Government

Hillary Clinton Has One More Badly Behaved Man Left to Vanquish

Hillary Clinton Has One More Badly Behaved Man Left to Vanquish Hillary Clinton Has One More Badly Behaved Man Left to Vanquish

Could the clouds of testosterone billowing from the campaign have something to do with the fact that Donald Trump is facing a woman?

Nov 2, 2016 / Column / Katha Pollitt

The Bundy Acquittal Is Dangerous

The Bundy Acquittal Is Dangerous The Bundy Acquittal Is Dangerous

But the courtroom isn’t the only place to challenge the rise of anti-government radicals.

Nov 1, 2016 / Zoë Carpenter

A Dirty Trick That Won’t Change the Outcome

A Dirty Trick That Won’t Change the Outcome A Dirty Trick That Won’t Change the Outcome

Forget the polls. The overwhelming percentage of people who actually vote have already made up their minds about the character of Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump.

Nov 1, 2016 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Peopel vote in Glens Falls, NY

Sign Our Pledge and Help Make Voting Easy and Inclusive Sign Our Pledge and Help Make Voting Easy and Inclusive

We’ve joined with voting and civil rights organizations across the country to respond to voter suppression by getting out the vote. 

Nov 1, 2016 / NationAction

Donald Trump

Note to America: Don’t Be So Sure You’ve Put Trump Behind You Note to America: Don’t Be So Sure You’ve Put Trump Behind You

Take it from a Brit, right-wing populism will thrive until you deal with it genuinely.

Oct 31, 2016 / Column / Gary Younge

Mark Kirk Squish

Meet the Trumpkins: ‘Mainstream’ Republican Senators Who Sound a Lot Like Their Presidential Nominee Meet the Trumpkins: ‘Mainstream’ Republican Senators Who Sound a Lot Like Their Presidential Nominee

Embattled senators like Mark Kirk try to distance themselves from Trump, but keep parroting what is worst about his politics.

Oct 28, 2016 / John Nichols

Grace Hardison

North Carolina Republicans Tried to Disenfranchise a 100-Year-Old African-American Woman North Carolina Republicans Tried to Disenfranchise a 100-Year-Old African-American Woman

With early voting underway in North Carolina, black and Democratic voters are being wrongly purged from the rolls.

Oct 27, 2016 / Ari Berman

Russ Feingold Wisconsin

The Billionaire Class Is Terrified That Russ Feingold Will Return to the Senate The Billionaire Class Is Terrified That Russ Feingold Will Return to the Senate

The very rich are spending very heavily to prevent the return of a very serious reformer to the Senate.

Oct 27, 2016 / John Nichols

Prison Barbed Wire

ICE Plans to Reopen the Very Same Private Prison the Feds Just Closed ICE Plans to Reopen the Very Same Private Prison the Feds Just Closed

Advocates cheered when the Justice Department began shuttering its private prisons. But immigration officials saw an opportunity.

Oct 27, 2016 / Seth Freed Wessler

Maine ranked choice voting

This Maine Initiative Could Shake Up the Two-Party System This Maine Initiative Could Shake Up the Two-Party System

Ranked-choice voting opens up elections to a broader, more diverse range of candidates and ideas.

Oct 27, 2016 / Hendrik Hertzberg

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