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Barack Obama
May 2, 2016
David Dayen
Why Hillary Clinton Won’t Offer a Bold Economic Agenda
Against Donald Trump, she won’t have to.
May 1, 2016
Ryu Spaeth
At the White House Correspondents’ Dinner, Obama saved his most stinging criticism for the press.
April 28, 2016
Ryu Spaeth
In an alternate universe, President Obama would be a novelist, right? No.
April 25, 2016
Brian Beutler
Democrats Should Stop Sweating Sanders’s Attacks on Clinton
Yes, Republicans will use them against her in the general. But she'll have more powerful ammunition.
April 14, 2016
Alex Shephard
President Obama got screeners of Game of Thrones just because he’s “the leader of the free world.”
April 14, 2016
Eric Sasson
Bernie’s Hypocrisy: He Attacks Hillary, But Avoids Obama
April 13, 2016
Ryu Spaeth
Trump is still feeling that time Barack Obama burned the hell out of him.
April 12, 2016
Simon Lazarus
Even Conservatives Agree on Obama’s Immigration Powers. Will the Supreme Court?
April 11, 2016
Ryu Spaeth
Why won’t anyone on the Supreme Court stand up for Merrick Garland?
April 7, 2016
Mark Green
How America’s Political Trends Favor Democrats in 2016 and Beyond
We may be in the midst of a New Progressive Era, with a semi-realignment coming this November.
March 29, 2016
Scott Lemieux
Why Democrats Shouldn’t Fret About High GOP Turnout
Donald Trump may be firing up some white voters—but not enough to outnumber the people he's alienating.
March 28, 2016
Steven Cohen
Fidel Castro is still alive, and so are the old politics of U.S.-Cuba relations.
March 28, 2016
Steven Cohen
History is not being kind to President Obama’s decision not to prosecute the crimes of the Bush White House.
March 28, 2016
Ryu Spaeth
What motivates the Donald Trump voter?
March 25, 2016
Steven Cohen
The Ugly Cynicism of Obama’s Declassification Diplomacy
The president used his trip to Argentina to declassify documents related to the country's dirty war. Why did he wait so long?
March 24, 2016
Jeet Heer
Practicing dancing diplomacy, Obama makes a game effort to tango in Argentina.
March 24, 2016
Brian Beutler
Why Brussels Makes an Anti-Trump Third-Party Bid Necessary
The attack raises the frightening possibility that Trump could become president by accident.
March 22, 2016
Ryu Spaeth
President Obama is watching a ball game in Cuba.
March 22, 2016
Steven Cohen
President Obama’s pitch for democracy in Cuba would be more convincing if our politics weren’t such a complete mess right now.
March 22, 2016
Alex Shephard
Speaking in Cuba, President Obama calls for unity in the wake of the terrorist attacks in Brussels.

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