Hillary Clinton

Colin Kaepernick

Colin Kaepernick Has a Right to Hate Both Candidates Colin Kaepernick Has a Right to Hate Both Candidates

He’s been upsetting conservatives for weeks—and now he is upsetting liberals, too.

Sep 29, 2016 / Dave Zirin

Hillary Clinton at the DNC

Katha Pollitt: It’s Time to Get Active for Hillary Katha Pollitt: It’s Time to Get Active for Hillary

Plus, Kai Wright on Trump’s supporters and D.D. Guttenplan on the British left.

Sep 29, 2016 / Start Making Sense and Jon Wiener

More Squandered Opportunities to Deal With the New Cold War

More Squandered Opportunities to Deal With the New Cold War More Squandered Opportunities to Deal With the New Cold War

The enemies of détente with Russia sabotaged Obama’s proposed alliance with Russia in Syria while the American presidential debate ignored all the perilous issues inherent in the C...

Sep 28, 2016 / Stephen F. Cohen

What Would Alexis de Tocqueville Have Made of the 2016 US Presidential Election?

What Would Alexis de Tocqueville Have Made of the 2016 US Presidential Election? What Would Alexis de Tocqueville Have Made of the 2016 US Presidential Election?

Feverish thoughts from a moment of “extreme peril.”

Sep 28, 2016 / Feature / Arthur Goldhammer

Clinton Holt Trump Debate

I’m Trying to Find Hope, but This Campaign Isn’t Helping I’m Trying to Find Hope, but This Campaign Isn’t Helping

In the wake of police killing Terrence Crutcher and Keith Lamont Scott, the first presidential debate offered nothing to suggest black lives truly matter.

Sep 27, 2016 / Reniqua Allen

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On Debate Night in America, Democracy Is Spectacle On Debate Night in America, Democracy Is Spectacle

Are we electing a president or someone to play-act the part of president?

Sep 27, 2016 / James Carden

Clinton Trump debate

After Clinton’s Strong Debate Showing, Trump’s Lies on Election Rigging Are Even More at Odds with Reality After Clinton’s Strong Debate Showing, Trump’s Lies on Election Rigging Are Even More at Odds with Reality

It is voter suppression—not fantasies of fraud—that could actually undermine the will of the people.

Sep 27, 2016 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Donald Trump

In the First Debate, Trump Failed to Achieve the Reagan Effect In the First Debate, Trump Failed to Achieve the Reagan Effect

He seemed to shrink throughout the evening, growing more defensive and ill-tempered, snorting and grimacing.

Sep 27, 2016 / Robert L. Borosage

At the First Debate, Clinton Faced Asymmetric Warfare—and Won

At the First Debate, Clinton Faced Asymmetric Warfare—and Won At the First Debate, Clinton Faced Asymmetric Warfare—and Won

“Donald, I know you live in your own reality,” she said calmly. And it gradually became clear she was right.

Sep 27, 2016 / Joan Walsh

Hillary Clinton Prepared for the Debate, and Showed She Is Prepared for the Presidency

Hillary Clinton Prepared for the Debate, and Showed She Is Prepared for the Presidency Hillary Clinton Prepared for the Debate, and Showed She Is Prepared for the Presidency

It was a winning line on what for Hillary Clinton was a winning night.

Sep 27, 2016 / John Nichols

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