Kirsten Gillibrand Is Ending Her Presidential Campaign
The New York Democrat’s campaign just never quite took off.
Seth Moulton Is Ending His Campaign For President
The Massachusetts Democrat is the second candidate to drop out of the primary this week.
Is Elizabeth Warren A Consensus Democratic Choice? This Data Suggests She Could Be.
We analyzed recently released ActBlue data to find out which combinations people gave to when they donated to multiple candidates.
The Big Things To Watch For At Tonight's Democratic Debate
Here are the questions Wednesday's presidential debate can answer.
Why People Like Marianne Williamson
Yada, yada, yada.
How Elizabeth Warren Turned Herself Into A Meme
Elizabeth Warren is on the rise, and part of it seems to be the idea of having plans, maybe more than any particular plan.
The 🙃 Emoji Is The Breezy, Nihilist Face Of 2019
Whatever 🙃 means, that's how people feel about politics now 🙃
Twitter's Jack Dorsey Donated $5,600 To Tulsi Gabbard
"We don't comment on Jack's personal giving," said a spokesperson for Twitter.
Joe Biden Told A Voter He’ll “Go Further” Than Cutting Incarceration By 50%
Last month, Biden told a voter he wouldn’t support a percentage target. On Thursday, his campaign said he will “fight to further shrink the federal prison population.”
Joe Biden And The Disappearing America
Joe Biden’s presidential campaign sometimes seems like a promise to restore us to the Obama years. But what’s been lost? And when did we have it?
Joe Biden Won’t Commit To Reducing The Prison Population By A Percentage Target
In a wide-ranging answer to a criminal justice question Tuesday, Biden briefly defended the 1994 crime bill and said we shouldn’t be putting people in prison for nonviolent drug offenses.
The Sony Walkman Helped You Avoid The World. AirPods Help You Avoid Your Phone.
Forty years ago, the Walkman introduced the fall-away feeling of putting on headphones wherever you were. Now our phones serve as escape and something to escape from.
Everybody’s Having A Great Time Hating De Blasio
Outside the mayor's Good Morning America appearance, where the protesters were out and ready.
Stop Talking About Coups!
Somehow a segment of the population has chosen not to dismiss Trump's coup stuff out of hand, and instead push it as a realistic possibility to worry about.
Inside The Plastic Heart Of Congress
A new book from the authors of Politico Playbook promises an inside glimpse at our congressional leadership during the time of Trump.
Everyone Already Knows How They Feel About Joe Biden Touching Women
But the current system still isn’t ready to handle a well-known, gray-area subject like this.
The Romance Of Mayor Pete In The Season Of Scam
Gotta keep an eye out for those scams, but isn't the appeal of Pete Buttigieg that he seems like the antidote to the season of scam?
Into America’s Spiritual Void With Marianne Williamson
Presidential campaigns can poll at zero and still have something interesting to say about America. In Iowa on the trail with Marianne Williamson, who helped shape today's conversation about spirituality.
Beto O'Rourke Has Announced He Will Run For President In 2020
"This is going to be a positive campaign that seeks to bring out the very best from every single one of us; that seeks to unite a very divided country."
The Trap Of Turning This Election Into The Final Battle Of 2016
We can relitigate 2016 in all our waking days and sometimes in our dreams. Now, some people are even exploring new frontiers in relitigation, free from the original battles of the 2016 primaries.