feb 24, 2016 / Sasha Abramsky

Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders

The Economic Dilemma Democrats Face in 2016 The Economic Dilemma Democrats Face in 2016

The challenge for any Democratic candidate is to learn—and learn fast—that he or she must be the candidate of fundamental change, not the candidate of continuity.

Feb 23, 2016 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Supreme Court

Why Republicans Won’t Give Up Without a Fight on Obama’s Supreme Court Nominee Why Republicans Won’t Give Up Without a Fight on Obama’s Supreme Court Nominee

Scalia’s passing represents not only the death of one justice. It’s the end of an era and the coming of a multicultural, multiracial America.

Feb 23, 2016 / Tom Hayden

Donald Trump

President Donald J. Trump—It Could Happen President Donald J. Trump—It Could Happen

His promise to protect jobs and change trade policies could win over blue-collar workers, especially in the industrialized swing states.

Feb 23, 2016 / Feature / John Nichols

The US Promised Refuge to 10,000 Syrians—We’ve Let in 841

The US Promised Refuge to 10,000 Syrians—We’ve Let in 841 The US Promised Refuge to 10,000 Syrians—We’ve Let in 841

Nearly five years into the Syrian civil war, Obama’s refugee plan continues at a trickle.

Feb 22, 2016 / John Knefel

Alabama Capitol

Congrats on That New Citywide Minimum Wage. Now Republicans Are Going to Try to Kill It. Congrats on That New Citywide Minimum Wage. Now Republicans Are Going to Try to Kill It.

As cities throughout the country pass minimum-wage raises, GOP state legislators have a little plan to undo them.

Feb 22, 2016 / Spencer Woodman

Why the Results of South Carolina’s Republican Primary Should Worry Democrats

Why the Results of South Carolina’s Republican Primary Should Worry Democrats Why the Results of South Carolina’s Republican Primary Should Worry Democrats

Trump wins and Rubio grabs the establishment lane. Neither of them would be pushovers in November.

Feb 21, 2016 / D.D. Guttenplan

Pope Francis

Note to Pundits: Stop Lecturing Pope Francis About American Politics Note to Pundits: Stop Lecturing Pope Francis About American Politics

Attacks on the pope misrepresent his message and display the submerged anti-Catholicism in US political life.

Feb 19, 2016 / Joan Walsh

Governor Jeb Bush

The GOP’s Class Divide on Austerity The GOP’s Class Divide on Austerity

Even inside the GOP, the working poor don’t support the austerity politics of the party’s elites.

Feb 19, 2016 / Sean McElwee

Republicans Are Now Waging a War on Facts, Precedent, and the Constitution

Republicans Are Now Waging a War on Facts, Precedent, and the Constitution Republicans Are Now Waging a War on Facts, Precedent, and the Constitution

What Cruz, Rubio, Kasich, and McConnell are saying is absolutely at odds with the constitutionally defined duties of presidents and senators.

Feb 17, 2016 / John Nichols

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