Chicago Has Spent Half a Billion Dollars on Police Brutality Cases—And It’s Impoverishing the Victims’ Communities Chicago Has Spent Half a Billion Dollars on Police Brutality Cases—And It’s Impoverishing the Victims’ Communities
Mayor Rahm Emanuel, State’s Attorney Anita Alvarez, and the Chicago Police Department are under intense scrutiny for covering up the murder of Laquan McDonald, the unarmed Black 17…
Mar 11, 2016 / Carrie Sloan and Johnaé Strong
Hillary Clinton Is Exposing the Dark Underbelly of the Democrats’ Money Machine Hillary Clinton Is Exposing the Dark Underbelly of the Democrats’ Money Machine
Her campaign has put a spotlight on the cozy relationships between Democratic operatives and corporate America.
Mar 10, 2016 / Joshua Holland
Clinton and Sanders Promised Not to Deport Child Migrants. Should We Cheer? Clinton and Sanders Promised Not to Deport Child Migrants. Should We Cheer?
Promises they can’t keep aren’t what immigrants really need.
Mar 10, 2016 / Julianne Hing
Start Making Sense: Bernie on the Move Start Making Sense: Bernie on the Move
How Bernie won in Michigan. Plus, “Trump: fascist or clown?” and another kind of politics: the gay revolution.
Mar 10, 2016 / Podcast / Start Making Sense and Jon Wiener
How We Got Trumped by the Media How We Got Trumped by the Media
They’re so obsessed with “The Donald” that they can barely be bothered to cover the other candidates, much less the important issues.
Mar 10, 2016 / John Nichols
Neocons Helped Fuel the Rise of Donald Trump. Will They Apologize? Neocons Helped Fuel the Rise of Donald Trump. Will They Apologize?
GOP primary voters are rejecting foreign policies that dishonored their country.
Mar 10, 2016 / Column / Eric Alterman
Yankee Great Paul O’Neill Endorses Trump, Slaps Latino Players Across the Face Yankee Great Paul O’Neill Endorses Trump, Slaps Latino Players Across the Face
He’s sending quite the message to his former teammates and the game he ostensibly loves.
Mar 9, 2016 / Dave Zirin
Donald Trump Is Alienating Neoconservatives—and Anti-War Democrats Should Worry Donald Trump Is Alienating Neoconservatives—and Anti-War Democrats Should Worry
When it comes to foreign policy, Trump is an apostate. And the more he talks about it, the more popular he gets.
Mar 7, 2016 / James Carden
In Flint Debate, the Clinton-Sanders Clash Gets Rougher In Flint Debate, the Clinton-Sanders Clash Gets Rougher
The contrasts between the two candidates—and their GOP rivals—have rarely been so publicly stark.
Mar 7, 2016 / Joan Walsh
Mitt Romney Just Gave the Most Pointless Speech of the 2016 Race Mitt Romney Just Gave the Most Pointless Speech of the 2016 Race
His address did not answer the essential question for Republicans in 2016: Will those who oppose Trump as a candidate for the nomination oppose Trump as the nominee?
Mar 3, 2016 / John Nichols