Election 2016Why Bernie Shouldn’t Be Blamed For His BrosAccording to new reports, Bernie Sanders’s 2016 campaign was sexist. What a shock. Jan 4, 2019Did The Media Or Voters Wreck American Politics?Don’t blame the 2016 election on the mainstream media, writes Rich Barlow. Blame the real culprits behind civic ignorance: the voters themselves.Dec 14, 2017Advertisement Donna Brazile's DNC Exposé: A Reckoning For Democrats?Today’s DNC leadership needs to deal with this scandal quickly, transparently and sincerely, writes Miles Howard.Nov 3, 2017The Impossibility Of Being Hillary ClintonWhat’s happening to Clinton’s new campaign book is exactly what happened to her campaign, writes Steve Almond. Sep 19, 2017Stop Making Sense: Why Self-Deception And Donald Trump Aren't Going Away (Anytime Soon)We have to learn from the disconnect between our beliefs and the wildly diverse realities of life for the people of this country, writes Julie Wittes Schlack. Jan 9, 2017The Electoral College Was Born In Racism. Let’s Drop OutInvented in part to coddle slave-holding southern states, it’s past time to abolish the 18th century artifact we call the Electoral College.Dec 30, 2016Why Don't Environmentalists Vote?We can’t expect environmental leadership, writes Nathaniel Stinnett, when so few voters demand it. Dec 27, 2016Sorry, Haters: However Improbably, Donald Trump Is ThrivingAnd so begins the “normalization” of what many thought could never be normal, writes Tom Keane. Dec 21, 2016Poem: Donald Trump's Cabinet Of CuriositiesThe president-elect has chosen for top posts in his cabinet an unlikely band of candidates. Our poet of the political scene, Erika Fine, offers this handy, rhyming digest of the...Dec 14, 2016Not Dead Yet: Identity Politics' Next WaveReports of the death of identity politics have been greatly exaggerated, writes Susan E. Reed.Dec 13, 2016A Way Out For Donald Trump? A Letter To The President-ElectAlexander Keyssar makes the case that there is still time for Trump to back out of a job he never really wanted in the first place, and to become a...Dec 7, 2016This Blue State Trump Voter Knows — And Cares — How Clinton’s Supporters Are FeelingWhen you have captured a bottle of smoke and your horse comes into the winner’s circle, there is no greater joy. On the contrary, the smashed hopes of political misfortune...Dec 6, 20163 Questions For America, In Memory Of The Many, And The OneWe must put our ears to the ground, writes Julie Lindahl, and listen for the quiet whisperings of the dead.Dec 2, 2016A Recount Won't Change The Election Outcome, But Here's Why It's Still ImportantFailing to get to the bottom of the rigged election rumors make it too easy to dismiss 2016 as a fluke, writes Tim Snyder. Nov 30, 2016With Love, From Harold: A Father’s War Story Offers Hope In An Uncertain TimeWe need to stand firm, her Dad would say. Judy Bolton-Fasman attempts to translate what that means today. Nov 30, 2016Craving Post-Election Comfort, And Finding It In A Reality TV Cooking ShowMy plan of action for now is to turn away from the screaming media and focus on my own cutting boards, writes Susan Senator. Because more than anything, right now,...Nov 29, 2016Working Alongside, And Speaking Up For, The UndocumentedAs I watched the returns election night, writes Walter Wuthmann, I thought of my coworkers... and what a Trump presidency might mean for them.Nov 25, 2016Echoes Of 1863: How Lincoln Transformed Thanksgiving, And Why It's Relevant TodayToday, as our country struggles with its new president and with itself, we might be wise to ask, what are we thankful for, as a nation?Nov 24, 2016Trying To Understand My Old Friend, A Trump Voter Back HomeJarrod is not afraid that Trump will install a kleptocratic oligarchy. writes Sebastian Stockman. He just assumes the president-elect will join the one that already exists.Nov 24, 2016Election Hindsight, 2016: We Needed Portraits Of Voters, Not SnapshotsThe failure of most pollsters to accurately predict the election outcome demonstrates a failure to embrace complexity, writes Julie Wittes Schlack, and that’s risky not just for professional researchers, but...Nov 23, 2016Next Page
