Politics Archive
Archives for October 2015


Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders contributed to mass incarceration. Now there’s a plan to undo it.


Clinton has the most to lose in Tuesday night’s debate because she’s in first place. Bernie Sanders will get a boost just by being onstage with her, and Vice President Joe Biden can use any flaw, real or perceived, to jump into the race.


“These insurgents are incompetent at governing and unwilling to be governed.”


Clinton will probably be the 2016 nominee and, if elected, will probably face a Republican Congress for four more years of gridlock. Why tune in tonight to hear more?


Bernie Sanders, Lincoln Chafee, and Jim Webb all have very weak ties to the party.


Self-identified liberals now outnumber self-identified moderates among rank-and-file Democrats.


Your guide to who all five (!) candidates are — and what they need to do.


The “Elizabeth Warren wing” of the Democratic Party doesn’t trust CNN’s moderators to bring up important issues. So it’s asking the candidates directly.


Clinton admits she got it wrong on Iraq, but she hasn’t stopped being a hawk.


If you want to understand hardware in China, you have to understand how intimate that country’s relationship is with the machines that run our lives.



Why violence in Israel and the West Bank is getting worse — especially in Jerusalem.


Not all aid works. But some does.


Trade, single-payer health care, and more.


Big political donors aren’t even the 1 percent — they are their own subculture.