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American Democracy Is Unraveling Before Our Eyes American Democracy Is Unraveling Before Our Eyes

Whether it be impeachment, presidential primaries, or checks and balances, the principles that shaped our country may soon be obsolete.

Feb 28, 2020 / Karen J. Greenberg

If We Don’t Reform the Supreme Court, Nothing Else Will Matter

If We Don’t Reform the Supreme Court, Nothing Else Will Matter If We Don’t Reform the Supreme Court, Nothing Else Will Matter

The court has been captured by conservatives for at least a generation, but there are ways to restore the balance.

Feb 28, 2020 / Feature / Elie Mystal

WARNING!

WARNING! WARNING!

Past the danger zone.

Feb 27, 2020 / OppArt / Clay Bennett

What Bloomberg Is Doing Has No Precedent in American Political Life

What Bloomberg Is Doing Has No Precedent in American Political Life What Bloomberg Is Doing Has No Precedent in American Political Life

If he becomes the nominee, then the Democratic Party will be a wholly owned subsidiary of the billionaire.

Feb 27, 2020 / Jeet Heer for The Nation

Democratic Candidates Can Win by Getting Values Right

Democratic Candidates Can Win by Getting Values Right Democratic Candidates Can Win by Getting Values Right

What Bobby Kennedy’s 1968 campaign can teach 2020 candidates.

Feb 27, 2020 / Simon Greer and Richard D. Kahlenberg

Elizabeth Warren Teaches Democrats How to Talk About Public Education

Elizabeth Warren Teaches Democrats How to Talk About Public Education Elizabeth Warren Teaches Democrats How to Talk About Public Education

That should count for something in the race for the party’s presidential nomination—but so close to Super Tuesday, is this coming too late?

Feb 26, 2020 / John Nichols

Bernie Sanders Took Swings From All His Opponents Last Night—and Stayed Standing

Bernie Sanders Took Swings From All His Opponents Last Night—and Stayed Standing Bernie Sanders Took Swings From All His Opponents Last Night—and Stayed Standing

Sanders won the debate, and not only because he didn’t lose.

Feb 26, 2020 / Joan Walsh

Not ‘Feeling the Bern’

Not ‘Feeling the Bern’ Not ‘Feeling the Bern’

I proudly staked a Bernie yard sign on my lawn in 2016. This cycle, it’s still in my garage, and I haven’t yet decided whom I’ll vote for in the 2020 primary.

Feb 26, 2020 / Karen Rothmyer

A Debate With No Winners, Only Survivors

A Debate With No Winners, Only Survivors A Debate With No Winners, Only Survivors

A messy and badly organized forum only helped the two front-runners, Bernie Sanders and Joe Biden.

Feb 25, 2020 / Jeet Heer

The Failed Russiagate Playbook Can’t Stop Bernie Sanders

The Failed Russiagate Playbook Can’t Stop Bernie Sanders The Failed Russiagate Playbook Can’t Stop Bernie Sanders

A politics rooted in real issues and real people is far more powerful than the cynical methods that brought us Russiagate.

Feb 25, 2020 / Aaron Maté

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