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Dorothea Lange/Library of Congress America’s Brutal, Forgotten History of Illegal Deportations
In the late 1920s and early 1930s, the country carried out a wave of illegal raids and deportations that affected as many as 1.8 million people. Are we on the verge of making the same mistakes again?
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Reuters / Carlos Barria Trump vs. the Very Fake News Media
The president’s Thursday press conference was a study in contradictions, laments, and woefully bad strategy.
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Jonathan Ernst / Reuters Donald Trump's Alt-Reality
The president alleges that “any” bad polling is fake news. Which raises the question: Can you govern from the Twilight Zone?
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Joe Pugliese The Hollywood List Everyone Wants to Be On
Franklin Leonard’s anonymous survey has launched careers, recognized four of the past eight Best Picture winners, and pushed movie studios to think beyond sequels and action flicks.
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Mike Segar/Reuters Will Mike Pence Be Trump’s Bridge to Democrats?
Indiana Democrats weigh in on their experience with the former governor.
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Hannah McKay / Reuters Red States in the Hot Seat
Areas of the country Trump won by large margins are particularly vulnerable to the environmental devastation wrought by climate change.
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Rick Wilking / Reuters Chambers of Pain
Democrats got walloped at the very top of the ticket, but what’s happening at the very bottom of the ballot could hurt them for years to come.
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Carlos Barria / Reuters Ladies First
Hillary Clinton has campaigned by bringing women up on stage alongside her—cooperating with them, instead of competing.
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Carlos Barria / Reuters Clinton's Believability Problem
This week highlighted all the ways in which it’s likely to follow Clinton—all the way back to Washington.
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Gary Cameron/Reuters Chris Christie Is Over
Trump’s greatest gift to the GOP may be the distraction he’s provided from other party meltdowns.
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The Armed Campus
Concealed firearms on colleges are now a reality in Texas. How have they altered life at the state’s largest university?
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Jeff Christiansen / Reuters Marriage After Trump
The 2016 race has turned the battle of the sexes into an all-out war.
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Spencer Platt / Getty Scare the Vote
The most devastating effect of Trump’s candidacy may be yet to come.
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Brendan McDermid / Reuters Bill O'Reilly's Ugly Carnival
Cheap jokes about Chinatown from the Fox anchor and his sidekick might end up being pretty costly, in the end.
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Lucas Jackson / Reuters Does Trump Know How to Laugh?
Americans tend to elect presidents who have a sense of humor. This is not good news for the Republican nominee.
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Don Emmert / Getty / Zak Bickel / ... Why Are Asian Americans Politically Invisible?
Asian Americans are the fastest growing voting block in the country—but we rarely see politicians actively courting their support.
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David Becker/Reuters How Scared Do Clinton Voters Really Need to Be?
If the collective impression is that Trump’s campaign is failing, does it mean Democratic voters won’t be motivated to go out and vote?
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Timothy A. Clary / Getty Donald Trump's Invented History of the Iraq War
The Republican presidential nominee spun stories about the events surrounding September 11 to demonstrate his mettle. Does it matter that much of it was fiction?
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Bernie or Bargain
Are die-hard Bernie Sanders supporters willing to compromise and vote for Hillary Clinton?
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Reuters When Bernie Bros Become Hillary Bros
A casual survey at the DNC reveals not youthful folly, but Millennial pragmatism.
