A Wily Ted Cruz Makes His Move A Wily Ted Cruz Makes His Move
Finally, a seasoned political leader is moving to the top tier of GOP primary contenders. But it’s not who the establishment was hoping for.
Nov 23, 2015 / Joan Walsh
Ben Carson Is As Wrong About Wage Hikes as He Was About the Pyramids Ben Carson Is As Wrong About Wage Hikes as He Was About the Pyramids
Truman almost doubled the minimum wage. A year later, the unemployment rate was dramatically lower.
Nov 11, 2015 / John Nichols
A Billionaire, Some Millionaires, and a No-Show Senator Debate How Best to Block Wage Hikes A Billionaire, Some Millionaires, and a No-Show Senator Debate How Best to Block Wage Hikes
Fast-food workers were on the streets asking for wage hikes and union rights, but the candidates spoke to the billionaire class.
Nov 11, 2015 / John Nichols
Give Jeb Bush a ‘Warm Kiss’ Goodbye Give Jeb Bush a ‘Warm Kiss’ Goodbye
After last night’s sorry performance, expect more calls for Bush to exit the race.
Oct 29, 2015 / Joan Walsh
A GOP Debate Without a Winner—or Much of a Point A GOP Debate Without a Winner—or Much of a Point
It was an empty night of whining about the media, petty squabbling, and lost opportunities for the Republicans who would be president.
Oct 29, 2015 / John Nichols
Responding to ISIS and the Syrian Refugee Crisis Is Dividing Policymakers Both in Washington and Moscow Responding to ISIS and the Syrian Refugee Crisis Is Dividing Policymakers Both in Washington and Moscow
Will the result be a spreading or curtailing of the new US-Russian Cold War?
Sep 23, 2015 / Stephen F. Cohen
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
Even the GOP’s ‘Serious’ Candidates Are Way Out of Step With Mainstream Americans Even the GOP’s ‘Serious’ Candidates Are Way Out of Step With Mainstream Americans
Republicans are advocating a future that will drag us back to the failed policies of the past.
Aug 18, 2015 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
‘Kill People and Break Things’: The Very Best of the First GOP Presidential Debate ‘Kill People and Break Things’: The Very Best of the First GOP Presidential Debate
Here’s the best the GOP had to offer on national security, reproductive rights, economics, race and immigration.
Aug 7, 2015 / Miranda Katz, Jailyn Gladney, Asha Thanki, and Stephen Quillen
John Kerry Makes the Case on Capitol Hill for a Deal With Iran John Kerry Makes the Case on Capitol Hill for a Deal With Iran
It’s this deal or war, the secretary of state claimed.
Jul 23, 2015 / James Carden