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GOP 2016 Debate

The Truth About Border Security You Didn’t Learn From the GOP Debate The Truth About Border Security You Didn’t Learn From the GOP Debate

Repeated assertions about lax border security are simply, demonstrably false. But those lies have distorted our immigration policy.

Sep 17, 2015 / Julianne Hing

GOP Kid's Table

How Absurdly Arbitrary Choices About Debates Are Shaping the GOP Race How Absurdly Arbitrary Choices About Debates Are Shaping the GOP Race

Excluding credible candidates from the main debate is not just unfair, it helps Trump.

Sep 16, 2015 / John Nichols

Donald Trump a rally

Shouting Back at Donald Trump Shouting Back at Donald Trump

Trump’s circus of anti-immigrant rhetoric is all fun and games until someone gets attacked.

Sep 15, 2015 / Julianne Hing

Tom Tomorrow cartoon

Nurture That Resentment, Young Man! Nurture That Resentment, Young Man!

The tragic end of a great political love affair.

Sep 15, 2015 / Tom Tomorrow

Ted Cruz on Iran Deal

The Iran Deal Opponents Are Going to Fight to the Bitter End The Iran Deal Opponents Are Going to Fight to the Bitter End

The deal’s opponents in DC are not letting up.

Sep 11, 2015 / James Carden

Washington’s Football Team Is the Donald Trump of the NFL

Washington’s Football Team Is the Donald Trump of the NFL Washington’s Football Team Is the Donald Trump of the NFL

The Washington football franchise is trying to build a fan base the same way Donald Trump is constructing his electoral campaign: by appealing to white anxiety.

Sep 9, 2015 / Dave Zirin

Hillary Clinton speech

Why Having More Debates Is Good for Clinton Why Having More Debates Is Good for Clinton

The lack of debates is already inflicting needless damage on Clinton and the Democrats.

Sep 8, 2015 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Donald Trump.

Give Trump This: The 14th Amendment Has Been Working Overtime Give Trump This: The 14th Amendment Has Been Working Overtime

How healthy is it to found a democracy on this one slender reed?

Aug 26, 2015 / Richard Kreitner

Trump and Ramos

Jorge Ramos Challenged Both Trump and an Increasingly Absurd Debate Jorge Ramos Challenged Both Trump and an Increasingly Absurd Debate

Candidates and the process itself should be questioned when realism and humanity are being abandoned.

Aug 26, 2015 / John Nichols

Senator Mitch McConnell

The Danger of ‘Foreign Policy by Bumper Sticker’ The Danger of ‘Foreign Policy by Bumper Sticker’

The GOP’s paranoia and hubris promises yet another self-inflicted foreign policy disaster.

Aug 25, 2015 / Feature / Katrina vanden Heuvel

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