Race for the White House 2016


Clinton and Sanders Agree to Debates, But Not Together

With New York’s primary on April 19 rapidly approaching, the Clinton and Sanders campaigns are increasing the pressure on the other to agree to a debate in the state. The candidates have both agreed to debating in the state, but the campaigns have not agreed on when. On Sunday, former Secretary […]


Hillary Clinton Lashes Out at Environmental Protester

Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton seemed visibly agitated on Thursday and lashed out at an environmental activist who asked about Clinton’s ties to the fossil fuel industry. Eva Resnick-Day is a “democracy campaigner” with Greenpeace, the environmental activism group. Resnick-Day asked, “Thank you for tackling climate change. Will you act […]


Republican Loyalty Pledge Goes up in Flames

One Republican candidate after the other ditched the Republican National Committee’s loyalty pledge Tuesday night. All three did so on national television, appearing on CNN’s primetime town hall. The three candidates varied in clarity in their answers. Trump was quite direct, telling moderator Anderson Cooper, “No. I don’t anymore.” Cruz and […]


Clinton Campaign Agrees to New York Debate in Theory

The Clinton campaign has agreed to a debate in New York, a day after it said that there would be no further debates unless Senator Bernie Sanders “goes back to the kind of tone he said he was going to set early on.” Speaking on Bloomberg’s With All Due Respect, […]


Journalists Blast Nick Kristof Column on Trump

On Saturday evening, New York Times columnist Nick Kristof published a column criticizing the media for helping lead to the rise of Donald Trump. Of the media, Kristof writes, “We were lap dogs, not watchdogs.” Kristof attributes this to three major failures on the part of the media. First, the […]