Chris Hayes on America’s inherent vice: the prison system
The MSNBC anchor discusses his provocative book on America’s criminal justice system, the politics of fear and order, and Trump as a conspiracy theorist
U.S. politics
The Republican Party presents: The roast of Hillary Clinton
Why the speakers on the Republican convention’s second evening assailed Clinton—and whether it worked
The meaning of Melania, on the U.S. right’s first night
A Melania Trump speech capped a night that spoke volumes about U.S. politics’ relationship to reality
American politics? They’ve become a family affair.
It goes well beyond the Clintons and the Bushes: political families have become a staple of U.S. politics, at every level.
A Republican race for the political middle
Can Bush, Romney and Christie save the Republicans from another race filled with fringe candidates?
Jim Inhofe: U.S. environmental overseer, climate-change denier
The Republican senator from Oklahoma once said environmentalists remind him of Nazis. And now he’ll oversee U.S. environmental policy.
Hillary Clinton’s revenge
Excerpt from HRC: State Secrets and the Rebirth of Hillary Clinton
‘A major global depression’
America’s debt problem is still huge and intractable. Worst-case scenario? Default and economic collapse
Are ‘safe’ seats to blame for the shutdown in Washington?
Luiza Ch. Savage explains why constantly redrawn electoral district lines may be responsible for the U.S. government shutdown
Ted Cruz and the Tea Party’s dangerous game of chicken
The Republican Party is again in the grip of hard-line activists