Executive Branch

Trump Says This Was His Best Debate Yet. He Might Be Right.

Trump Says This Was His Best Debate Yet. He Might Be Right. Trump Says This Was His Best Debate Yet. He Might Be Right.

Time is running out for the Republicans to come up with a consensus alternative to the Greatest Shill on Earth.

Feb 14, 2016 / D.D. Guttenplan

Hillary Clinton Rips Scott Walker to Make a Bigger Point

Hillary Clinton Rips Scott Walker to Make a Bigger Point Hillary Clinton Rips Scott Walker to Make a Bigger Point

In a critical debate, she used local references to make points about Wisconsin and America.

Feb 12, 2016 / John Nichols

Clinton and Sanders

Last Night’s Debate Revealed How Much Sanders and Clinton Should Learn From Each Other Last Night’s Debate Revealed How Much Sanders and Clinton Should Learn From Each Other

Sanders needs to learn to think on his feet. Clinton needs to learn how to damage Sanders without denigrating the goals she claims they share.

Feb 5, 2016 / D.D. Guttenplan

President Obama: Islamophobia Is Not American

President Obama: Islamophobia Is Not American President Obama: Islamophobia Is Not American

In the president’s first visit to a US mosque, he condemned the anti-Muslim rhetoric sweeping the Republican presidential campaign.

Feb 4, 2016 / John Nichols

Democratic presidential candidate Sanders greets students after a town hall meeting with students at George Mason University in Fairfax

How Bernie Sanders Is Challenging a Downsized Politics of Excluded Alternatives How Bernie Sanders Is Challenging a Downsized Politics of Excluded Alternatives

Why we need a grown-up conversation about taxes.

Feb 2, 2016 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Surveying the GOP Rubble in the Wake of the Trumpocalypse

Surveying the GOP Rubble in the Wake of the Trumpocalypse Surveying the GOP Rubble in the Wake of the Trumpocalypse

Trump’s GOP rivals did nothing Thursday night to block his path to the nomination.

Jan 29, 2016 / Joan Walsh

Trump Plays It Smart, While the Rest of the GOP Field Rips Itself Apart

Trump Plays It Smart, While the Rest of the GOP Field Rips Itself Apart Trump Plays It Smart, While the Rest of the GOP Field Rips Itself Apart

By avoiding a debate, Trump wins the night—and perhaps a lot more.

Jan 29, 2016 / John Nichols

A Guide to Our Investigation of Deaths Inside the Federal Bureau of Prison’s Immigrant-Only Facilities

A Guide to Our Investigation of Deaths Inside the Federal Bureau of Prison’s Immigrant-Only Facilities A Guide to Our Investigation of Deaths Inside the Federal Bureau of Prison’s Immigrant-Only Facilities

The basics on how and why this system exists.

Jan 28, 2016 / Seth Freed Wessler

Obama and King Salman

The United States Is Waging 2 Contradictory Wars in Syria The United States Is Waging 2 Contradictory Wars in Syria

Our funding and support are simultaneously aiming to topple Assad, and to destroy ISIS—and those goals are in conflict.

Jan 26, 2016 / James Carden

Presidential candidate Bernie Sanders

Bernie Sanders Is the Realist We Should Elect Bernie Sanders Is the Realist We Should Elect

Sanders’s message is clear: Trust yourself. Come together, take back the country and make this nation better. 

Jan 26, 2016 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

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