Election 2020

LIVE CHAT: Watch the 11th #DemDebate With ‘The Nation’

LIVE CHAT: Watch the 11th #DemDebate With ‘The Nation’ LIVE CHAT: Watch the 11th #DemDebate With ‘The Nation’

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

Mar 15, 2020 / The Nation

The 2020 Election in the Time of Pandemic

The 2020 Election in the Time of Pandemic The 2020 Election in the Time of Pandemic

Moderates and Trump are working together to make sure we all die? That’s unity!

Mar 13, 2020 / Tom Tomorrow

Sanders Won Michigan in 2016. Biden Won Every County in 2020. Why?

Sanders Won Michigan in 2016. Biden Won Every County in 2020. Why? Sanders Won Michigan in 2016. Biden Won Every County in 2020. Why?

OMG—do you really have to ask?

Mar 12, 2020 / Joan Walsh

From Resistance to Governing

From Resistance to Governing From Resistance to Governing

Important differences between today’s political realities and the early Obama years are cause for hope.

Mar 12, 2020 / Deepak Bhargava

Is It Too Late for Bernie Sanders to Win Over Black Voters?

Is It Too Late for Bernie Sanders to Win Over Black Voters? Is It Too Late for Bernie Sanders to Win Over Black Voters?

Black voters and suburban women are the base of the post-Trump Democratic Party that Sanders wants to lead. If he doesn’t have a strategy for winning them, he’ll lose again.

Mar 11, 2020 / Joan Walsh

Students promote black voter engagement

The ‘Black Vote’ Narrative Is a Self-Fulfilling Prophecy The ‘Black Vote’ Narrative Is a Self-Fulfilling Prophecy

Every black American has their own reasons for voting the way they do. Why can’t the mainstream media reflect that diversity?

Mar 11, 2020 / Shirley Ngozi Nwangwa

Texas polling station

Finally, a Useful Role for Bloomberg in 2020—Supporting Voting Rights Finally, a Useful Role for Bloomberg in 2020—Supporting Voting Rights

The failed presidential contender has begun backing critical voting rights efforts—and not a moment too soon.

Mar 11, 2020 / Elie Mystal

Bernie Sanders

Bernie Sanders: Now More Than Ever Bernie Sanders: Now More Than Ever

There’s too much at stake to let establishment Democrats lead us down the road of failure by selling Joe Biden as safe. He’s not.

Mar 11, 2020 / Jane McAlevey

Biden shaking hands with a young voter

Can Joe Biden Unite the Democrats? Can Joe Biden Unite the Democrats?

If Biden is the nominee, he is going to have to figure out a pitch to young people.

Mar 11, 2020 / Jeet Heer

Joe Biden looks on in a September 1987 photograph

Joe Biden Personifies Democratic Party Failures Since the Cold War Joe Biden Personifies Democratic Party Failures Since the Cold War

The Democratic Party needs to escape the shadow of anti-communism and embrace economic and racial justice.

Mar 11, 2020 / Michael Brenes

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