Our Crisis of Democracy Is Taking Center Stage in the 2020 Campaign Our Crisis of Democracy Is Taking Center Stage in the 2020 Campaign
Democratic candidates are staking out bold stances on progressive policies.
Apr 9, 2019 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Centrists Are Using Calls for Civility to Silence the Left Centrists Are Using Calls for Civility to Silence the Left
Nobody should fight in the gutter, but that doesn’t mean we can’t have a vigorous debate about policy.
Mar 25, 2019 / Robert L. Borosage
The Cold War Ides of March The Cold War Ides of March
US Cold Warriors escalate toward actual war with Russia.
Mar 20, 2019 / Stephen F. Cohen
Why I’m Glad Beto O’Rourke Is Running Why I’m Glad Beto O’Rourke Is Running
And why Stacey Abrams and Andrew Gillum should run, as well.
Mar 14, 2019 / John Nichols
Why Progressive Insurgents Aren’t Waiting for Permission to Run for Office Why Progressive Insurgents Aren’t Waiting for Permission to Run for Office
For too long, the homogeneity of our candidates has suppressed important voices.
Mar 12, 2019 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Democrats Need to Think Big for 2020 Democrats Need to Think Big for 2020
A safe candidate who seems “electable” might be anything but.
Feb 26, 2019 / Robert L. Borosage
Kamala Harris Says Her Campaign Is ‘For the People’ Kamala Harris Says Her Campaign Is ‘For the People’
The problem is that the phrase, a longtime favorite of prosecutors, has a divisive and troubled history.
Feb 5, 2019 / Jocelyn Simonson
Sherrod Brown Is More Than Just a Midwestern Populist Sherrod Brown Is More Than Just a Midwestern Populist
He has a long history of championing voting rights—and of bluntly challenging the “despicable” voter-suppression schemes of Republicans.
Jan 31, 2019 / John Nichols
Black Culture Won’t Save Kamala Harris Black Culture Won’t Save Kamala Harris
After eight years of Obama’s winks and nods, the code-switching playbook has been played out.
Jan 28, 2019 / Aaron Ross Coleman
Tulsi Gabbard’s Deceptive Foreign Policy Tulsi Gabbard’s Deceptive Foreign Policy
The Hawaii congresswoman’s anti-interventionism masks an affinity for authoritarians, nationalists, and Islamophobes.
Jan 17, 2019 / Evan Hill