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Election 2020
April 29, 2020
Osita Nwanevu
It’s Time to Build a Better Political Culture
Our civic life has become a vast desert, devoid of nerve or imagination, and it’s slowly killing us.
April 29, 2020
Alex Shephard
There Is No Hiding Trump
Recent attempts to sideline a self-imploding president have failed miserably.
April 24, 2020
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John Patrick Leary
The Airy Ambivalence of the Moderate Politician
April 23, 2020
Libby Watson
Biden’s Path to Party Unity Begins With Concessions
The young base of Bernie Sanders may never love the Democratic nominee, but there’s a middle ground on which they might meet.
April 21, 2020
Osita Nwanevu
The Right Way to Push Biden to the Left
It’s useless to convince him to adopt progressive policies if he won’t agree to structural reforms.
April 16, 2020
Magazine
John A. Farrell
Breaking the Grip of White Grievance
The 2020 campaign is shaping up into a referendum on Trumpism.
April 15, 2020
Osita Nwanevu
Don’t Fear the Anti-Biden Socialist
A wave of concern over the DSA's refusal to endorse the Democratic nominee reveals a substantial ignorance about who does and does not vote—and why.
April 14, 2020
Libby Watson
The Case for Single-Payer in a Pandemic
Free, universal health care would not have stopped the coronavirus, but it would have protected the poor and vulnerable.
April 10, 2020
Alex Shephard
Joe Biden’s New Podcast Is So Bad
"Here’s the Deal" captures a listless campaign that is uncertain of how to respond to an unfolding crisis.
April 9, 2020
J.C. Pan
The Profound Simplicity of Bernie Sanders’s Vision
As the elegies for the campaign roll in, its most lasting legacy may be the most basic.
April 8, 2020
Osita Nwanevu
Don’t Mourn. Organize.
Bernie Sanders’s presidential campaign is over. Now it’s up to progressives to mount their own revolution.
April 8, 2020
Alex Shephard
How Hydroxychloroquine Became Conservative Media’s Coronavirus Miracle Drug
Weeks after dismissing the virus as a hoax, right-wing media is pushing a cure.
April 5, 2020
Matt Ford
The Republican Plot Against Voting Turns Deadly
Amid the coronavirus pandemic, Trump and his allies are prioritizing their hypothetical grip on power over the life-and-death needs of voters.
April 1, 2020
Osita Nwanevu
Go for the Jugular, Joe Biden
Instead of giving Trump wise advice on the coronavirus crisis, the Democratic front-runner ought to attack his incompetence.
March 30, 2020
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Zachary Roth
The Caged Ballot
Why the GOP is poised to create large-scale voting chaos this year
March 27, 2020
J.C. Pan
Two Weeks in an Oligarchy
A 14-day tour through government malice, open stupidity, and capitalist excess
March 25, 2020
William Hogeland
History Won’t Save Us
Why the battle for history must be won in the here and now
March 25, 2020
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Kimberlé Williams Crenshaw
Seeing No Evil
The peril of gender-blind consensus thinking
March 24, 2020
Osita Nwanevu
Joe Biden Pivots to Video
The Democratic Party’s presidential front-runner is struggling to get off the sidelines as America’s coronavirus crisis deepens.
March 20, 2020
Libby Watson
The Left Is Bigger Than Bernie Sanders
Despite his electoral failures, the Vermont senator has wrought incredible political shifts for a future generation to capitalize upon.
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