Since 2001, the Arkansan-turned-New Yorker has been a global force for good, but the Right and their dupes in the press corps don’t see it.
Bill Clinton
Posted inNovember/December 2024
The Tyranny of the Welfare Queen
For decades, the conversation about social services in America has centered on a false and harmful stereotype about who deserves help.
Posted inPolitics
Can America Survive as a Multiracial Democracy?
The late Ronald Tataki’s history of multicultural America roiled academic waters 30 years ago. It turned out to be prescient about the contest between Kamala Harris and Donald Trump.
Posted inPolitics
How Will Biden Pass the Baton at the Democratic Convention?
How Will Biden Pass the Baton at the Democratic Convention? I helped write Bill Clinton’s 2000 convention speech for Al Gore. Here’s how the president can make his ode to Harris sing.
Posted inPolitics
Are Men Ready For Kamala?
Are Men Ready For Kamala? Some polling suggests that the barrier-breaking Democratic nominee is holding her own among male voters despite Donald Trump’s misogynistic attacks.
Posted inNewsletter
JD Vance is the Rarest of VP Picks: The Double Down.
In the July 16, 2024 newsletter: How the Trump-Vance ticket shrinks the GOP’s ideological coalition.
Posted inPolitics
After the Trump Verdict: This Week’s Presidential Contest Polls Mean Little to Nothing
The record is clear: Early June polls usually have been way off the mark for the last 44 years.
Posted inJonathan Alter's Trump Trial Diary
Day Eight: Pecker Survives Cross-Examination at Trump Trial
Trump’s lawyer tries and fails to break a key witness
Posted inPolitics
Memo to Pollsters: Stop Including Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.
And Cornel West and No Labels, too, until they have proven their viability by getting on more state ballots
Posted inPolitics
The New Hampshire Primary: A Love Story
This is my tenth Granite State presidential primary, and this time, I am reporting for the Washington Monthly. In 1992, I started a family tradition of bringing one of our children along for the big final weekend of cold and snowy campaigning. First came my son, Michael, then Thomas in 1996. In 2000, it was […]
