1. the national interest
    Black Lives Matter and the Ideology of White BacklashRevealing diatribes on the aggrieved right.
    By Jonathan Chait
  2. Republican Insiders Are Dreading Their Own ConventionThere’s just not a lot of joy in Cleveland.
    By Ed Kilgore
  3. politics
    Bill Clinton Stands Poised Between His Past and His Wife’s FutureThe last white male Democratic president has a connection to those who feel left behind.
    By Louisa Thomas
  4. early and often
    Sanders Pushed Dems Left — But Not ClintonIt’s the party’s most liberal platform ever, but the presumptive nominee doesn’t back all of it.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  5. Things Are Getting Wild at the GOP’s Platform MeetingsGay conversion therapy? Porn regulations? Both are on the table.
    By Ed Kilgore
  7. Bayh Comeback Boosts Dem Bid for Senate ControlSix years after leaving the Senate with a spasm of disdain for the institution, the onetime boy wonder is attempting a comeback.
    By Ed Kilgore
  8. A Lot of Democrats Think Hillary Clinton Should Have Been Criminally ChargedIt says a lot about this year’s political choices that many of them will support her anyway.
    By Ed Kilgore
  9. the national interest
    Why Donald Trump Might Nominate a Pro-Choice Vice-President Trump knows he needs to do something dramatic to shake up the race. 
    By Jonathan Chait
  10. today in donald trump
    Trump’s VP Will Be a Conservative Governor, Or a Pro-Choice, Democratic GeneralWild card!
    By Margaret Hartmann
  11. running mates
    Ivanka Trump Is Not Going to Save Us From Her FatherWhy are New Yorkers so invested in the fiction that she’s not fully onboard with his campaign?
    By Jessica Pressler
  12. early and often
    The California Primary Is Finally Over, and Clinton Still WonClinton’s lead over Sanders was cut to 7 percent, but not reversed, after late mail and provisional ballots were counted.
    By Ed Kilgore
  13. health care
    Clinton Reaffirms Support for Public OptionShe has formally endorsed adding a public option to Obamacare, as well as lowering the age for Medicare access and expanding funding for health-clinic care. 
    By Chas Danner
  14. Good News on a Bad Day: Jobs Rebound in JuneAfter a jitter-inducing slump in net new jobs in May, June showed what may be a corrective, with the best gains since last autumn.
    By Ed Kilgore
  15. the national interest
    It Is Not 1968Murders by and of police conceal a country more unified than it appears.
    By Jonathan Chait
  16. Reaction From Right to Dallas Massacre: Trump Is Measured; Others Not So Much“Civil war” hysteria breaks out in some conservative quarters after massacre of police in Dallas, but so far Donald Trump’s being remarkably restrained.
    By Ed Kilgore
  17. GOP Flack: ‘Hillary Clinton Is the New O.J. Simpson’As Republicans struggle to keep the “email scandal” alive, former Romney ‘12 communications director Eric Fehrnstrom gets to the bottom of the barrel fast by comparing Hillary Clinton to O.J. Simpson as someone who got away with murder.
    By Ed Kilgore
  18. the national interest
    4 Takeaways From the Summer’s Best Election SurveyPeople hate the candidates but really care about the election.
    By Jonathan Chait
  19. Field Poll Shows Depths of Trump’s Latino ProblemTrump falls to single digits among Latinos in authoritative Field Poll of California.
    By Ed Kilgore
  20. Why Pence May Make Sense As a Trump Running MateIndiana governor Mike Pence would not bring much to the table in the way of broadening the GOP’s appeal. But he’s a fine option for soothing the hurt feelings of hard-core conservatives. 
    By Ed Kilgore
  21. Trump’s Message Indiscipline Could Be FatalA candidate who depends on “earned media” as much as Trump does really cannot afford to step on his own message as much as he’s doing right now.
    By Ed Kilgore
  22. the national interest
    How Hitler’s Rise to Power Explains Why Republicans Accept Donald TrumpTrump is no Nazi, but the historical parallels can’t be avoided.
    By Jonathan Chait
  23. today in donald trump
    Trump Will Not Rest Until Even Kids Know About His Anti-Semitic TweetHe managed to drag Frozen into this.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  24. Why Going Negative and Staying There Is the Best Strategy in This ElectionWonder why politicians “go negative” so often in partisan contests? Part of the reason is that independents who “lean” toward one party are mostly motivated by hatred of the other one. 
    By Ed Kilgore
  25. Education Gap Among White Voters Could Remake the Battlefield MapClinton’s strength among college-educated white voters and Trump’s strength in the white working class could move some states around on the presidential battlefield map. 
    By Ed Kilgore
  26. the national interest
    Today in ‘Donald Trump’s Campaign Is a Garbage Fire’Trump’s reality show goes off script.
    By Jonathan Chait
  27. Will Trump Go Away If He Loses?Assuming Donald Trump loses, Republicans will need to find ways to keep his supporters in the fold. Can they do that while consigning Trump himself to the dustbin of history?
