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Democratic Primary 2016
February 4, 2016
Steven Cohen
Anderson Cooper makes up for red-baiting Bernie Sanders in the last CNN debate.
February 4, 2016
Elizabeth Bruenig
Bernie: I’m going to raise taxes on the middle class. Here’s why.
February 3, 2016
Clio Chang
Bob Woodward thinks Hillary is too loud.
February 3, 2016
Elizabeth Bruenig
The Big Winner of the 2016 Race: Democratic Socialism
As Bernie Sanders heads into the New Hampshire primary, things are looking up for the left.
February 3, 2016
Elizabeth Bruenig
Republicans can’t keep their spanking fantasies about Hillary Clinton to themselves.
February 3, 2016
Jeet Heer
Bernie Sanders is funnier than his imitators.
February 3, 2016
Ryu Spaeth
Don’t expect any tears this time around from Hillary Clinton.
February 3, 2016
David Dayen
Bernie’s Army Is Running for Congress
Sanders Democrats like Nevada's Lucy Flores aim to amplify the Vermont senator's uncompromising message in Washington—and move the party in a populist direction.
February 2, 2016
Gwyneth Kelly, Emma Foehringer Merchant
Five Takeaways From the Iowa Caucuses
Cruz wins. Clinton and Sanders play to a virtual tie. And Trump isn't going anywhere...
February 2, 2016
Jamil Smith
Hillary Clinton wins Iowa by a hair.
February 2, 2016
Jeet Heer
Sanders, Clinton, and a Democratic House Divided
Iowa Democrats were split down the middle, but the caucuses showed that Sanders is winning the battle of ideas and moving the party to the left.
February 2, 2016
Elizabeth Bruenig
Bernie Sanders rides his “radical idea” to a “virtual tie” in Iowa.
February 2, 2016
Gwyneth Kelly
In her post-Iowa speech, Hillary Clinton reaches out to Team Sanders.
February 2, 2016
Rebecca Leber
Goodbye Martin O’Malley, You Never Had a Chance
February 2, 2016
Elizabeth Bruenig
And then there were two: Martin O’Malley is calling it quits.
February 2, 2016
Elizabeth Bruenig
Red alert: Someone said the F-word on MSNBC.
February 2, 2016
Rebecca Leber
The loneliness of Martin O’Malley on caucus night.
February 1, 2016
Clio Chang, Sam Adler-Bell
Missing From Bernie’s Revolution: Welfare Reform
The most progressive candidate in the Democratic primary race has been notably quiet about the issue. How come?
February 1, 2016
Ryu Spaeth
If you cross the Clintons, the punishment is exile in political Siberia.
February 1, 2016
Jamil Smith
The Curious Blackness of Iowa Week
Why was Hillary Clinton in a black church in Philadelphia? Why did Bernie Sanders share the stage with Cornel West?

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