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Bernie Sanders
June 13, 2019
Matthew Zeitlin
Bernie’s Red Vermont
How Sanders’s brand of American socialism emerged from the crucible of the Green Mountain State’s squabbling counterculture
June 12, 2019
Conor Lynch
The Left’s Failure to Envision a World Without Capitalism
Bernie Sanders' speech on democratic socialism underscored the limits of a growing movement's imagination.
June 11, 2019
Walter Shapiro
On the Oratory Trail in Iowa
How candidates in the crowded 2020 Democratic field are honing the fine art of turning a phrase
June 10, 2019
Alex Shephard
Democrats Are Winning the Battle of Ideas, but Could Still Lose the War
As the 2020 candidates race to issue policy papers, are they failing to communicate a bigger message?
June 6, 2019
Jeffrey L. Gould
Making Sense of Bernie’s Sandinista Sympathies
Bernie Sanders's presence at a revolutionary rally in 1985 needs to be evaluated in light of what was actually happening in Nicaragua and the U.S. in the 1980s.
May 28, 2019
Casey Quinlan
The Democrats’ Neglect of Transgender Rights
It's not just about bathrooms. It's about livelihoods—and lives.
May 28, 2019
Alex Shephard
Bernie Sanders Is Rich
Beltway pundits and political consultants find the senator’s increased net worth intensely ironic. It’s not.
May 24, 2019
Magazine
John Patrick Leary
How Can Every Democrat Be a “Progressive”?
As the word has gained popularity in the party, its meaning has become ever more opaque. Time to retire it.
May 20, 2019
Magazine
Robert Westbrook
Socialism and the Democracy Deficit
The quest for radical equality in the American grain
May 17, 2019
Walter Shapiro
Joe Biden Is the Democrats’ Safety School
A dispatch from New Hampshire, where there's an undeniable wave of affection for the former vice president
May 17, 2019
Magazine
Astra Taylor
Reclaiming the Future
On the growing appeal of socialism in an age of inequality
May 16, 2019
Alex Shephard
Bernie Sanders Sets His Sights on Biden
With "electability" dominating the 2020 debate, the Vermont independent reminds Democrats of the frontrunner's long, controversial record.
May 15, 2019
Alex Shephard
Democrats Already Have a Position on Tariffs... If You Know Where to Look
While Trump loudly escalates his trade war with China, most 2020 contenders are muted—and that's a mistake.
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.
May 10, 2019
Roge Karma
The Gross Inequality of Death in America
The richest Americans live 10-15 years longer than the poorest Americans. It will take a lot more than Medicare for All to close the gap.
May 2, 2019
Alex Shephard
Democrats Can Win on Immigration
As Trump continues to stoke fear, 2020 presidential contenders have the opportunity to offer policy.
April 30, 2019
Matt Ford
The RBG Election
Another four years of Trump will widen the conservative tilt of the Supreme Court. So why aren't the Democratic candidates talking about it?
April 30, 2019
Alex Shephard
For 2020 Democrats, It Should Still Be the Economy
The grotesqueries of Trump are a tempting target, but the economic anxiety evident in the 2016 campaign has been exacerbated by his policies.
April 29, 2019
Magazine
Abi Wilkinson
Empowerment for What?
The limits of a feminist politics of elite representation
April 26, 2019
Magazine
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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