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Though the 2016 election is a year and a half away, the media have already decided how to define the emerging candidates. New York Magazine's Jaime Fuller has been cataloging journalists' favorite...
View ArticleGail Collins on the Early Campaigns
Gail Collins, New York Times op-ed columnist and the author of As Texas Goes...: How the Lone Star State Hijacked the American Agenda (Liveright, 2012), talks about some of the 2016 presidential...
View ArticleWill Trump's Rise End The Republican Party?
Click on the audio player above to hear this story.Speaking on Fox News on Tuesday night, Donald Trump elaborated on his policy to deport all illegal immigrants."We’re losing so much to so many, and we...
View ArticleDr. Ben Carson Is Running Neck-and-Neck With Donald Trump
Click on the audio player above to hear this interview.If you're tired of hearing about Hilary Clinton and Donald Trump, we've got good news for you. Today we're talking about the number-two candidates...
View ArticleMeet Larry Sanders, Bernie's Big Brother
Click on the audio player above to hear this interview. No one knows Senator Bernie Sanders better, or longer, than his big brother Larry.Larry has lived in Oxford, England since 1969 and has dabbled...
View ArticleSanders: Democrat Disrupter
Click on the audio player above to hear this interview.With less than a month before the Iowa caucuses, Bernie Sanders is trailing Hillary Clinton by just three points in Iowa, and is four points ahead...
View ArticleChristie Under Fire for Leaving NJ and Returning to Campaign Trail
Gov. Chris Christie swooped back into New Jersey Tuesday for a hastily organized and rare news conference. He announced an economic rescue plan for Atlantic City — which, while important, is not the...
View ArticleBernie Sanders' Creative Director on Crafting The 'Cool' Campaign
Click on the audio player above to hear the full interview.Though former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton claimed victory in Hawkeye State this week, Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders has gained some...
View ArticleSupreme Court Fight Could Reshape the Senate
Click on the audio player above to hear this interview.It appears that the death of Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia is turning the race for the White House into a battle over the U.S....
View ArticleRetro Report: The Fallout From Bush V. Gore Continues
Click on the audio player above to hear this interview. Why does choosing the next president take so long? Why is it so messy? This week, our partners with the Retro Report documentary team are...
View ArticleThis Debate Model Could Actually Challenge Presidential Candidates
Click on the audio player above to hear this interview.The five reaming Republican candidates will debate tonight in Houston. The debates have draw big ratings wins for news organizations—13.5 million...
View ArticleIs Political Correctness Destroying America?
Click on the audio player above to hear this interview.During the Republican presidential campaign, Donald Trump has made political correctness an enemy of freedom. And his supporters love it."I think...
View ArticleAfter a Stinging Loss, Can Marco Rubio Have a Political Future?
After a poor primary performance on Tuesday, U.S. Senator Marco Rubio is out of the race for the White House after he failed to win his home state of Florida.In many ways he was the perfect Republican...
View Article'The Election-Industrial Complex'
You've heard that money buys elections. But most of it is spent on television ads that are proven to be ineffective. So what is the money really for? In the April issue of Harper's Magazine, Washington...
View ArticleCan Trump Win Over Mormons in Utah?
It looks increasingly likely that the Republicans will have a contested convention to nominate their candidate for president. And that means every delegate in every state matters.Today Republican...
View ArticleIs Conservative Talk Radio Losing Its Influence?
Ted Cruz has few friends on Capitol Hill, and the establishment is starting to line up behind him to take out Donald Trump.Former Florida Governor Jeb Bush and South Carolina Senator Lindsay Graham...
View ArticleRepublicans Hope to Take Out Trump in Wisconsin
The GOP establishment's last best hope to deny Donald Trump the nomination and throw the Republican contents into a contested convention will be determined today in the Wisconsin primary.Ted Cruz is...
View ArticlePaul Ryan Denies He's Running for President — Again
House Speaker Paul Ryan says he really isn't interested in being a candidate for president. In a new conference yesterday he definitively ruled out a run for the White House.But at the same time, his...
View ArticleIndiana: The Make or Break State for Trump
After Donald Trump's big win in New York this week, the GOP frontrunner has been campaigning in Indiana. Though primary day is still two weeks away, the Hoosier State could determine whether or not the...
View ArticleThese 54 Delegates Could Determine the Republican Nominee
Click on the 'Listen' button above to hear this segment.Voters in Connecticut, Delaware, Maryland, Pennsylvania, and Rhode Island will head to the polls today to cast their ballots in the 2016...
View ArticleBernie Sanders Vows Nomination Fight At Dem Convention
Click on the 'Listen' button above to hear this interview.Hillary Clinton has won nearly 90 percent of the delegates needed to secure the nomination. Bernie Sanders would need overwhelming wins in the...
View ArticleWhat's Next for The Donald and The #NeverTrump Movement
Click on the 'Listen' button above to hear this segment.Billionaire businessman Donald Trump has all but clinched the Republican presidential nomination. On Tuesday, his landslide victory in the...
View ArticleWhen A Tamale Determines The Presidency
Former presidential candidates tell us what it's really like to eat while campaigning. And we explore famous election food gaffes, including one that may have decided the presidency.Please subscribe to...
View Article'The Election-Industrial Complex'
This campaign season has made it clearer than ever that in presidential elections, you simply can’t draw a straight line between the most money and the most votes. Especially when most of the dough is...
View ArticleThe Fall of the Equal Rights Amendment and The Rise of the Religious Right
Click on the 'Listen' button to hear the interviewThis week our partners at the Retro Report look back at the defeat of the Equal Rights Amendment.In the spring of 1972 the Equal Rights Amendment was...
View ArticleCandidates Prep for The Presidential Debates
The first presidential debate is less than two weeks away. The 90-minute debate will be moderated by NBC News anchor Lester Holt at Hofstra University in New York. Both candidates will be at a podium....
View Article30 Issues | Week 27 Recap: What's So Bad (or Good) About the TPP?
Catch up on what we learned during Week 27 of #30 Issues...Hit "play" above to hear what's so bad — or good — about The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP).You'll hear:The TPP and the CandidatesThe History...
View ArticleDo Trump's Claims of Voter Fraud Have Any Merit?
New polls from the swing states of Pennsylvania, North Carolina and Colorado show a narrowing path to victory for Donald Trump.This shift in the Republican candidate's popularity is likely due to the...
View ArticleFacebook's Fake News Crisis: What You Need to Know
Click on the 'Listen' button above to hear this interview. This election season saw the proliferation of fake news websites, with headlines like this one posted to Facebook last Friday: "Obama Signs...
View ArticleNorth Carolina Governor Race Still Undecided
Election officials in North Carolina still haven't finalized the results in the governor's race between Republican Governor Pat McCrory and Democratic challenger Roy Cooper. Cooper currently leads the...
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