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The depressing lesson of Obama’s final State of the Union address: Everything is still broken
Jack Mirkinson
The president's speech last night was full of bothersome contradictions & accurate but easily ignored admonitions
“I believe in change, because I believe in you”: Obama brings his Jed Bartlet game to his final State of the Union
Sonia Saraiya
The speech gives the president a chance to go out on a high note—and makes everything around him look so much worse
“Democracy in Black”: A conversation about race in America with Eddie Glaude Jr.
Elias Isquith
Black America and U.S. democracy are in crisis — and time's running out, Princeton professor and author tells Salon
Don’t underestimate Bernie Sanders: The Vermont senator is poised for two historic victories
Steven Rosenfeld
New polls find him all but tied with Hillary in Iowa and New Hampshire. Stop calling her the prohibitive favorite
State of the Union: Obama rebukes GOP demagogues while making broad defense of his presidency
Sean Illing
In his final State of the Union address, Obama touts seven years of achievements made in arduous circumstances
Anti-Clinton misogynists: If Bill’s attackers are “defenders of women,” why do they have a history of sexism?
Amanda Marcotte
For such self-appointed defenders of women, Bill Clinton's attackers have a serious and ugly history of misogyny
Obama’s just like us — he knows he shouldn’t, but can’t help but laugh about Trump’s dangerous campaign
Scott Eric Kaufman
He warned Americans not to "become complacent," but could only imagine Trump delivering SOTU in one situation
These guys are just this desperate: Christie, Carson & Paul sign onto for the dumbest gimmick in politics
Gary Legum
The centrist No Labels group is back, and as substance-free as ever. Yet they still locked in five candidates
“Obama has no more f*cks to give”: “Daily Show” preps for Obama’s final State of the Union
Sarah Burris
The State of the Union is basically Twitter with unlimited characters.
I am tired of fighting racists: This is what white people tell you when you write about race in America
Chauncey DeVega
We know where Fox News and Trump vitriol comes from. Getting slimed by idiots in comments and online is maybe worse
Hurricane Donald is destroying the GOP coalition: How Nixon & Reagan’s “Southern Strategy” finally imploded
Conor Lynch
After years of cynically exploiting poor whites' racial animus, the GOP's chickens have finally come home to roost
Hubris takes them all down: This is why every president makes the same dumb mistakes
Mike Lofgren
We fight on both sides of wars. We think we can identify good terrorists and moderate rebels. We are always wrong
Oil, money, politics and evil: Our leading Middle East ally is the worst country imaginable
Andrew O'Hehir
America's BFF relationship with the corrupt, vicious and oil-rich Saudi despots might be our worst mistake of all
This is the end of John McCain: Why the Arizona senator could finally be facing retirement
Paul Blest
The GOP nominee just 8 short years ago, John McCain is now fighting off yet another strong primary challenge
Stop validating nuts like Alex Jones: Mainstream conservatives give credence to conspiracy theories about Obama and guns
Amanda Marcotte
Obama isn't coming for your guns, but mainstream pundits like to wink at the conspiracy theory
NRA: The president cried in order “to create the illusion that he’s doing something to keep people safe”
Scott Eric Kaufman
Chris Cox has no interest in meeting with Obama, because "what are we going to talk about? Basketball?"
Obama’s tears, America’s tragedy: Behind Fox News mockery lies uncomfortable truth about our failed politics
Andrew O'Hehir
American masculinity is built on maudlin sentiment -- but Obama's tears reflect a deep grief with no clear remedy
Now you can worry: Trump’s in it to win it, so it’s time to drop fantasy that his campaign is all for show
Elias Isquith
With two bold new moves, Trump's campaign shows once and for all that it is no joke. The Donald wants to win.
GOP primary built on bias: Cruz, Trump apparently competing in “most-racist candidate” contest
Amanda Marcotte
Trump and Cruz are pandering to the base by getting more blatant with the racism, a sign for what's to come in 2016
Obama breaks twenty-year lull on gun regulation: A look back at gun control history
Peter Cooper
President Obama announces executive actions on gun control & we look back at U.S. gun control through the ages
How White America’s fear of Barack Obama has made us all worse off
Matthew Pulver
A shockingly large segment of the population only hates a policy once our president's name is on it
Noam Chomsky: The problem with US politics is the spectrum is “center to extreme — way off the spectrum — right”
Scott Eric Kaufman
There's no such thing as American exceptionalism, he argued, it's just normal imperial practice
We have a race on our hands: Bernie breaks fundraising records ahead of the primaries
Steven Rosenfeld
Hillary should be looking over her shoulder. Sanders has received more individual donations than Obama in 2012
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