Why Hillary Clinton Is the Right Choice for Progressives Why Hillary Clinton Is the Right Choice for Progressives
Clinton offers progressives the best chance to advance our issues and vision for the country—but only if we keep applying pressure and holding her accountable.
Oct 11, 2016 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Should Democrats Try To Win Over Trump’s Supporters, or Just Move On? Should Democrats Try To Win Over Trump’s Supporters, or Just Move On?
A profoundly important debate is dividing the left.
Oct 11, 2016 / Steve Phillips, Paul Starr, Arlie Hochschild, William Greider, Rick Perlstein, and Ian Haney López
The First Republicans to Break With Trump Over His Groping Tape Were Mormons The First Republicans to Break With Trump Over His Groping Tape Were Mormons
Does this give Clinton a chance in Utah?
Oct 10, 2016 / Jon Wiener
Last Night’s Ugly Debate Reminded Us That ‘Lesser Evil’ Sums Up This Election Last Night’s Ugly Debate Reminded Us That ‘Lesser Evil’ Sums Up This Election
At least there’s only a few weeks left until we can all concentrate on more important things.
Oct 10, 2016 / James Carden
The Second Presidential Debate: Gutter-Ball Edition The Second Presidential Debate: Gutter-Ball Edition
Four takeaways from whatever it was we watched last night.
Oct 10, 2016 / Robert L. Borosage
Trump Stalks Clinton, Creepily—but He’ll Never Catch Her Trump Stalks Clinton, Creepily—but He’ll Never Catch Her
The GOP nominee denounces his opponent, the moderators, and his running mate in a must-win debate that he lost, badly
Oct 10, 2016 / Joan Walsh
The Strangest Debate of the Weirdest Election Ever The Strangest Debate of the Weirdest Election Ever
It wasn’t much of a surprise when the candidates skipped the customary handshake at the beginning.
Oct 10, 2016 / D.D. Guttenplan
Donald Trump Just Summed Up His Totalitarian Vision for America in 4 Words Donald Trump Just Summed Up His Totalitarian Vision for America in 4 Words
The “you’d be in jail” line was antithetical to every historic and contemporary understanding of the American experiment.
Oct 10, 2016 / John Nichols
Why This Time It’s Different Why This Time It’s Different
Yes, Trump has said lots of disgusting, stupid, or hateful things before and gotten away with it—but now he’s going down.
Oct 8, 2016 / Mark Hertsgaard
The Clinton-Trump Electoral Map Looks Almost Exactly Like the Obama-Romney Map. How Is That Possible? The Clinton-Trump Electoral Map Looks Almost Exactly Like the Obama-Romney Map. How Is That Possible?
We’ve never seen a presidential candidate like Trump before. Why does the electoral math seems so familiar?
Oct 7, 2016 / Jon Wiener