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Matt Rourke / AP Scoring Candidates on Style Points
The problem isn’t attacks on superficial traits—it’s that men are not subjected to the same criticisms as women.
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Jason Miczek / Reuters Summoning the Ghosts of South Carolina
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Wikimedia Ted Cruz's Alamo?
Conservative activists are making their stand in South Carolina, as Trump’s supporters swarm at the gates.
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Jonathan Ernst / Reuters The Great Republican Stalemate
With the candidates flinging insults as Saturday’s South Carolina primary approaches, can anybody hope to win?
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Chuck Redden / Flickr Talking Immigration, South of the Border
What do patrons at South Carolina’s favorite Mexican-themed tourist trap think about border security and undocumented workers?
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Marcio Jose Sanchez / AP What Makes Nevada's Caucuses Distinctive?
The most recent addition to the roster of early voting states is establishing its own electoral identity.
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Lucy Nicholson / Reuters The Foreign Travels of Bernie Sanders
The Democratic presidential contender has used his journeys abroad to shape America’s global image, and hasn’t been afraid to criticize U.S. foreign policy.
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Randall Hill / Reuters Pope, Trump, Decline to Turn Other Cheek
The pontiff and the presidential candidate have taken turns bashing one another in an unlikely fight stemming from Francis’s trip to Mexico.
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Andrew Harnik / AP Is This Finally It for Jeb Bush?
The Republican lashed out on Wednesday, after Governor Nikki Haley’s endorsement went to Marco Rubio.
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Charlie Neibergall / AP Trump and Sanders Give Voice to the Voiceless
The two candidates are articulating the views of groups that feel shut out of the political process.
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Robert F. Bukaty / AP The Republicans' Scalia Hysteria
The Supreme Court justice’s departure doesn’t mark the conclusion of a generational shift. It is just the opening act.
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Jason Reed / Reuters Donald Trump's Specious Claims About Torture
Why does the Republican candidate say it’s a useful tactic when the evidence suggests otherwise?
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Jim Young / Reuters Killer Mike Inflames the Democrats' Intergenerational Struggle
The rapper and Bernie Sanders backer is the latest surrogate to get into hot water, quoting an activist who said, “A uterus doesn't qualify you to be president of the United States.”
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How Our First Arcade Game Grew From a Terrible Infographic
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Joshua Roberts / Reuters Ted Cruz's Hugely Expensive Plan for a Huge Military
Attacked by rivals for being soft on defense, the Texas senator lays out a program to guarantee peace through strength.
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Andrew McGill / The Atlantic Super Campaign Dodger: Can You Avoid Political Ads?
An 8-bit arcade-style exercise in steering clear of political advertising—no quarters required.
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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.
