The president’s insatiable need to traffic in rumor and conspiracy blows larger holes in our shared reality with each passing day.

In her historic DNC speech, the former prosecutor elided most of her resume to craft a different image of her record.

Democrats are already in love with their future, in spite of the fact that Joe Biden has glossed over how he will get them there.

How a decaying legacy magazine is being used to launder right-wing ideas and conspiracy theories.

The Biden-Harris nomination represents the party’s return to free-market fealty.

His Bay State tussle with Ed Markey is illuminating some raw truths about youth, dynasty, and a Democratic Party stuck between generations.

After working against tribal nations as California’s attorney general, she’s now in a position to advance the fight for their sovereignty.

Donald Trump’s criticisms of the Democratic vice presidential nominee don’t make a lot of sense. As usual, his favorite network is stepping in.

She’s a natural talent at American politicking, just like he is.

The press hasn’t taken the bait on Trump’s attacks on Biden. That doesn’t mean that it has learned the right lessons from the 2016 election.

Are the Democrats ready for grotesque attacks about the senator’s ex-boyfriend Willie Brown?

Each of the main vice presidential contenders offers a different skill set. What Biden needs is someone to help him govern.

It won’t be what makes or breaks his chances against Trump.

In his latest campaign kickoff rally, the president maps his desperate plan to overcome the national crisis he enabled and win reelection.

The mass movement seeking justice for George Floyd may not have shifted Biden’s running-mate calculus, but it’s added plenty of complications.

An abolitionist demand rose to mainstream prominence. Now every politician and cable news talking head is suddenly an expert.

The fraught quest to find a woman to unite the party—and win over swing voters all at the same time

How market pressures and professional hubris have undone campaign journalism

He has pledged to pick a woman for vice president and a black woman for the Supreme Court. That’s not as unusual as it sounds.

The Democratic primary is down to two old white men, but political representation should mean more than identity alone.