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New Democrats
May 16, 2022
MagazineAlex Pareene
The Disastrous Legacy of the New Democrats
Clintonites taught their party how to talk about helping people without actually doing it.
May 15, 2019
Bob Moser
Joe Biden Is Going Back to the Clinton Playbook
The Democratic frontrunner’s campaign is pitched to white folks who have fled the party. Sound familiar?
September 18, 2017
Graham Vyse
What Do Centrist Democrats Even Stand For?
As Bernie Sanders and the progressive wing pull the party leftward, moderates are hoping to convince voters that they have big ideas, too.
January 4, 2017
Clio Chang
The New Democrats want their party back.
November 21, 2016
Graham Vyse
With a White Working-Class Focus, Are Democrats Going Back to the ’90s?
We asked architects of Bill Clinton's "New Democrat" agenda.
March 26, 2012
Noam Scheiber
Your Must-Read of the Day, Wall St. Edition
August 23, 2010
Jonathan Chait
The Democrats' Branding Problem
December 16, 2009
Ed Kilgore
Taking Ideological Differences Seriously
November 23, 2009
Noam Scheiber
Could Wall Street Actually Lose in Congress?
October 9, 2009
Zubin Jelveh
Worth Reading
May 6, 2009
Franklin Foer, Noam Scheiber
Nudge-ocracy
April 4, 2008
Eric Rauchway
That Which Must Not Be Said
January 24, 2005
Ryan Lizza
Hardball 101
August 2, 2004
Franklin Foer
The Boss
June 24, 2002
Eric Arnesen
A Paler Shade of White
July 11, 1994
Jeffrey Rosen
Breyer Restraint
Is Clinton’s Court pick too good to be true?

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