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Democratic Primary 2020
January 15, 2020
Osita Nwanevu
Bernie Sanders Has Finally Got Republicans’ Attention
The Vermont senator is suddenly the specter haunting Trump and his allies, and they're hastily pivoting to an attack mode.
January 13, 2020
Libby Watson
The Billionaire Grifter’s Threat to Democracy
With Tom Steyer surging to new heights in a spate of recent polls, it's time to take him seriously—and end this candidacy.
January 9, 2020
Libby Watson
A Better Health Care Debate Is Possible
For all the time spent inciting spats among Democrats, moderators have barely scratched the surface of a vital policy dispute.
January 6, 2020
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Walter Shapiro
A Man in Full
Joe Biden wants to be a normal president in a highly abnormal age.
December 20, 2019
Osita Nwanevu
The End of the Ideas Primary
For months, the Democratic presidential field has seemed to relish expanding the universe of policy possibility, but that energy stalled in Thursday night's debate.
December 18, 2019
Michael Brenes
Pete Buttigieg Is No Foreign Policy Maverick
He’s called for an end to “forever wars,” but the Afghanistan veteran’s security strategy sounds more like the status quo.
December 6, 2019
Libby Watson
The Media’s Disingenuous Narrative About Medicare for All
The end of Kamala Harris's campaign is being blamed on her flirtations with single-payer. Don't be so sure.
December 6, 2019
Jason Linkins
John Kerry Endorses Joe Biden’s Delusions
The former Democratic nominee should know better than anyone that Republicans are beyond redemption. And yet.
November 25, 2019
Alexis Goldstein
Michael Bloomberg’s Big Hedge
With the possibility that a tax on wealth might help forge a more equitable America, the billionaire former mayor is not taking any chances.
November 22, 2019
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John Patrick Leary
What We Talk About When We Talk About the Middle Class
Democrats say they want to rebuild it, but do they even know what it is?
November 18, 2019
Osita Nwanevu
Joe Biden’s Frantic Defense of the Status Quo
The former vice president's unending promises of reconciling with Republicans may be designed to forestall a future of radical demands.
November 14, 2019
Libby Watson
Deval Patrick Volunteers to Lose Democratic Primary
Outside of Wall Street's cosseted elites, there is no one in the world who could possibly want this candidacy to happen.
November 13, 2019
Libby Watson
Julián Castro Is Right About the Democratic Primary Process
Iowa and New Hampshire's first-in-the-nation status is antithetical to the Democratic party's stated values.
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