There Is No Truly Anti-Racist Presidential Candidate There Is No Truly Anti-Racist Presidential Candidate
But once there are real consequences for not having an anti-racist platform, things will be different.
Mar 25, 2016 / Mychal Denzel Smith
Ted Cruz Backers Should Be Ashamed of Themselves and Their ‘Wacko Bird’ Candidate Ted Cruz Backers Should Be Ashamed of Themselves and Their ‘Wacko Bird’ Candidate
Cruz is running the same race as Trump. The two Republicans who were equally unacceptable at the start of the race are even more unacceptable now.
Mar 25, 2016 / John Nichols
How North Carolina Is Discriminating Against Voters at the Polls How North Carolina Is Discriminating Against Voters at the Polls
The state’s new voter-ID law led to long lines and voter intimidation in the March primary.
Mar 25, 2016 / Ari Berman
How Donald Trump Is Beating the Neoconservatives at Their Own Game How Donald Trump Is Beating the Neoconservatives at Their Own Game
He’s capitalizing on the belligerent ultra-nationalism they cultivated, but he has little use for their ideas.
Mar 25, 2016 / Matthew Duss
This Is What Political Revolution Really Looks Like This Is What Political Revolution Really Looks Like
Without these structural reforms to American democracy, even a progressive presidency couldn’t accomplish much.
Mar 25, 2016 / Wendy R. Weiser, Rob Richie, and Sanford Levinson
Exactly What Kind of Torture Does Donald Trump Want to Use? Exactly What Kind of Torture Does Donald Trump Want to Use?
The GOP candidate says he would “do a lot more than waterboarding.” He should explain what he means by that.
Mar 25, 2016 / Sasha Abramsky
Start Making Sense: Bernie Is Bringing the Reagan Era to an End Start Making Sense: Bernie Is Bringing the Reagan Era to an End
Gary Younge on Obama’s legacy, plus Richard Parker on long-term political change, and Rebecca Solnit on hope.
Mar 24, 2016 / Start Making Sense and Jon Wiener
Keep On Running, Bernie! Keep On Running, Bernie!
An active Sanders campaign through June is good for the party and for democracy.
Mar 24, 2016 / D.D. Guttenplan
How Trump Keeps Us Talking, Even When He Disappears How Trump Keeps Us Talking, Even When He Disappears
His absence signifies as much as his presence.
Mar 24, 2016 / Column / Patricia J. Williams
Late White Hope Late White Hope
Republican establishment floats Rick Perry as possible contested-convention or third-party candidate. —News reports They think that Rick might be the man They’d use to burst The Do…
Mar 24, 2016 / Column / Calvin Trillin