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Live Chat: Watch the 10th Democratic Debate With ‘The Nation’ Live Chat: Watch the 10th Democratic Debate With ‘The Nation’

Our debate commentators are back again, analyzing and riffing on tonight’s primary debate.

Feb 25, 2020 / The Nation

Chris Matthews

Why MSNBC Is Freaking Out Over Bernie Sanders Why MSNBC Is Freaking Out Over Bernie Sanders

Beholden to Never Trump partisans, the network can’t stand the Democratic Party’s shift to the left.

Feb 24, 2020 / Jeet Heer

Elizabeth Warren Is Running an Unapologetically Intersectional Campaign

Elizabeth Warren Is Running an Unapologetically Intersectional Campaign Elizabeth Warren Is Running an Unapologetically Intersectional Campaign

As much as I want Medicare for All and for the rich to pay higher taxes, that won’t cure sexism. Warren gets that.

Feb 24, 2020 / Suzanna Danuta Walters

Bernie Sanders Hits the Jackpot

Bernie Sanders Hits the Jackpot Bernie Sanders Hits the Jackpot

After Nevada, he can and must parlay newfound political capital into a sophisticated argument for why an antiestablishment message is electable.

Feb 23, 2020 / John Nichols

Trump rally in central Pennsylvania

If Progressives Want to Win, They’ll Have to Talk About White Supremacy If Progressives Want to Win, They’ll Have to Talk About White Supremacy

Racial resentment gives Trump his power. It’s time for Sanders and Warren to call it out.

Feb 21, 2020 / Steve Phillips

Democrats Must Reject Not Just a Billionaire but the Billionaire Class

Democrats Must Reject Not Just a Billionaire but the Billionaire Class Democrats Must Reject Not Just a Billionaire but the Billionaire Class

Sanders is right that the party cannot surrender to “a corrupt political system bought by billionaires like Mr. Bloomberg.”

Feb 20, 2020 / John Nichols

Trickle-Downers Created the Homelessness Crisis. Now They Want You to Believe They Can ‘Solve’ It.

Trickle-Downers Created the Homelessness Crisis. Now They Want You to Believe They Can ‘Solve’ It. Trickle-Downers Created the Homelessness Crisis. Now They Want You to Believe They Can ‘Solve’ It.

In blue cities across the country, corporate lobbies are trying to discredit progressive governance by weaponizing homelessness.

Feb 20, 2020 / Nick Hanauer

Bloomberg Is Too Rich for His Own Good

Bloomberg Is Too Rich for His Own Good Bloomberg Is Too Rich for His Own Good

It turns out that almost a half-billion dollars of campaign spending can’t make you warm, smart, or likable on the debate stage. What happens now?

Feb 20, 2020 / Joan Walsh

Michael Bloomberg speaks at a campaign rally

Bloomberg Is Creating a Party of One Bloomberg Is Creating a Party of One

If he succeeds, the billionaire will destroy the Democratic Party.

Feb 19, 2020 / Jeet Heer

Debate Prep Memo to Everyone but Bloomberg

Debate Prep Memo to Everyone but Bloomberg Debate Prep Memo to Everyone but Bloomberg

Don’t make him the center of tonight’s debate. Amplify your own messages, or run the risk of repeating the Republican Party’s grave 2016 mistake.

Feb 19, 2020 / John Nichols

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