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April 25, 2023
Prem Thakker
Washington State Bans AR-15 Sales: “No Reason Other Than Mass Murder”
It becomes the tenth state in the country to ban the sale of assault weapons.
May 27, 2021
Nick Martin
Jay Inslee and the American Desire to Put Tribes in Their Place
The Washington governor and climate darling vetoed a measure requiring tribal consent for projects on sacred sites. It was a striking betrayal.
August 2, 2019
Matt Ford
How Prisons Inflate Rural Voters’ Power
There's a gerrymandering problem that Democrats aren't talking about.
August 1, 2019
Walter Shapiro
The Democratic Party Is Culling the Field Too Soon
Candidates should be focusing on retail politicking in Iowa and New Hampshire. Instead, they're wasting money trying to meet arbitrary debate requirements.
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 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 26, 2019
Amy Westervelt
Jay Inslee Would Like Your Attention, Please
Washington's governor must use the first debate to emerge from obscurity—and prove that his climate plan is better than the Green New Deal.
June 17, 2019
Matthew Van Meter
The Judge and the Three-Strikes Convict
Michael Fox had no choice but to give Scott Wharton life without parole—then spent years fighting to set him free. This is a real-life parable about our broken criminal justice system.
June 3, 2019
Emily Atkin
You Will Have to Make Sacrifices to Save the Planet
We can save millions of lives from climate change, but only if we change our own. Democrats should start acknowledging that.
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.
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.
March 19, 2019
Emily Atkin
Why Won’t These Democrats Reject Fossil Fuel Money?
The No Fossil Fuel Money Pledge is a major litmus test for 2020 candidates.
January 4, 2019
Emily Atkin
Green Leftists Prepare to Give Democratic Candidates Hell
Even progressives like Elizabeth Warren and Jay Inslee are facing skepticism from climate activists.
February 8, 2010
E.J. Dionne Jr.
'Finish the Kitchen'
July 17, 2009
Jesse Zwick
The Return Of Victory Gardens
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