Election 2020

Stuyvesant High School/Bill de Blasio

Bill de Blasio: Missing in Action Bill de Blasio: Missing in Action

Was New York’s mayor too busy campaigning for president to do something about the city’s segregated elite public schools?

Jun 27, 2019 / StudentNation / Pedro Noguera

Democratic 2020 presidential candidates

Elizabeth Warren’s Ideas Dominated the Debate More Than Her Stage Presence Elizabeth Warren’s Ideas Dominated the Debate More Than Her Stage Presence

The striking fact of the night was the degree to which her aggressive progressivism was accepted by almost all her rivals as a baseline for the party.

Jun 27, 2019 / Jeet Heer

Elizabeth Warren

Elizabeth Warren Debated a Bunch of VP Prospects at the First Democratic Showdown Elizabeth Warren Debated a Bunch of VP Prospects at the First Democratic Showdown

Warren solidified herself as a presidential contender in a primary debate featuring candidates who often appeared to be vying for second place.

Jun 27, 2019 / John Nichols

Democratic Candidates

The Four Front-Runners The Four Front-Runners

As 20 presidential contenders gear up for the first Democratic debates, the race’s outlook is starting to change.

Jun 26, 2019 / Steve Phillips

Ro Khanna

Ask Democratic Debaters 2 Simple Questions About Who Gets to Start Wars Ask Democratic Debaters 2 Simple Questions About Who Gets to Start Wars

Will the Democrats who would be president agree to Congressman Ro Khanna’s proposal to check and balance presidential warmaking?

Jun 26, 2019 / John Nichols

Elizabeth Warren Has Made Her Story America’s Story

Elizabeth Warren Has Made Her Story America’s Story Elizabeth Warren Has Made Her Story America’s Story

The presidential contender is using her biography to set up her ambitious policy agenda—and it’s working.

Jun 26, 2019 / Feature / Joan Walsh

Afghanistan Soldier Sunset

2020 Democrats Must Address Our Addiction to Military Spending 2020 Democrats Must Address Our Addiction to Military Spending

They should take a stand at the debates against the Pentagon’s bloated budget.

Jun 25, 2019 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Bernie Sanders Is Exactly Right About Trump’s Saber Rattling on Iran

Bernie Sanders Is Exactly Right About Trump’s Saber Rattling on Iran Bernie Sanders Is Exactly Right About Trump’s Saber Rattling on Iran

In a remarkable exchange, the senator rejects the notion that a “limited strike” on Iran is anything less than “an act of warfare” that could lead to catastrophe.

Jun 24, 2019 / John Nichols

Cory Booker Kavanaugh hearing

Joe Biden and Cory Booker Should Debate One Another Joe Biden and Cory Booker Should Debate One Another

Two mainstream Democrats disagree on consequential issues arising from Biden’s rumination about working with segregationists.

Jun 20, 2019 / John Nichols

Anti-Trump protester's sign

Washington’s Dr. Strangeloves Washington’s Dr. Strangeloves

Is plunging Russia into darkness really a good idea?

Jun 19, 2019 / Stephen F. Cohen

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