In this oral history of the 2016 election, the media loses the narrative thread it had been creating for decades.
Hillary Clinton
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Assessing the Media’s Role in ‘What Happened’
In profiling Hillary Clinton, David Remnick considers the many factors that contributed to her surprising loss in the 2016 election — including the press.
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Hillary Clinton Looks Back in Anger
David Remnick’s ranging profile of Hillary Clinton, who has borne many titles: First Lady, Senator, Secretary of State, Democratic Presidential candidate — the first woman to win a major party’s nomination — and author. Remnick interviews Clinton — and other players, both off-the-record and on — on the occasion of the publication of What Happened, […]
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But His Emails: The Evolving Story of Donald Trump, Jr.’s Russia Meeting
A close reading of this whole Don Jr.-Russia situation.
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‘No Woman’s Career Is Straight’
Hillary Clinton’s career, and the compromises and concessions she had to make along the way.
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Obama’s Aesthetic of Cool
Charles Pierce, writing in Esquire, on President Obama’s Democratic National Convention Speech and uniquely American brand of “cool.”
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Can Clinton’s Campaign Take Control of the Narrative in Time?
Rebecca Traister’s profile of Hillary Clinton, written after unprecedented campaign access, tries to reconcile the stereotypes with the woman.
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What’s in a Name: 2016 Presidential Campaign Edition
Hillary, Bernie, Trump, Cruz. Discussing the politics of first and last names used in the 2016 election.
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The Ever-Shifting Definition of ‘Progressive’
Who gets to be a “progressive”?
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How the Clinton Foundation Was Born on a Private Plane En Route to Davos
Chevy Chase was on the plane with Bill Clinton. So was a former president of Brazil. The founders of Google. A former president of Mexico. And John Cusack. They were all going to Davos, the Swiss resort that holds an annual conclave of the wealthy and powerful. The jet — arranged by a Saudi businessman […]