Election 2016

Vladimir Putin

A Time for Fateful Decisions A Time for Fateful Decisions

Great powers, current and would-be political leaders, and opinion-shapers must now decide: with or versus Russia against terrorism.

Dec 2, 2015 / Stephen F. Cohen

Citizens United protest

Open Letter: Let’s Sit-In to Save Democracy From the Billionaire Class Open Letter: Let’s Sit-In to Save Democracy From the Billionaire Class

More than 1,000 people have pledged to join progressive leaders in a congressional sit-in, to take our elections back from moneyed special interests.

Dec 2, 2015 / Rhana Bazzini, Medea Benjamin, Ben Cohen, Jodie Evans, Joseph Huff-Hannon, Lawrence Lessig, Joan Mandle, Kai Newkirk, Carlos Saavedra, Umi Selah, Paul Song, Zephyr Teachout, Cenk Uygur, and Winnie Wong

This Is Bernie Sanders’s Immigration Plan

This Is Bernie Sanders’s Immigration Plan This Is Bernie Sanders’s Immigration Plan

If O’Malley had set the bar to meet, Sanders has reached it. But does it matter politically?

Dec 1, 2015 / Julianne Hing

Police lead suspected shooter Dylann Roof, 21, into the courthouse in Shelby, North Carolina, June 18, 2015. Roof, a 21-year-old with a criminal record, is accused of killing nine people at a Bible-study meeting in a historic African-American church in Charleston, South Carolina.

How to Understand White Male Terrorism How to Understand White Male Terrorism

We’ve been here before, and we know that violent backlash is at its fiercest when movements for racial and gender justice are winning.

Nov 30, 2015 / Max Berger

GOP Colorado debate

Let the GOP Hunger Games Begin Let the GOP Hunger Games Begin

The six top Republican candidates take economic policy into the wilderness.

Nov 30, 2015 / Nomi Prins

Dem Forum

Which Democrat Will Pass the Working Families Test? Which Democrat Will Pass the Working Families Test?

The Working Families Party is asking its members to help decide whom to back for president.

Nov 30, 2015 / John Nichols

The Deafening Silence of the Republican Field in the Wake of the Planned Parenthood Shooting

The Deafening Silence of the Republican Field in the Wake of the Planned Parenthood Shooting The Deafening Silence of the Republican Field in the Wake of the Planned Parenthood Shooting

Republican contenders who have had so very much to say against Planned Parenthood were largely mum after Friday’s deadly violence.

Nov 28, 2015 / John Nichols

Trump Explains His Muslim Registration Project in Detail

Trump Explains His Muslim Registration Project in Detail Trump Explains His Muslim Registration Project in Detail

Good management is what it’s called. No reason to be vexed. We’ll round up all the Muslims here, And then we’ll see who’s next.

Nov 25, 2015 / Column / Calvin Trillin

Bernie Sanders, Bill Gardner

On ‘the Preponderance of the Evidence,’ Bernie Sanders Is a Democrat On ‘the Preponderance of the Evidence,’ Bernie Sanders Is a Democrat

With a boost from Democratic Party officials, the senator is formally approved for the first primary ballot.

Nov 25, 2015 / John Nichols

Bernie Sanders

Start Making Sense: Bernie Sanders’s Socialism Start Making Sense: Bernie Sanders’s Socialism

On this week’s podcast, Eric Foner on how Bernie should talk about socialism, Dave Zirin on parents and football, Ari Berman on the battle for the vote, and Julianne Hing on Republ...

Nov 25, 2015 / Podcast / Start Making Sense and Jon Wiener

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