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Andrew Yang
October 13, 2021
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Natalie Shure
Andrew Yang’s Vapid Third-Party Vision
The political gadfly’s latest project, the Forward Party, is designed to leverage buzzwords in the service of cementing his place in the Thought Leader Extended Universe.
June 9, 2021
The Soapbox
Walter Shapiro
Are Democrats Done Fighting Big Money in Politics?
New York City has one of the most generous campaign finance programs in the country. So why are all the leading Democrats in the mayoral race relying on super PACs?
May 28, 2021
The Soapbox
Walter Shapiro
How Did New York City Politics Become So Boring?
The mayoral race used to be a reliably entertaining fight between outsize personalities and master operators. Now it’s a snooze fest.
May 5, 2021
Podcast
The Politics of Everything
Andrew Yang Takes New York
A celebrity candidate is leading in New York City’s mayoral race. Should we be worried?
April 16, 2021
The Soapbox
Alex Pareene
Andrew Yang, Celebrity Politician
The front-runner to become the next mayor of New York has a lot of big ideas. Few of them have much to do with running New York.
January 8, 2021
The Soapbox
Lucia Graves
Democrats Are Finally Unafraid to Be the Party of Free Money
The decisive factor in the Georgia runoffs may have been the one that Andrew Yang brought back to the liberal mainstream.
December 9, 2020
The Soapbox
Kyle Edward Williams
The End of the Businessman President
With any luck, Donald Trump’s catastrophic tenure will be the nail in the coffin of the worst idea in politics: that the government can be run like a corporation.
November 23, 2020
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Christopher Caldwell
The Biden Popular Front Is Doomed to Unravel
It may turn out that Donald Trump was the one force keeping the Democratic Party together.
December 20, 2019
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Walter Shapiro
The Democrats’ Vaudeville Act
Thursday's debate featured few gotcha moments and many familiar shticks.
December 20, 2019
The Soapbox
Nick Martin
Climate Change Displacement Is Not Hypothetical
The next president needs to have a plan to relocate vulnerable populations out of environmental crisis zones. At Thursday's debate, no one seemed ready.
December 19, 2019
The Soapbox
Walter Shapiro
Tom Perez’s Preposterous Debate Rules
How the don't-blame-me Democratic chair mucked up the debates
September 13, 2019
Alex Shephard
Second Tier in Top Form at Democratic Debate
While most attention was focused on Biden, Warren, and Sanders, candidates at the ends of the stage brought big energy—and big ideas.
August 1, 2019
Heather Souvaine Horn
Let’s Get Into a Fight About Foreign Policy
After another two nights of Democratic debates, the 2020 field has spent little time on some of the presidency's most consequential challenges.
June 28, 2019
Emily Atkin
Andrew Yang is the most YOLO candidate ever.
May 13, 2019
Matt Ford
Andrew Yang’s Disjointed Plan to Reform American Democracy
The internet-savvy entrepreneur has some good ideas—and some questionable ones.
April 26, 2019
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Amber A’Lee Frost
A Watered-Down Medicare for All Won’t Work. Just Ask Ireland.
Democratic candidates are moving away from Bernie Sanders's plan, but moderate health reform would create a crisis of care.
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