    By Ed Kilgore
  28. Trump’s California Head FakeBack before the California primary, Trump promised to contest the Golden State. He sort of is, but really isn’t.
    By Ed Kilgore
  29. Trump Attack on Trade Is Peril for Running MateTo all of the other hazards of being Trump’s running mate you can add alienating business supporters and donors for the rest of your career by demonizing international trade and investment agreements.
    By Ed Kilgore
  30. The Meaning of Trump’s Cult of Political IncorrectnessThe brouhaha over a Trump tweet that allegedly used anti-Semitic symbolism is a good example of how he can be forgiven anything by his followers, except showing concern for others’ feelings.
    By Ed Kilgore
  31. the national interest
    The Most Corrupt Candidate Ever Is Donald TrumpHillary Clinton may be slightly corrupt, but she can’t compare to her opponent.
    By Jonathan Chait
  32. ‘No Prosecution’ Announcement Big Moment for HRCWith his announcement that the FBI would not recommend prosecution of Hillary Clinton over her use of a personal email server as secretary of State, James Comey ended Bernie Sanders’s extremely slim chances of becoming the Democratic presidential nominee, and dealt a major blow to Donald Trump and the GOP as well.
    By Ed Kilgore
  33. Anti-Immigrant Court Victories Could Backfire on the GOPJudicial interference with Obama’s immigration enforcement initiatives will not only frustrate and anger many Latinos. It could also free up resources for voter registration and mobilization drives. 
    By Ed Kilgore
  34. today in donald trump
    Trump: Star of David Tweet Isn’t Anti-SemiticThe “sheriff’s star, or plain star” just happened to appear in a “corrupt Hillary” image going around white-supremacist web circles.
    By Chas Danner and Margaret Hartmann
  35. the national interest
    Clinton and the Politics of ’90s Racial BacklashA political and cultural reexamination of a trying decade.
    By Jonathan Chait
  36. 4 Scenarios That Could Cause Havoc at the Republican National ConventionLook out, Cleveland!
    By Ed Kilgore
  37. politics
    FBI Conducts ‘Voluntary’ Interview With Hillary Clinton Over Email Server UseThe three-and-a-half-hour meeting happened Saturday morning at FBI headquarters, following a controversial week for the Clintons over the investigation. 
    By Chas Danner
  38. GOP Papers Over Differences Via Vague Platform?Republicans have huge divisions in opinion over issues ranging from trade to torture. Maybe if the party platform is short enough …
    By Ed Kilgore
  39. Trump Convention Might Be Conventional Snoozefest After AllMany of the grand or weird ideas for the Republican National Convention we heard about earlier seem to be falling by the wayside. 
    By Ed Kilgore
  40. why can’t we be friends?
    Bernie Sanders Still Won’t Say Whether He Will Endorse Hillary ClintonThe Democratic runner-up pushed back on claims that he was ready to stand fully behind his former opponent.
    By Jonah Shepp
  41. Trump Subtracts 3 From 5 and Gets 1 in Reaction to SCOTUS Abortion DecisionYou’d think he would be careful not to screw up on anything related to the subject of abortion. You’d be wrong.
    By Ed Kilgore
  42. Think America’s Primary System Is Too Closed? Look at Britain’sIn the U.K., the rank and file pay dues to become party members, and letting them choose leaders is a recent innovation.
    By Ed Kilgore
  43. The ‘Dump Trump’ Effort Needs a MiracleIn the convention Rules Committee and in the courts, the Dump Trump effort chugs on toward almost-certain defeat.
    By Ed Kilgore
  44. the national interest
    Sorry, Obama: Donald Trump Is a Populist, and You’re NotAnd that’s okay.
    By Jonathan Chait
  45. brexit
    How Brexit Threw the Labour Party Into Crisis — and What’s NextMPs voted overwhelmingly against Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn in a “no confidence” vote. But so far he’s refusing to step down. 
    By Tom Ewing
  46. early and often
    Obama Delivers 6-Minute Anti-Trump ‘Rant’/Populism LessonHe says the term for Trump’s politics is actually “nativism,” or “xenophobia.”
    By Margaret Hartmann
  47. early and often
    Does Trump’s Anti-Trade Gamble Make Political Sense?He seems to have gone all-in on appealing to white working-class folk, including Sanders supporters. The math doesn’t seem to be there though.
    By Ed Kilgore
  48. stuck in the mittle
    Romney Won’t Run No Matter How Much We BegRomney 2016 hype is a vicious cycle.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  49. No, Nate Silver’s Not ‘Predicting’ Who Will Win the PresidencyIt’s a forecast. Got it?
    By Ed Kilgore
  50. Will Sanders or Trump Ever Formally Concede?There are reasons to think both might be reluctant.
    By Ed Kilgore
  51. California Will Vote on Pot Legalization — AgainThe state many expected to be the first to legalize recreational marijuana use is behind the times. That may change this November.
    By Ed Kilgore
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