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Scott Sonner / AP Nevada’s Coveted Latino Voters
Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton are vying for the support of young minority voters in the final days ahead of the caucus.
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Jonathan Ernst / Reuters Can George W. Bush Save Jeb?
With the crucial South Carolina primary nearing, the former president is finally campaigning for his brother.
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Branden Camp / AP Trump Is a Sinner Among Saints in South Carolina
Donald Trump’s appeal to evangelicals is limited, but in a crowded Republican field, that may not matter.
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John Minchillo / AP The Pragmatic Case for Bernie Sanders
Political and social change emanates from persistent pressure for a just world, not settling for what is “realistic” before even getting to the negotiating table.
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Jonathan Ernst / Reuters Was Donald Trump Really Against the Iraq War?
Trump’s prescient opposition to the invasion is an important part of his claim to sound judgment. And he is making it up. I would know.
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Jonathan Ernst / Reuters The Republican Party's Internecine Fights Spill Into the Open
On Saturday, the GOP dispensed with concern about keeping up appearances—and put long-simmering anger on display.
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Susan Walsh / AP The 'New Look' of the Post-Obama Electorate
African Americans are converging around an abundance of issues, wanting to be heard and employing new strategies to achieve it.
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Jacquelyn Martin / AP In Defense of Political Dynasties
Candidates from established political families may have unfair advantages, but an inherited tradition of public service isn’t something Americans should dismiss out of hand.
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Jonathan Ernst / Reuters The Heretical Donald Trump
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Jonathan Ernst / Reuters The Heresies of Donald Trump
The Republican frontrunner repudiated a long litany of party orthodoxies in a contentious debate—but will that hurt his candidacy, or help it?
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Craig Fritz / AP Justice Scalia's Outsized Legacy
A passionate, complex conservative, Scalia forever changed how Americans think about original intent. Both liberals and conservatives now play by Scalia’s rules.
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Brian Snyder / Reuters Why Ted Cruz's Preemptive Rejection of a Supreme Court Nominee Is Illegitimate
The GOP presidential candidate—and at least two of his rivals—are acting as if the meaning of the Constitution changes depending on the timing of the next election.
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Rick Wilking / Reuters The Republicans Rumble in South Carolina
The GOP field is down to six ahead of Saturday’s debate in Greenville, as Marco Rubio tries to rebound from his debacle in New Hampshire.
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Dave Kaup / Reuters Marco Rubio's Extreme Tax Plan
Though the senator may be running as a moderate, his proposal is anything but.
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Matt Rourke / AP Clinton the Consummate Insider
Many think Hillary Clinton was a onetime leftist radical who morphed into a centrist to gain power. But Clinton has always been a true incrementalist and compromiser—with little time for revolutionaries.
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Brian Snyder / Reuters A Defeat for Conservative Feminism
Carly Fiorina’s exit from the 2016 race could stifle debate over gender equality across the political spectrum.
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Brian Snyder / Reuters The Divergent Fates of Christie and Kasich
There was only room for one moderate, sitting governor telling it like it is.
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Randall Hill / Reuters The Unexpected Breadth of Donald Trump's Appeal
In New Hampshire, he won working class men without college diplomas—and most every other demographic group.
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Win McNamee / Getty Debate Night Pits Judgment Against Experience
Deprived of major differences, the Democratic candidates retreated to familiar mantras, asking the American public to decide between idealism and realism.
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Matt Rourke / AP Can Hillary Clinton Convince Voters They're Not Settling?
The former secretary of state will have to shift her strategy as she faces her surging Democratic rival, Bernie Sanders.
