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Democratic Debates 2019
July 11, 2019
Emily Atkin
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Brian Kahn
Why We’re Challenging the 2020 Democrats to a Climate Summit
This crisis deserves far more than 15 minutes of airtime.
July 2, 2019
Adam Eichen
Restoring Democracy Is Not Open to Debate
If Democrats vying for the presidency want to enact any of their proposals, countering recent assaults on voting rights has to be a top priority.
July 2, 2019
Alex Shephard
How Old Is Too Old to Be President?
With three septuagenarian Democrats vying to take on the 73-year-old Trump, age is more than just a number.
July 1, 2019
Alex Shephard
What Kamala Harris Didn’t Say
From her role in a California prison labor debate to her prosecutions of sex workers, the 2020 presidential hopeful has a past of her own to defend.
June 28, 2019
Alex Pareene
Take Marianne Williamson Seriously
Laugh all you want. Then remember who the president is.
June 28, 2019
Alex Shephard
Biden’s Big Night Belonged to Others
With a series of widely recognized stumbles in the Miami debate, did the former V.P. just become the former frontrunner?
June 28, 2019
Walter Shapiro
Joe Biden: Bruised Over Busing, But Still Standing
Kamala Harris landed a skilled body blow on the former vice president Thursday night, but it wasn't enough to take him out for good.
June 28, 2019
Emily Atkin
Andrew Yang is the most YOLO candidate ever.
June 28, 2019
Matt Ford
Sanders’s “rotating judges” idea actually makes some sense.
June 28, 2019
Emily Atkin
Damn right it’s a climate crisis.
June 28, 2019
Alex Shephard
Kamala Harris just took Joe Biden to school.
June 28, 2019
Alex Pareene
Gentlemen, you can’t fight here, this is the debate stage!
June 28, 2019
Alex Shephard
The debate moderators are addicted to right-wing talking points.
June 28, 2019
Alex Shephard
Will anyone be brave enough to try to take down Joe Biden?
June 28, 2019
Heather Souvaine Horn
Isn’t it time for NBC to get a less peppy debate tune?
June 27, 2019
Walter Shapiro
Miami Moonglow for Booker and Klobuchar
With a few breakout moments and a deft soundbite or two, the two senators stepped out of Elizabeth Warren's shadow.
June 27, 2019
Emily Atkin
The Democratic debate was a milestone for transgender rights.
June 27, 2019
Heather Souvaine Horn
This foreign policy debate is brought to you by the Obama era.
June 27, 2019
Emily Atkin
The First Democratic Debate Failed The Planet
At a debate held in a sinking city, only four candidates were directly asked about the climate crisis.
June 27, 2019
Alex Shephard
Julián Castro was the first debate’s big winner.
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