Election 2016

Hillary Clinton supporters

African-American Voters Have an Understandable Reason to Support Hillary Clinton African-American Voters Have an Understandable Reason to Support Hillary Clinton

Bernie Sanders has propelled economic inequality to center stage. But older African Americans have known about inequality for a long time.

Apr 25, 2016 / Eric Foner

Peopel vote in Glens Falls, NY

After New York’s Disastrous Primary, It’s Time to Demand Better Voting Laws After New York’s Disastrous Primary, It’s Time to Demand Better Voting Laws

During this year’s presidential primary, New Yorkers across the state discovered something that voting rights advocates have been saying for years: New York’s elections are a mess.

Apr 23, 2016 / NationAction

Voting New York Primaries

If You’re Going to Accuse a Democratic Campaign of Election Theft, You Should Offer Some Evidence If You’re Going to Accuse a Democratic Campaign of Election Theft, You Should Offer Some Evidence

Yes, we can handle the truth: a reply to Fitrakis and Wasserman.

Apr 22, 2016 / Joshua Holland

Elizabeth Warren

The Most Focused and Effective Democratic Messenger We Have Is Elizabeth Warren The Most Focused and Effective Democratic Messenger We Have Is Elizabeth Warren

The senator from Massachusetts is delivering a well-developed and stinging critique of Republican extremism—and Ted Cruz’s whining.

Apr 21, 2016 / John Nichols

Start Making Sense: Yes, Hillary Could Lose to Trump

Start Making Sense: Yes, Hillary Could Lose to Trump Start Making Sense: Yes, Hillary Could Lose to Trump

Plus Amy Wilentz on Hillary and Haiti, and the Pulitzer-Prize winning novel about Vietnam.

Apr 21, 2016 / Podcast / Start Making Sense and Jon Wiener

Donald Trump in the Spin Room

Donald Trump’s Virtual Reality Donald Trump’s Virtual Reality

What happens when we create our own truths online?

Apr 21, 2016 / Column / Patricia J. Williams

The Art of the Whine

The Art of the Whine The Art of the Whine

Trump complains that the delegate selection process is rigged.—News reports He says he’s smart—a master of the deal. The other guys are losers and they’re fools. One has to wonder:…

Apr 21, 2016 / Column / Calvin Trillin

Who Is Behind the Lie That More Guns Makes Us Safe?

Who Is Behind the Lie That More Guns Makes Us Safe? Who Is Behind the Lie That More Guns Makes Us Safe?

The NRA doesn’t need just cash to bully legislators—it needs bad information too.

Apr 20, 2016 / Ari Rabin-Havt

New York Had the Second-Lowest Voter Turnout So Far This Election Season

New York Had the Second-Lowest Voter Turnout So Far This Election Season New York Had the Second-Lowest Voter Turnout So Far This Election Season

Among states with primaries, we are only beating Louisiana.

Apr 20, 2016 / Ari Berman

Hillary Clinton on Verizon picket line

This Is How Clinton Won New York This Is How Clinton Won New York

Tuesday may have marked the beginning of the end of the race for the Democratic nomination.

Apr 20, 2016 / Joan Walsh

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