Presidential Candidates

Fred Leidel

This 99-Year-Old Man Rode His Bike to the Polls. Wisconsin Republicans Turned Him Away. This 99-Year-Old Man Rode His Bike to the Polls. Wisconsin Republicans Turned Him Away.

Scott Walker’s voter-ID law is disenfranchising the greatest generation.

Nov 8, 2016 / Ari Berman

Donald Trump press

Media Malpractice 2016 Media Malpractice 2016

We need structural reforms to revive an accountability-centered media that doesn’t value profits over the public interest.

Nov 8, 2016 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Tom Tomorrow cartoon

Write Your Own Ending to the Presidential Election Write Your Own Ending to the Presidential Election

So even if your candidate loses, you still win!

Nov 8, 2016 / Tom Tomorrow

Holiday hires

Donald Trump Wants Working Americans to Fight Each Other Donald Trump Wants Working Americans to Fight Each Other

His strategy has been to pit the white working class against people of color. Let’s prove him wrong.

Nov 7, 2016 / George Goehl

William Barber

Will North Carolina Lead the Way to a New South? Will North Carolina Lead the Way to a New South?

Progressives like Reverend Barber and candidates like Deborah Ross are hoping to assemble a multiracial coalition to defeat a conservative backlash.

Nov 7, 2016 / Joan Walsh

Arizona voting

There Are 868 Fewer Places to Vote in 2016 Because the Supreme Court Gutted the Voting Rights Act There Are 868 Fewer Places to Vote in 2016 Because the Supreme Court Gutted the Voting Rights Act

Nearly half of counties that previously approved voting changes with the federal government have cut polling places this election.

Nov 4, 2016 / Ari Berman

Donald Trump press

American Political Journalism and the 2016 Campaign: Hysteria Over Evidence, Logic, and Facts American Political Journalism and the 2016 Campaign: Hysteria Over Evidence, Logic, and Facts

Journalists are relying on anonymous sources to push sensationalistic claims.

Nov 3, 2016 / James Carden

Stop TPP signs

Why Is Washington Still Pushing the Trans-Pacific Partnership? Why Is Washington Still Pushing the Trans-Pacific Partnership?

Nothing exemplifies the disconnect between the establishment and ordinary Americans more than the plan to cram the TPP through the lame-duck Congress.

Nov 3, 2016 / Robert L. Borosage

Trump supporter

No Matter Who Loses the Election, the Winner Will Be the National Security State No Matter Who Loses the Election, the Winner Will Be the National Security State

Both Trump and Clinton have pledged to pour more money into the already bloated military and security apparatus.

Nov 3, 2016 / Tom Engelhardt

James Comey

James Comey Has Discredited Himself and the FBI James Comey Has Discredited Himself and the FBI

And his “October surprise” will do little the change the election’s fundamentals.

Nov 3, 2016 / The Nation

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