The Democratic debate reveals that the vice president has only a shaky grasp on his competitors' plans—as well as his own.

There's a solid dirty money case to be made against the Democratic contender, but Ed Rendell is the wrong person to litigate it.

The former prosecutor offered her measured version of criminal justice reform in advance of tonight's Democratic debate.

A typical North Carolina moderate might beat a Trump ally in Tuesday’s special election, but state Democrats need to think longer term.

Do Klobuchar, Booker, and Bennet have a shot in hell at the nomination?

As Democrats ponder a number of necessary governmental reforms, an army of progressive organizations is building support among the electorate.

The media are chumming the waters for a takedown of the senator in the next Democratic debate. The candidates shouldn't take the bait.

Critics of the Massachusetts senator's DNA gaffe remain unsatisfied with her response—and the establishment media has no idea how to handle it.

Arrests and crime are down amid cops’ protest of the firing of officer Daniel Pantaleo, who killed Eric Garner.

Jim Mattis was said to be one of the grown-ups protecting the country from Trump's worst impulses. Does anyone remember feeling safer?

The 2020 presidential candidate hopes less consolidation, stronger unions, and better regulation will mean more "real journalism" and less clickbait.

Tariffs for China, tax cuts for the wealthy, and rage-tweets for practically everyone else.

The Democrat still shines in most polls, but as a Trump loss grows more likely, the former V.P.'s "electability" pitch is losing its luster.

Is the long-endured era of lip service from presidential candidates coming to an end for Native voters?

It will take more than a few charismatic candidates for Democrats to regain and maintain control of national politics.

Obama failed to make big changes after the last economic crisis, and that meant painful losses for the president, his party, and the American people.

Can Elizabeth Warren run for president and bring ideas back into our politics, all at the same time?

You can amass great influence and power building the infrastructure for lasting Democratic rule ... or you can run for president.

The 2020 presidential candidate's quest to rid the country of "dark psychic forces" recalls America's Civil War–era need for healing.

Trump is turning the Republican Party even whiter and more male than before, with profound consequences for party and country alike.