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October 30, 2024
Paige Oamek
Trump Trashes Democrats After Claiming What Biden Said Was Mean
Donald Trump is back to his usual self, mere hours after complaining about Joe Biden’s “garbage” comment.
October 30, 2020
Magazine
John Patrick Leary
Who Gets Included in “the American People”?
The enduring struggle over who is deserving of political representation
May 2, 2020
Osita Nwanevu
Democrats are Losing at Political Rhetoric
While Joe Biden has struggled to say anything truly memorable to voters this year, it’s a malady shared by his party’s key figures in the post-Obama era.
April 22, 2019
Jo Livingstone
Rules of Engagement
The left is often criticized for shutting down debate. But is productive debate even possible when we can't agree on the terms?
October 23, 2018
Jo Livingstone
How Trump Is Warping the Debate on Trans Rights
A leaked White House memo is an attempt not only to inflame voters, but also to degrade the conversation about gender in public life.
February 8, 2018
Jo Livingstone
Losing the Twentieth Century
On the left and the right, commentators are playing fast and loose with references to totalitarianism.
November 28, 2017
Jo Livingstone
How to Write a Nazi
The New York Times's profile of Tony Hovator shows how rhetoric is fascism's real battleground.
March 9, 2016
Jennifer Mercieca
How Donald Trump Gets Away With Saying Things Other Candidates Can’t
The rhetorical tool behind his most outrageous statements.
April 29, 2015
David Dayen
Obama Is Selling the TPP Trade Deal Just Like Al Gore Sold NAFTA
March 19, 2015
Elizabeth Bruenig
Dear Politicians, Stop Calling People "Taxpayers"
May 14, 2014
Simon Waxman
Don't Blame the "Check Your Privilege" Essay-Writer. Blame His Editors.
May 5, 2014
Adam Kirsch
Dear Facebook, I'm Fed Up
How social media has changed indignation
January 29, 2014
Alec MacGillis
The Inequality Speech That Wasn't
Obama's State of the Union went easy on class rhetoric
May 14, 2013
Robert Long
This Is How to Convince Conservatives to Recycle
A new study reveals how to appeal to different political ideologies
May 2, 2013
Tod Lindberg
Slippery Slope Arguments: Not Just for Conservatives Anymore
March 9, 2013
Paul Berman
The Source of El Comandante's Power
Hugo Chavez: The Source of His Power
September 6, 1939
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