Election 2020

Stacey Abrams: How We Fight for the Right to Vote

Stacey Abrams: How We Fight for the Right to Vote Stacey Abrams: How We Fight for the Right to Vote

Plus Harold Meyerson on the trouble with Beto.

Apr 4, 2019 / Podcast / Start Making Sense and Jon Wiener

Shutdown Worker

The ‘Best Economy’ Ever Isn’t Working for Working People The ‘Best Economy’ Ever Isn’t Working for Working People

Trumpism has failed Americans even at the height of the recovery.

Apr 2, 2019 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Trump Is Laying a Trap for Democrats on Immigration

Trump Is Laying a Trap for Democrats on Immigration Trump Is Laying a Trap for Democrats on Immigration

He’ll use fear of crime and “open borders” to woo voters in 2020. Democrats need to go on the offensive.

Apr 2, 2019 / Feature / Jeff Faux

Keystone Protest

Democrats Should Have Called McConnell’s Bluff and Voted ‘Yes’ on the Green New Deal Democrats Should Have Called McConnell’s Bluff and Voted ‘Yes’ on the Green New Deal

New polls show people want bold action on climate–and grassroots organizing is well underway.

Mar 28, 2019 / Sean McElwee, Vijay Das, and Julian Brave NoiseCat

Sanders unflattering

The Liberal Case Against Bernie The Liberal Case Against Bernie

With a dangerous lunatic in the White House, voting for Sanders is too big a risk.

Mar 28, 2019 / Column / Eric Alterman

Sanders and Clinton in 2016 presidential debate

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

Elizabeth Warren

Elizabeth Warren Gets the Argument Against the Electoral College Exactly Right Elizabeth Warren Gets the Argument Against the Electoral College Exactly Right

She says it would steer candidates to states that aren’t now considered political “battlegrounds,” such as Mississippi.

Mar 19, 2019 / John Nichols

Trump touches copy of spending bill

Trump’s Budget Is a Bitter Betrayal Trump’s Budget Is a Bitter Betrayal

The only question is how long the president can get away with this con.

Mar 19, 2019 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Gillibrand

Kirsten Gillibrand Has Led the Fight to Maintain Civilian Control of the Military Kirsten Gillibrand Has Led the Fight to Maintain Civilian Control of the Military

As a presidential contender, the New York senator can and should highlight her vital struggles for Pentagon accountability.

Mar 18, 2019 / John Nichols

Student climate protests

Let the 16-Year-Olds Who Are Marching for the Planet Vote to Save It Let the 16-Year-Olds Who Are Marching for the Planet Vote to Save It

Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley is leading the change to lower the voting age, and she just got 125 House members to vote with her.

Mar 15, 2019 / John Nichols

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