Elections

Donald Trump press

Media Malpractice 2016 Media Malpractice 2016

We need structural reforms to revive an accountability-centered media that doesn’t value profits over the public interest.

Nov 8, 2016 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Tom Tomorrow cartoon

Write Your Own Ending to the Presidential Election Write Your Own Ending to the Presidential Election

So even if your candidate loses, you still win!

Nov 8, 2016 / Tom Tomorrow

Redskins helmets

Giving the Game Away: Trump Argues to Preserve Racist Reds**** Brand Giving the Game Away: Trump Argues to Preserve Racist Reds**** Brand

His closing argument binds his campaign to support for the NFL’s most bigoted brand.

Nov 7, 2016 / Dave Zirin

Holiday hires

Donald Trump Wants Working Americans to Fight Each Other Donald Trump Wants Working Americans to Fight Each Other

His strategy has been to pit the white working class against people of color. Let’s prove him wrong.

Nov 7, 2016 / George Goehl

William Barber

Will North Carolina Lead the Way to a New South? Will North Carolina Lead the Way to a New South?

Progressives like Reverend Barber and candidates like Deborah Ross are hoping to assemble a multiracial coalition to defeat a conservative backlash.

Nov 7, 2016 / Joan Walsh

Early Voting Wisconsin

Want to End Poverty? You Can Do Something About It on Tuesday Want to End Poverty? You Can Do Something About It on Tuesday

Before you vote, ask these questions about your candidates.

Nov 7, 2016 / Greg Kaufmann

Girl Trump book

Donald Trump Has Unleashed a New Wave of Bullying in Schools Donald Trump Has Unleashed a New Wave of Bullying in Schools

Kids might not get the details of immigration policy, but they absolutely understand Trump’s message of rage and hate. 

Nov 7, 2016 / StudentNation / Katherine Stewart

Bernie Sanders Yes on 61

Bernie Sanders’s Our Revolution Faces Its First Big Test Bernie Sanders’s Our Revolution Faces Its First Big Test

The organization has invested heavily in down-ballot races where a few thousand dollars can make a crucial difference.

Nov 7, 2016 / D.D. Guttenplan

Don’t Tell Trump: Minnesota Is About to Elect a Pioneering Somali-American Muslim Woman

Don’t Tell Trump: Minnesota Is About to Elect a Pioneering Somali-American Muslim Woman Don’t Tell Trump: Minnesota Is About to Elect a Pioneering Somali-American Muslim Woman

It matters that Ilhan Omar will be elected to the Minnesota state legislature on the same day that Minnesotans reject Donald Trump.

Nov 7, 2016 / John Nichols

Donald Trump’s Imaginary Inner Cities

Donald Trump’s Imaginary Inner Cities Donald Trump’s Imaginary Inner Cities

“Inner city” was always a loaded term, but today it makes no sense at all.

Nov 7, 2016 / Bryce Covert

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