Donald Trump Has No Idea What His Tax Plan Is—but Let’s Talk About Taco Bowls! Donald Trump Has No Idea What His Tax Plan Is—but Let’s Talk About Taco Bowls!
The media is enabling Donald Trump’s Etch-a-Sketch moment.
May 6, 2016 / Joan Walsh
If Donald Trump Were a Woman and If Hillary Clinton Were a Man If Donald Trump Were a Woman and If Hillary Clinton Were a Man
Here’s what the election would look like.
May 6, 2016 / Rebecca Solnit
Could an Antiwar, Anti-Surveillance Libertarian Be the Biggest Beneficiary of Trump’s Takeover of the GOP? Could an Antiwar, Anti-Surveillance Libertarian Be the Biggest Beneficiary of Trump’s Takeover of the GOP?
Gary Johnson is making his play for #NeverTrump votes. But is he too open-minded for renegade Republicans?
May 5, 2016 / John Nichols
When It Comes to Taxes, Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton Have 1 Thing in Common When It Comes to Taxes, Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton Have 1 Thing in Common
Tax avoidance by the wealthiest Americans—including the presidential front-runners—costs the US government an additional $130 billion per year.
May 5, 2016 / Nomi Prins
Start Making Sense: If Donald Trump Loses, Will There Be Violence? Start Making Sense: If Donald Trump Loses, Will There Be Violence?
Plus: The life, and death, of Sandra Bland.
May 5, 2016 / Start Making Sense and Jon Wiener
The Left Is Winning the Debate. Now What? The Left Is Winning the Debate. Now What?
The days of standing for office just to make a point may be over.
May 5, 2016 / Column / Gary Younge
The ‘Woman Card’ The ‘Woman Card’
So if playing the “woman card” really Is entrenched now in Hillary’s plans, She’s a bargain: Her president’s paycheck Will be 10 percent less than a man’s.
May 5, 2016 / Column / Calvin Trillin
Ted Cruz, Like Joe McCarthy, Shuffles Off the Stage Ted Cruz, Like Joe McCarthy, Shuffles Off the Stage
“Well hello, Joe, what do you know? Got any patter for my vaudeville show?” “I can’t believe you’re asking me, Ted, When that ‘nest of Muslims’ is knocking ’em dead.” “Should I reu…
May 5, 2016 / Edward Sorel and Prudence Crowther
Is the American Party System About to Crack Up? Is the American Party System About to Crack Up?
Three scholars of American politics and history consider whether we're on the verge of a fundamental realignment.
May 5, 2016 / Feature / Danielle Allen, Rick Perlstein, and Daniel Schlozman
Why Bernie Didn’t Get My Vote Why Bernie Didn’t Get My Vote
It’s not his focus on the economy—it’s that he doesn’t seem to understand that the economy is structured by gender and race.
May 4, 2016 / Column / Katha Pollitt