News in Brief The Political Power of a Negative Campaign An early look at a Pacific Standard story that's currently only available to subscribers. Pacific Standard Staff
News in Brief How Should the Media Deal With Presidential Candidates’ Fantasies? Is it a debate moderator's job to call out a presidential candidate for lying? Seth Masket
News in Brief The Looming Republican Meltdown Donald Trump stands to do real damage to the GOP in the coming year, and the party has little power to prevent it. Seth Masket
News in Brief Can Democrats Keep the White House in 2016? We'll see. The state of the economy will outweigh all other factors. Seth Masket
News in Brief Politics in the Post-Gaffe Era Inflammatory soundbites have become this cycle’s most precious currency. Is it even possible to commit a gaffe any more? Ted Scheinman
Social Justice How the ‘Daily Show’ Affected America, According to the Research Studies document the rising importance and popularity of satirical shows among young, liberal, American voters. Francie Diep
News in Brief Don’t Worry About the Charisma Thing Charisma is one of those things that many political observers are convinced they can spot in a candidate, but turns out to be really hard to pin down. Seth Masket
News in Brief Sizing Up Hillary Clinton: Can the Former First Lady Cut a Path to the White House? What're the odds? Seth Masket
News in Brief What to Watch for: Next Year’s Biggest Stories in Politics Will the mid-term elections settle anything? And who will the 2016 presidential candidates be? Seth Masket
News in Brief Should Republicans Still Fear the Tea Party? Does a grassroots political movement that is still relatively young have the power to keep someone out of the White House? Seth Masket