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Library of Congress Hillary Clinton Goes Back to the Dunning School
How do you diagnose the problem of racism in America without understanding its actual history?
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Jim Young / Reuters Is Bernie Sanders Really Naive About Iran?
Hillary Clinton has suggested as much. Don’t be so sure.
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Susan Walsh / AP A Retroactive Break for Juvenile Offenders
The U.S. Supreme Court rules that those serving mandatory life sentences without the possibility of parole for crimes they committed while under age deserve the chance to prove they’ve changed.
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Chris Keane / Reuters Is North Carolina's Strict Voter-ID Law Constitutional?
A judge began hearing a second challenge to the state’s restrictive new voting laws, passed in the wake of the Supreme Court’s Shelby County decision.
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Yuri Gripas / Reuters Why D.C. Hates Ted Cruz
Cruz’s fans say it’s because he stands on principle. But his critics say he’s never achieved anything—except burnishing his own brand.
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Jim Young / Reuters Why Bernie Sanders Is Right to Oppose Reparations
There are lots of principled reasons that an anti-racist socialist might not favor the policy.
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Charlie Neibergall / AP A Reporting Project Puts Disabilities on the Political Agenda
Teams of reporters are cornering candidates in Iowa and New Hampshire, and pressing them to pay attention to issues that are often ignored.
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Andrew Harnik / AP Gaffe Track: Cruz's Pointless Obamacare Tall Tale
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BJ / AP How Jimmy Carter Revolutionized the Iowa Caucuses
In 1976, he took on the Hawkeye State like no one had before, setting the precedent for hopefuls running in the race today.
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Mark Kauzlarich / Reuters Bernie Sanders and the Liberal Imagination
What is doable and what is morally correct are not always the same things.
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Jeffrey Phelps / AP How Trump Is Exposing Media's Diversity Problem
The Republican frontrunner’s divisive rhetoric reveals demographic disparities that have inadvertently contributed to his surge.
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Susan Walsh / AP Could At-Large House Districts Solve Washington's Gridlock?
An institution beset by partisan polarization might benefit from an influx of moderates.
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Jim Young / Reuters Gaffe Track: Bernie's Supreme Confusion
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J. Scott Applewhite / AP Kelly Ayotte’s Criminal-Justice Reform Dilemma
The politics of an election year present new challenges—even for legislation that might otherwise sail through.
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Brian Snyder / Reuters Ted Cruz's Tithing Problem
Many Christians believe God requires the faithful to donate a tenth of their income to charity. Will they vote for a candidate who doesn’t?
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David Becker / Reuters The National Review Takes on Trump
As the Iowa caucuses near, the conservative magazine mounts a last-ditch effort to halt his momentum.
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Rebecca Cook / Reuters Who Poisoned Flint?
Michigan’s state government took control of Flint with an emergency manager—then shrugged at its water crisis, saying it was a problem for the city to fix.
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Matt Rourke / AP Is the Republican Establishment Ganging Up on Ted Cruz?
Beltway Republicans say they consider Donald Trump the lesser of two evils. Cruz wears their loathing as a badge of honor.
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Charlie Neibergall / AP Gaffe Track: Did Carly's Youth Outreach Go Too Far?
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Elaine Thompson / AP America's Divides Aren't Just Partisan
The Republican coalition doesn’t reflect the growing diversity of the United States, while the Democratic coalition has failed to persuade many Americans to embrace its vision of the future.
