Campaigns and Elections

JD Vance

JD Vance Is the Wrong Answer To a Very Real Problem Facing Men JD Vance Is the Wrong Answer To a Very Real Problem Facing Men

Men are in a crisis, for sure. But JD Vance is not the example of masculinity that those who are lost should follow.

Aug 23, 2024 / Ginny Hogan

Former Republican gubernatorial candidate Kari Lake watches a prerecorded video of former president Donald Trump giving Lake his endorsement in the race for the seat of Senator Kyrsten Sinema (I-AZ) on October 10, 2023, at the offices of “JetSet Magazine” in Scottsdale, Arizona.

Arizona and Nevada Have Become Ground Zero for Partisan Polls Arizona and Nevada Have Become Ground Zero for Partisan Polls

Expect the GOP to flood the zone with polls that likely aren’t worth the paper they’re written on.

Aug 23, 2024 / Sasha Abramsky

A close-angle shot of Vice President Kamala Harris smiling in front of an American flag onstage at the Democratic National Convention.

Harris Aces Her Second Chance to Make a First Impression Harris Aces Her Second Chance to Make a First Impression

As she accepted the Democrats’ nomination for president on the last night of the DNC, Kamala Harris showed a newfound confidence in her record.

Aug 23, 2024 / Joan Walsh

Tim Walz, governor of Minnesota and Democratic vice-presidential nominee, second right, joined by (from left) his daughter, Hope, his son, Gus, and his wife, Gwen, during the Democratic National Convention at the United Center in Chicago on August 21, 2024.

The Right Hates Kids. It’s Weird. The Right Hates Kids. It’s Weird.

The vile insults hurled toward Tim Walz’s and Kamala Harris’s children are a part of the right wing’s generational war on the young.

Aug 23, 2024 / Jeet Heer

Uncommitted delegates stage a sit-in outside the United Center in Chicago on August 21, 2024.

Democrats Want the Uncommitted Delegates to Go Away. They Won’t. Democrats Want the Uncommitted Delegates to Go Away. They Won’t.

Even after their request to feature a Palestinian speaker at the DNC was rejected, delegates say they are staying and fighting.

Aug 22, 2024 / Sarah Lazare and Jack Mirkinson

Vice President Kamala Harris

With Kamala Harris in the Race, Donald Trump Is Running Scared With Kamala Harris in the Race, Donald Trump Is Running Scared

What Trump assumed barely a month ago would be an essentially uncontested victory has been transformed into his worst nightmare.

Aug 22, 2024 / Clarence Lusane

A pro-Palestinian protest on the third day of the Democratic National Convention in Chicago.

Palestinian Exclusion Shows the Limits of Kamala Harris’s Politics of Joy Palestinian Exclusion Shows the Limits of Kamala Harris’s Politics of Joy

The Democratic convention’s giddy vibe shift is shadowed by ongoing war and a failure to hear Palestinian voices.

Aug 22, 2024 / Jeet Heer

Harris and Walz, Creating a Bright Future

Harris and Walz, Creating a Bright Future Harris and Walz, Creating a Bright Future

Kamala Harris and Tim Walz want to make America joyful again.

Aug 22, 2024 / OppArt / Andrea Arroyo

Vice President Kamala Harris beams at a podium in front of a crowd holding signs reading

Kamala Harris Is Meeting the Moment Kamala Harris Is Meeting the Moment

The Democrats’ sudden reversal of fortune is not as shocking as it seems.

Aug 22, 2024 / Joan Walsh for The Nation

Protesters clash with the National Guard outside the Democratic National Convention on August 28, 1968.

The 1968 Democratic National Convention, Then and Now The 1968 Democratic National Convention, Then and Now

The Nation warned readers early on that the 1968 convention would be a debacle.

Aug 22, 2024 / Richard Kreitner

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