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Election 2016
January 18, 2016
Steven Cohen
The Democrats finally got around to mentioning “structural racism” Sunday, but they still didn’t debate it.
January 18, 2016
Rebecca Leber
Hillary Clinton delivered the best environmental answer of the night, unprompted.
January 18, 2016
Brian Beutler
The Democratic Debate Was Substantive, Respectful, and the Harbinger of a Long Primary
Bernie Sanders proved he'll be a tough competitor in Iowa and New Hampshire. Hillary Clinton showed she's up to the challenge.
January 18, 2016
Elspeth Reeve
Hillary Clinton knows Vladimir Putin more intimately than the rest of these losers.
January 18, 2016
Rebecca Leber
NBC could have asked Democratic candidates 1,000 smarter questions on climate change than this.
January 18, 2016
Gabriel Snyder
What do you want? Bernie’s “guts” or Hillary’s “experience”?
January 18, 2016
Elspeth Reeve
Watch Bernie Sanders lol when Hillary Clinton said he attacked Obama.
January 18, 2016
Steven Cohen, Laura Reston, Meaghan Murphy
Highlights from the Fourth Democratic Debate
Here's what you missed.
January 18, 2016
Rebecca Leber
Bernie Sanders said Hillary Clinton is being “disingenuous” about his position on guns.
January 18, 2016
Jeet Heer
Bernie Sanders’s fixation on Wall Street prevented him from focusing on systematic racism.
January 18, 2016
Brian Beutler
Fantasy debate scenario: O’Malley endorses Sanders, drops mic.
January 18, 2016
Jeet Heer
Democratic voters really like Hillary Clinton, so she should return the favor.
January 18, 2016
Elizabeth Bruenig
Debbie Wasserman Schultz says tonight’s Democratic debate was scheduled to “maximize” candidates’ exposure.
January 18, 2016
Rebecca Leber
Bernie Sanders just made an important change in his position on gun control.
January 18, 2016
Elizabeth Bruenig
Get ready for Berniecare.
January 17, 2016
Mikaela Lefrak
Everything You Need to Know About Sunday’s Democratic Debate
January 17, 2016
Brian Beutler
Bernie Sanders Can Win. When Will He Believe That?
Sanders has largely treated Hillary Clinton with deference. But that could change at tonight's debate.
January 17, 2016
Rebecca Leber
How Obama Inserted the “War on Coal” Into the 2016 Race
A moratorium on coal leases is another notch in his legacy. But it will be up to Hillary Clinton or Bernie Sanders to navigate the fallout.
January 15, 2016
Jamil Smith
Structural Racism Needs to Be Debated, Too
The Iowa Brown & Black Forum provided a good model for how to steer Sunday's Democratic debate.
January 15, 2016
Ryu Spaeth
Ted Cruz was good last night. But he wasn’t that good.

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