Why Bernie Shouldn’t Be Blamed For His BrosAccording to new reports, Bernie Sanders’s 2016 campaign was sexist. What a shock. Jan 4, 2019
Did The Media Or Voters Wreck American Politics?Don’t blame the 2016 election on the mainstream media, writes Rich Barlow. Blame the real culprits behind civic ignorance: the voters themselves.Dec 14, 2017
Donna Brazile's DNC Exposé: A Reckoning For Democrats?Today’s DNC leadership needs to deal with this scandal quickly, transparently and sincerely, writes Miles Howard.Nov 3, 2017
The Impossibility Of Being Hillary ClintonWhat’s happening to Clinton’s new campaign book is exactly what happened to her campaign, writes Steve Almond. Sep 19, 2017
Stop Making Sense: Why Self-Deception And Donald Trump Aren't Going Away (Anytime Soon)We have to learn from the disconnect between our beliefs and the wildly diverse realities of life for the people of this country, writes Julie Wittes Schlack. Jan 9, 2017
The Electoral College Was Born In Racism. Let’s Drop OutInvented in part to coddle slave-holding southern states, it’s past time to abolish the 18th century artifact we call the Electoral College.Dec 30, 2016
Why Don't Environmentalists Vote?We can’t expect environmental leadership, writes Nathaniel Stinnett, when so few voters demand it. Dec 27, 2016
Sorry, Haters: However Improbably, Donald Trump Is ThrivingAnd so begins the “normalization” of what many thought could never be normal, writes Tom Keane. Dec 21, 2016
Poem: Donald Trump's Cabinet Of CuriositiesThe president-elect has chosen for top posts in his cabinet an unlikely band of candidates. Our poet of the political scene, Erika Fine, offers this handy, rhyming digest of the...Dec 14, 2016
Not Dead Yet: Identity Politics' Next WaveReports of the death of identity politics have been greatly exaggerated, writes Susan E. Reed.Dec 13, 2016
A Way Out For Donald Trump? A Letter To The President-ElectAlexander Keyssar makes the case that there is still time for Trump to back out of a job he never really wanted in the first place, and to become a...Dec 7, 2016
This Blue State Trump Voter Knows — And Cares — How Clinton’s Supporters Are FeelingWhen you have captured a bottle of smoke and your horse comes into the winner’s circle, there is no greater joy. On the contrary, the smashed hopes of political misfortune...Dec 6, 2016
3 Questions For America, In Memory Of The Many, And The OneWe must put our ears to the ground, writes Julie Lindahl, and listen for the quiet whisperings of the dead.Dec 2, 2016
A Recount Won't Change The Election Outcome, But Here's Why It's Still ImportantFailing to get to the bottom of the rigged election rumors make it too easy to dismiss 2016 as a fluke, writes Tim Snyder. Nov 30, 2016
With Love, From Harold: A Father’s War Story Offers Hope In An Uncertain TimeWe need to stand firm, her Dad would say. Judy Bolton-Fasman attempts to translate what that means today. Nov 30, 2016
Craving Post-Election Comfort, And Finding It In A Reality TV Cooking ShowMy plan of action for now is to turn away from the screaming media and focus on my own cutting boards, writes Susan Senator. Because more than anything, right now,...Nov 29, 2016
Working Alongside, And Speaking Up For, The UndocumentedAs I watched the returns election night, writes Walter Wuthmann, I thought of my coworkers... and what a Trump presidency might mean for them.Nov 25, 2016
Echoes Of 1863: How Lincoln Transformed Thanksgiving, And Why It's Relevant TodayToday, as our country struggles with its new president and with itself, we might be wise to ask, what are we thankful for, as a nation?Nov 24, 2016
Trying To Understand My Old Friend, A Trump Voter Back HomeJarrod is not afraid that Trump will install a kleptocratic oligarchy. writes Sebastian Stockman. He just assumes the president-elect will join the one that already exists.Nov 24, 2016
Election Hindsight, 2016: We Needed Portraits Of Voters, Not SnapshotsThe failure of most pollsters to accurately predict the election outcome demonstrates a failure to embrace complexity, writes Julie Wittes Schlack, and that’s risky not just for professional researchers, but...Nov 23, 2016
