Campaigns and Elections

If Leading CEOs Aren’t Donating to Trump, It’s Because They Don’t Need To

If Leading CEOs Aren’t Donating to Trump, It’s Because They Don’t Need To If Leading CEOs Aren’t Donating to Trump, It’s Because They Don’t Need To

Even as some corporate bigwigs have taken to the sidelines, Trump’s fundraising has outstripped President Biden’s.

Jun 25, 2024 / Chris Lehmann

Jamaal Bowman speaks at a campaign rally at St. Mary's Park in the Bronx on June 22, 2024, in New York City.

In the Battle for the Bronx, Jamaal Bowman’s AIPAC-Funded Opponent Definitely Has the Money In the Battle for the Bronx, Jamaal Bowman’s AIPAC-Funded Opponent Definitely Has the Money

But if Saturday’s rally was any indication, the progressive champion may not have the many on his side.

Jun 24, 2024 / D.D. Guttenplan

Trump shakes doctor's hand

Donald Trump and “Doc” Ronny Jackson Are Hypocrites About Drugs and Dementia Donald Trump and “Doc” Ronny Jackson Are Hypocrites About Drugs and Dementia

The incoherent former president and his allegedly pill-pushing White House physician need to look in a mirror.

Jun 24, 2024 / Jeet Heer

Representative Jamaal Bowman (D-NY) speaks during a press conference

Jamaal Bowman Versus AIPAC Jamaal Bowman Versus AIPAC

The outcome is a test of how far AIPAC will go to crush progressive movements.

Jun 21, 2024 / Richard Lingeman

Claudia Sheinbaum, Mexico's president-elect, announces her cabinet picks at the Interactive Museum of Economics in Mexico City on June 20, 2024.

Claudia Sheinbaum’s Election in Mexico Shows How the Left Can Win Claudia Sheinbaum’s Election in Mexico Shows How the Left Can Win

Sheinbaum’s landslide victory is thanks to her commitment to continue policies that put the interests of the working class first.

Jun 21, 2024 / José Luis Granados Ceja

Former president Donald Trump in Milwaukee in 2020.

Trump Has Slurred Black-Led Cities Before. In Milwaukee, He’s Paying For It Trump Has Slurred Black-Led Cities Before. In Milwaukee, He’s Paying For It

Trump frequently uses majority-Black cities as synecdoches for urban doom, political corruption and American decline.

Jun 18, 2024 / Joan Walsh

A billboard launched by the Democratic National Committee in 10 Milwaukee locations shows former US president and 2024 Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump criticizing the city that will host the Republican National Convention in July.

Trump’s Going to Hate Milwaukee Even More After Its Voters Crush Him in November Trump’s Going to Hate Milwaukee Even More After Its Voters Crush Him in November

The Republican nominee called the city hosting his party’s convention “horrible.” Just wait until Milwaukeeans get to show him how they feel about that.

Jun 18, 2024 / John Nichols

Trump jury deliberation

Trump’s Conviction Was Supposed to Boost His Popularity. It Hasn’t. Trump’s Conviction Was Supposed to Boost His Popularity. It Hasn’t.

Contrary to Republican claims that the public would see their presumptive nominee's criminal trial as a political persecution, polls are showing that voters aren’t convinced.

Jun 18, 2024 / Chris Lehmann

(L) Rupert Murdoch at his annual party at Spencer House in London on June 22, 2023, and (R) Jeff Bezos at the Vanity Fair Oscar Party on March 10, 2024.

Has Jeff Bezos Embraced the Rupert Murdoch Model of Leveraging Sleaze for Power? Has Jeff Bezos Embraced the Rupert Murdoch Model of Leveraging Sleaze for Power?

The Washington Post is now run by a master of squalid tabloid journalism. 

Jun 17, 2024 / Jeet Heer

Former president Donald Trump attends a rally June 9, 2024, in Las Vegas,

Democrats Must Change Their Whole Approach Toward White People Democrats Must Change Their Whole Approach Toward White People

Most of them are with Trump, and that’s not going to change. Instead, Democrats should target a far more winnable group of voters.

Jun 17, 2024 / Steve Phillips

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