Donald Trump recently thought it would be a good idea to go after Vice President Kamala Harris’ racial identity and start promoting messages related to the Democrat’s birth certificate. For those ...

Birtherism isn’t a fringe message anymore. At least that’s what Rachel Maddow argued tonight, crediting Donald Trump with returning what was a mostly dead conspiracy theory to the fore, where now ...

Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Va., wasted no time Tuesday evening at the vice presidential debate with Indiana Gov. Mike Pence going after Donald Trump’s embrace of conspiracy theories alleging President Obama ...

Texas governor Rick Perry has been a presidential candidate for about three days, but it’s been more than enough time for Chris Matthews to make clear he isn’t buying what Perry is selling. Tonight on ...

Hillary Clinton did not “start” birtherism, as Donald Trump says. But we now know that her 2008 campaign actively fanned the flames of the toxic rumor, and she needs to take responsibility for that.

The right wing is trying to bring back birtherism (the dumb kind) for Kamala Harris. Pro-Trump influencer and failed congressional candidate Laura Loomer tried to start a conspiracy on X (formerly ...

“We hold these truths to be self-evident.” Not anymore. When we let slide the advent of birtherism and didn’t fully expose it and denounce it, not simply because of its intimation of racism but ...

Fellow Democratic presidential candidates stepped up to defend Sen. Kamala Harris on Saturday from what they termed "racist" attacks. The criticism, fueled by a conservative commentator and amplified ...

Earlier this week, Rick Perry said, “It’s fun to poke at [Obama] a little bit and say, ‘Hey, let’s see your grades and your birth certificate.'” And why shouldn’t he find birtherism fun? Racism is ...

Donald Trump recently thought it would be a good idea to go after Vice President Kamala Harris’ racial identity and start promoting messages related to the Democrat’s birth certificate. For those ...