Barack Obama

Trump and Obama meet

What Time Is It? Here’s What the 2016 Election Tells Us About Obama, Trump, and What Comes Next What Time Is It? Here’s What the 2016 Election Tells Us About Obama, Trump, and What Comes Next

Political scientist Stephen Skowronek talks about how his theory of the cycles of presidential history explains the campaign’s shocking results.

Nov 22, 2016 / Richard Kreitner

Mitch McConnell News Conference

Senate Republicans Don’t Really Want to Govern in the Era of Trump Senate Republicans Don’t Really Want to Govern in the Era of Trump

Mitch McConnell has no use for power other than acquiring and maintaining it.

Nov 21, 2016 / David Dayen

Mars

Seeing Mars, Seeing Red Seeing Mars, Seeing Red

As the climate warms and this planet of ours continues sprinting toward extinction, we’re seeing the cultural fixation with Mars take center stage.

Nov 19, 2016 / Sam Sax

Donald Trump grimace

The Real Revolution of 2016 Was Not Trump’s The Real Revolution of 2016 Was Not Trump’s

Mike Davis on how Trumpism won’t last long. Plus Joan Walsh on women voters, Kai Wright on Obama and race, and Adam Shatz on “law and order.”

Nov 17, 2016 / Start Making Sense and Jon Wiener

Clinton rally

Did Race or Class Doom Hillary Clinton? Did Race or Class Doom Hillary Clinton?

It was both.

Nov 16, 2016 / Joan Walsh

Trump in Israel

How Will Israel Fare in the Trump Era? How Will Israel Fare in the Trump Era?

We may see the death knell of the two-state solution—and that’s where Netanyahu’s headache begins.

Nov 15, 2016 / Dimi Reider

Trump Colorado

Door-to-Door Foreboding in Colorado Door-to-Door Foreboding in Colorado

Upper-middle-class women kept telling me they just couldn’t vote for Clinton.

Nov 14, 2016 / Zach Dorfman

Bruce Springsteen

A Plea to Bruce Springsteen: Do a Show for Hillary Clinton! A Plea to Bruce Springsteen: Do a Show for Hillary Clinton!

You’ve campaigned in the last three presidential elections. Please don’t leave our first female nominee in the arena alone.

Nov 2, 2016 / Joan Walsh

Donald Trump Has a Millennial Problem, and It Could Reshape American Politics

Donald Trump Has a Millennial Problem, and It Could Reshape American Politics Donald Trump Has a Millennial Problem, and It Could Reshape American Politics

A generation that’s coming of age during this ugly election is rejecting Trumpism in a big way.

Nov 2, 2016 / Joshua Holland

South Korea THAAD protest

Hillary’s Hawks Are Threatening Escalation Against North Korea Hillary’s Hawks Are Threatening Escalation Against North Korea

They’re talking about cyber war, intensified sanctions, and preemptive military strikes.

Oct 28, 2016 / Tim Shorrock

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