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Edmon de Haro; Alex Wong / Getty Fear of a Female President
Hillary Clinton’s candidacy has provoked a wave of misogyny—one that may roil American life for years to come.
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Brian Snyder / Reuters Hillary Fails to Offer a Foreign-Policy Vision
At a candidate’s forum on Wednesday night, the Democratic nominee served up loads of specifics—but no positive story to weave them together.
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Carlo Allegri / Reuters The Cowardice of Donald Trump
He’s built his reputation on straight talk—but when the Republican candidate sits down with the groups he vilifies, he exhibits a striking change.
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Billy Hurst / AP How Colin Kaepernick's Protest Misfired
The football player lost a unique opportunity to help the country understand the nature of police violence.
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Carlo Allegri / Reuters Trump's Immigration Policy Trap
In the primaries, he avoided policy debates by promising to build a wall—but the general election is forcing him into specifics.
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Lucas Jackson / Reuters How Trump Betrayed Ann Coulter on Immigration
The political commentator may be more committed to the Republican nominee’s platform than he is.
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Lucas Jackson / Reuters How Democrats Become the Conservative Party
In the era of Trump, Clinton and co. want to preserve the status quo, while their Republican opponents want radical change.
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Evan Vucci / AP 'Trumpism' and the Rift Between Belief and Truth
To some conservatives, “real Americans” and “ordinary folks” are getting a raw deal. But just because it seems that way doesn’t make it so.
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Edmon de Haro Why Are Some Conservative Thinkers Falling for Trump?
A few themes emerge among intellectuals on the right about what attracts them to the candidate: his campaign’s energy, his impassioned following, and his eagerness to call out the establishment.
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Paul Sancya / AP It Shouldn't Have Taken a Khizr Khan
Genuine religious freedom requires accepting Muslims even without their wartime heroism.
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Scott Audette / Reuters Hillary's Message to America
The Democrat promised voters she’d do her job intelligently and doggedly—and help them be the heroes of their own lives.
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Reuters Bill Clinton's Lapse Into Trumpism
In his convention speech, he suggested that Muslims need to earn the rights that all other Americans enjoy.
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Jim Young / Reuters A Party at War With Itself
Hillary Clinton is running as the candidate of continuity—but Bernie Sanders, Elizabeth Warren, and most white Democrats think America is headed in the wrong direction.
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Brian Snyder / Reuters Just How 'Responsible' a Choice Is Tim Kaine?
The virtues that Hillary Clinton identified in Tim Kaine are also the ones that have led her astray in the past.
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Evan Vucci / AP Do Republicans Still Think America Is Exceptional?
For years, the GOP has lambasted the left for not valuing American exceptionalism. But the real challenge to American exceptionalism has been brewing on the right.
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J. Scott Applewhite / AP Do Republicans Know What 'Again' Means?
Monday night, Trump’s supporters suggested that America went to hell under Barack Obama—without ever mentioning what things were like under the Republican who preceded him.
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Murad Sezer / Reuters ISIS Attacks Aren't About 'Hating Freedom'
If they were, Turkey wouldn’t be a target.
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Clodagh Kilcoyne / Reuters Why Trump Can't Easily Replicate the Brexit's Success
The Republican candidate is deeply unpopular, and his Democratic rival is promoting her own version of American nationalism.
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Carlo Allegri / Reuters Rubio Is Making a Smart Move in Running for Senate
If he chooses to make another bid for the White House, he could finally run an authentic campaign.
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Carolyn Kaste / AP Hillary Clinton, Longtime Christian
Trump says there’s “nothing out there” about his opponent’s faith. For those who have been paying attention, there’s a lot.
