Donald Trump’s recent remarks highlight the candidate’s bigotry, but also signal a grim future for African Americans should he be elected.
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Hillary Clinton Channels Her Inner Teddy Roosevelt
Clinton’s announcement to expand the federal estate tax on the wealthy is a bold step towards addressing today’s skyrocketing inequality.
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Six Ways to Rewrite America’s Rules
Not everyone wants help. Many only want justice.
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Why Millennials Don’t Like Clinton—And What She Can Do About It
Hillary Clinton’s support from millennial voters has dropped sharply since August, a problem that she needs to address even more aggressively to hold onto this key bloc of voters.
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The Riddle of Immigrant Voting
No institution today can bring out the immigrant vote like the old urban machines and industrial unions once did.
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Republicans Would Rather Impeach Than Disclose
The GOP campaign to ensure total secrecy for politically active tax-exempt groups is getting harder to justify amid court rulings and document leaks that condemn “dark” money.
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Deportations and Clinton’s Latino Outreach
Hillary Clinton has come under fire for failing to sufficiently galvanize Latinos, a bloc of voters key to Democrats in both the presidential and Senate contests. The Washington Post this week quoted critics saying Clinton had run too few Spanish-language ads, and spent too little on targeted messaging. But there may be another reason why […]
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Debate Prep: How Sexism Makes Hillary’s Task Infinitely More Difficult Than Trump’s
To succeed in her first match-up with Trump, she must meet his simian displays with the finesse of a ballerina.
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Would Instant-Runoff Voting Cure What Ails American Politics?
A Maine ballot initiative could pave the way for a statewide election system known as ranked choice voting that its backers hope would serve as a national model.
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Trump’s Riches and the Real-Estate Tax Racket
The industry where you really can make billions and pay no taxes.