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May 23, 2019
Alex Shephard
Trump v. The “I” Word
As legal decisions go against the administration, the president appears caught in his own impeachment trap.
May 21, 2019
Alex Shephard
Is Trump DOA in the Rust Belt?
A Republican "autopsy" of 2018 losses in Wisconsin shows a party struggling to reconcile racist policies with midwestern politics.
May 21, 2019
Emily Atkin
Corporate America Is Terrified of the Green New Deal
There's a reason more big businesses are pushing for a carbon tax—and it's not because they want to fight climate change.
May 20, 2019
Matt Ford
The Democrats’ Plan to Save Abortion Rights Is Full of Asterisks
Passing a federal law to enshrine Roe v. Wade would require control of the White House and Congress—and approval from the Supreme Court.
May 20, 2019
John Long
Victory Does Not Depend on Swing Voters
For Democrats in 2020, energizing and expanding the base will bring in far more votes than moving right to grab a vanishingly small psychographic.
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 16, 2019
George Blaustein
The Audacity of Grief
On the mournful threads connecting Joe Biden’s half-century in politics
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
Bob Moser
Joe Biden Is Going Back to the Clinton Playbook
The Democratic frontrunner’s campaign is pitched to white folks who have fled the party. Sound familiar?
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 14, 2019
Alex Shephard
Elizabeth Warren Has a Plan to Fight the Opioid Crisis. Why Don’t Other Democrats?
The 2020 hopeful connected the dots between drug addiction and corporate greed, and "Trump country" took notice.
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 8, 2019
Alex Shephard
Pete Buttigieg’s Honeymoon Is Over
The mayor's winning personality won't be enough. He has to stand for something.
May 7, 2019
Alex Shephard
Democrats Need an Anti-Austerity Message
If the party wants to win beyond 2020, it has to defeat deficit hypocrisy now.
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.
May 1, 2019
Alex Pareene
Democrats Have Created an “Electability” Monster
And this time, it's even eating establishment candidates.
April 30, 2019
Emily Atkin
Beto O’Rourke Won’t Demonize the Fossil Fuel Industry
The Democratic candidate unveiled an aggressive plan to fight climate change, but how does it stack up against the Green New Deal?
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
John Long
Joe Biden Says Trump Is an Aberration. He’s Wrong.
The former V.P. seems set to build his 2020 run on the idea that the current president has hijacked the GOP.
April 29, 2019
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Abi Wilkinson
Empowerment for What?
The limits of a feminist politics of elite representation
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