An Obama Nominee’s Crushed Hopes
She was ready. She was qualified. But she was forced to wait and wait — until it was too late.
View ArticleThe First Gay President?
A rising Democratic star in the Midwest makes you wonder about the barriers yet to be broken.
View ArticleThe Scope of the Orlando Carnage
This is bigger, sadder and scarier than any one group of victims.
View ArticleA Time to Stand With Gay Americans
Don’t scrub the letters L.G.B.T. from what happened in Orlando.
View ArticleThe Republicans’ Big Hot Mess
It’s not just Donald Trump. It’s the utterly unimaginable convention he’ll gin up.
View Article14 Young Democrats to Watch
A gray-haired party with a shallow bench? That’s the rap. The reality is this group of rising stars.
View ArticleA Bachelor Named Britain, Looking for Love
The U.K. is due for some serious matchmaking. Albania, anyone?
View ArticleThe Utter Inconsequence of Hillary’s Veep
Clinton needn’t veer left. She needn’t veer anywhere. Seldom has a presidential candidate had such freedom with a running mate.
View ArticleBarack Obama’s Final Fight
It’s not simply for Hillary Clinton. It’s for an optimism and a set of values at the very core of his own story.
View ArticleDivided by Race, United by Pain
Don’t forget that the protesters were peaceful. Don’t forget that the police were protecting them.
View ArticleHas Barack Obama Hurt Race Relations?
As the president spoke at a Dallas memorial, critics carped that he has set us back. Don’t believe it.
View ArticleTed Loves Trump
Well, not exactly. But Cruz’s appearance at the G.O.P. convention shows how self-interest routinely muscles principle aside.
View ArticleDonald Trump’s Sham Patriotism
The billionaire drapes himself in stars and stripes, but the outfit doesn’t match the man.
View ArticleStop Indulging Trump
For the G.O.P., the moment of reckoning with the billionaire’s unfitness for office is here.
View ArticleHillary’s Summer of Love
What should we make of the Republican swoon for Clinton, and what should she do with it?
View ArticleMichael Phelps Made Me Cry (Good Tears)
He and other Olympic champions are lessons in perseverance and possibility
View ArticleTo Get to Harvard, Go to Haiti?
Our college admissions mania has turned empathy into an extracurricular activity.
View ArticleFeminism, Hell and Hillary Clinton
Gender informs her quest. It’s not the main reason to be for or against her.
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