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Election 2016
October 19, 2016
Jeet Heer
Donald Trump Can’t Stand Losing to a Girl
He keeps attacking men rather than Hillary Clinton because he's a sexist who's incapable of taking a female rival seriously.
October 19, 2016
Clio Chang
Hillary Clinton’s mandate will come from keeping the GOP far away from the White House.
October 19, 2016
Ryan Kearney
A voter registration failure in Virginia shows the real risk to fair elections.
October 19, 2016
Brian Beutler
Hillary, Don’t Blow This Golden Opportunity
Trump’s election-rigging conspiracy theory is her best way to tie him to the Republican Party, just as Obama has done.
October 19, 2016
MagazineLauren Smiley
America’s Voting Machines Are a Disaster in the Making
Forget Russian hackers or Donald Trump's fear-mongering about voter fraud. This election could be compromised for another reason entirely.
October 18, 2016
Ryan Kearney
Is Lawrence Lessig trolling Neera Tanden and John Podesta?
October 18, 2016
Graham Vyse
72 seconds that prove why Republicans didn’t nominate Marco Rubio.
October 18, 2016
Nathaniel Rakich
No, Arizona and Georgia Are Not Swing States
With much fanfare, Hillary Clinton is making a push into traditionally red states. But she’ll have a tough time flipping them blue.
October 18, 2016
Graham Vyse
The Media Can’t “Rig” an Election, But It Has the Power to Expose Trump’s Lies
October 18, 2016
Brian Beutler
Obama to Trump: Stop whining about being a loser and try to win some votes.
October 18, 2016
Clio Chang
The Podesta emails reveal that Bernie Sanders is his own food group.
October 18, 2016
Jeet Heer
Melania Trump’s “boys will be boys” defense betrays a maternal kind of sexism.
October 18, 2016
Jeet Heer
Citizen Pain
After he loses the election, Donald Trump will enter a world of hurt.
October 18, 2016
Alex Shephard
The media is letting Donald Trump get away with his lies about voter fraud.
October 18, 2016
Brian Beutler
Donald Trump’s Media Conglomerate Already Exists
Right-wing media is already Trumpified. That's bad news for Trump TV—and for the Republican establishment, too.
October 18, 2016
Kathleen Geier
Why Feminists Shouldn’t Trust Hillary Clinton
Pro-Hillary cheerleading will not advance social justice for women. But keeping the pressure on might do the trick.
October 17, 2016
Alex Shephard
Who is most key ppl in race?
October 17, 2016
Brian Beutler
John McCain: Vote Republican if you want a legitimation crisis or the end of the filibuster, plus more Trumps.
October 17, 2016
Graham Vyse
The Violence May Yet Come
Donald Trump's claims of a "rigged" election have renewed fears of unrest on Election Day. It's time for Republicans to stand up for our democracy.
October 17, 2016
Brian Beutler
Democrats Need to Get Ready to Run Washington
An unanticipated wave election could hand them the White House and both chambers of Congress. Are they prepared to govern?

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