Presidential Election of 2016

September 3, 2016

Cher’s Latest Road Show? The Campaign Trail

Cher’s first brush with politics was an act of teenage civil disobedience. It was right before the election of 1960. And she came home one day […]
August 31, 2016

When Donald Met Melania, Paolo Was There

A couple of weekends ago, Paolo Zampolli received a text message from Melania Trump, the wife of the Republican candidate for president, urging him to give […]
August 13, 2016

He Likes Trump. She Doesn’t. Can This Marriage Be Saved?

In early May, when Dr. Thomas Stossel told his wife, Dr. Kerry Maguire, of his plan to vote for Donald J. Trump in the general election, […]
August 6, 2016

Cultural Studies: Hillary Clinton’s Hand-to-Heart Gesture: How Did It Start?

When Hillary Clinton told her audience at a rally in Las Vegas on Thursday “Here’s what I believe,” she punctuated those words with not just a […]
July 27, 2016

Unbuttoned: Hillary Clinton and Theresa May Herald a New Age in Power Dressing

Unbuttoned By VANESSA FRIEDMAN When Hillary Clinton takes the stage at the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia on Thursday to formally accept the nomination as the […]
July 23, 2016

Cultural Studies: Hillary, Me and the Digital Divide

On Dec. 23, 2009, Hillary Clinton, who was then secretary of state, sent an email on her private server to her aide Huma Abedin asking how […]
June 25, 2016

The Woman Who ‘Totally Understands’ Donald Trump

An inspirational poster hangs above the Trump Tower desk of Hope Hicks, the 27-year-old press secretary for Donald J. Trump’s presidential campaign, squeezed in among the […]
June 11, 2016

Will This Guy Shut Off the Lights in the Sanders Campaign?

By ALESSANDRA STANLEY June 11, 2016 Twenty-eight years ago, Jeff Weaver was a lowly campaign aide driving an obscure left-wing Congressional candidate around Vermont in a Yugo. Now, […]
June 9, 2016

First Person: Hillary Clinton’s Moment, and My Own

First Person By DOMINIQUE BROWNING June 8, 2016 She got me at the introductory video, before she ever set foot on stage. All those women, generations of us, […]
May 11, 2016

Unbuttoned: Trump vs. the Disappearing Tie

May 11, 2016 Unbuttoned By VANESSA FRIEDMAN Donald Trump, the presumptive Republican presidential nominee, is a political outlier not only when it comes to immigration policy, […]