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Hillary Clinton Archive

Archives for September 2016

The race is tightening for a painfully simple reason
Politics

People don’t like Hillary Clinton very much.

By Matthew Yglesias
The Big Idea
The “new liberal economics” is the key to understanding Hillary Clinton’s policiesThe “new liberal economics” is the key to understanding Hillary Clinton’s policies
The Big Idea

The Great Recession shattered liberal views on economics. Here’s what’s replacing them.

By Mike Konczal
Trump’s team claims Clinton has no child care policy. It’s been on her website for a year.
Politics

It’s his weirdest lie about Clinton yet.

By Libby Nelson
Stephen Colbert gives a name to the uproar over Hillary Clinton’s health: “Lunghazi”
Politics

Colbert gave the questions surrounding Clinton’s health the serious treatment they deserve.

By German Lopez
Hillary Clinton’s basket of deplorables, explained
Politics

A gaffe, an apology, and a battle about racism that she fundamentally welcomes.

By Matthew Yglesias
There’s a subtle sexism in asking excessive “questions” about Hillary Clinton’s health
Politics

Sometimes reporting turns into concern-trolling.

By Emily Crockett
Racism is big, subtle, and messy. “Basket of deplorables” made it seem too simple.
Politics

Hillary Clinton’s comments let too many people off the hook.

By Dara Lind
Politics
There’s no Hillary Clinton “email scandal.” There are four of them. Or maybe six. Or none.There’s no Hillary Clinton “email scandal.” There are four of them. Or maybe six. Or none.
Politics

An explanation of why the Clinton email scandal is so confusing.

By Jeff Stein
Politics
How Hillary Clinton’s health passed from an online conspiracy theory to a mainstream debateHow Hillary Clinton’s health passed from an online conspiracy theory to a mainstream debate
Politics

Hillary Clinton has pneumonia. That doesn’t make the conspiracy theories any less bonkers.

By Tara Golshan
Hillary Clinton’s health news comes just as the race is close enough for Dems to worry
Politics

Clinton is still the favorite, but polls have gotten closer.

By Andrew Prokop
Lindsey Graham once made a comment very similar to the one that got Hillary Clinton into trouble
Politics

During the primaries, Graham knew where Donald Trump’s support was coming from.

By Libby Nelson
Hillary Clinton has canceled her campaign trip to the West Coast due to her illness
Politics

She’ll be at her family’s home in New York resting under doctor’s orders, according to the campaign.

By Jeff Stein
Politics
The problem with all the speculation about Hillary Clinton’s pneumoniaThe problem with all the speculation about Hillary Clinton’s pneumonia
Politics

The lung infection is more complex than most people appreciate.

By Julia Belluz
Clinton’s doctor: candidate has pneumonia, “is now re-hydrated and recovering nicely”
Politics

Dr. Lisa Bardack, Hillary Clinton’s doctor and the head of internal medicine at Mount Sinai Health System, has examined the candidate.

By Ezra Klein
Hillary Clinton leaves 9/11 event for health reasons: what we know, and what we don’t
Politics

Her campaign said she became “overheated” in downtown Manhattan.

By Jeff Stein