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Election 2016
June 23, 2016
Scott Lemieux
How Anthony Kennedy Came Around on Affirmative Action
It took a very specific set of circumstances to get the Supreme Court justice to affirm the validity of race-based college admissions.
June 23, 2016
Harrison Stetler
Just what CNN needs: more Trump apologists on air.
June 23, 2016
Brian Beutler
Clinton world is worried about Republicans dumping Donald Trump.
June 23, 2016
Alex Shephard
Is Bernie dropping his demands for free college and the $15 minimum wage?
June 23, 2016
Ryu Spaeth
The Great Democratic Sit-In of 2016 is a case for maximum polarization.
June 23, 2016
PodcastPrimary Concerns
Primary Concerns Episode 18: Trump Steaks and Veepstakes
Conservative Matt Lewis warns of the folly of dumping Trump, and Washington Post satirist Alexandra Petri skewers VP speculation.
June 23, 2016
Sarah Aziza
Becoming American in the Age of Trump
A group of Arab immigrants in Brooklyn has a new motivation for passing the U.S. citizenship test: fear of mass deportation.
June 23, 2016
Brian Beutler
Donald Trump Is Too Chaotic to Attack Hillary Clinton Effectively
Trump’s anti-Clinton speech reads like a manic opposition-research dump.
June 22, 2016
Alex Shephard
Bernie Sanders can’t stop not stopping.
June 22, 2016
Jeet Heer
You Can’t Polish a Trump
His big anti-Clinton speech was scripted, on-message—and dull.
June 22, 2016
Alex Shephard
Marco Rubio still doesn’t really want to be a senator.
June 22, 2016
Alex Shephard
Donald Trump just gave his most presidential speech, and it still sounded like an InfoWars article.
June 22, 2016
Jared Yates Sexton
I Told the Truth About a Donald Trump Rally. Then the Trolls Threatened My Life.
June 22, 2016
Ryu Spaeth
Rubio-mentum is back!
June 22, 2016
Alex Shephard
Donald Trump’s next target is probably the Clinton Foundation.
June 22, 2016
Jeet Heer
Donald Trump’s Holy Wars on Clinton and Islam
The most profane of candidates is revitalizing his campaign by appeals to religious tribalism.
June 22, 2016
Ryu Spaeth
Would Donald Trump have to sell a golf course to self-fund his campaign? A casino?
June 22, 2016
Alex Shephard
The Media Created Trump—and Will Destroy Him, Too
His reliance on relentless coverage could doom his campaign.
June 21, 2016
Alex Shephard
Slavoj Zizek’s take on Donald Trump is very Zizek-y.
June 21, 2016
Brian Beutler
Progressive Democrats are channeling their inner Dick Cheneys against Republican gun fanatics.

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