With less than four months before the Iowa caucuses, none of the leading contenders have been able to overcome the obstacles in their paths.

The mayor of South Bend knows how to enchant an audience. Is it enough to overcome his age and inexperience?

Short on details and long on naïvete, the South Bend mayor aims to leave the status quo unruffled.

While most attention was focused on Biden, Warren, and Sanders, candidates at the ends of the stage brought big energy—and big ideas.

It will take more than a few charismatic candidates for Democrats to regain and maintain control of national politics.

There's a gerrymandering problem that Democrats aren't talking about.

Warren and Sanders easily countered attacks from desperate moderates at Tuesday's debate and delivered compelling visions for America.

He and several other candidates have issued plans that appear ambitious only because America's system is so broken.

The 2020 presidential candidate raised a mountain of money last quarter, and a lot of it came from Silicon Valley.

In search of the Democratic Party's fighting spirit

The Justice Department has never prosecuted a president after he leaves office. Kamala Harris wants to change that. What could go wrong?

Mayor Pete and his husband's assimilation into the American mainstream is not some kind of queer failure.

How candidates in the crowded 2020 Democratic field are honing the fine art of turning a phrase

Pete Buttigieg's plan is constitutionally dubious and would enshrine the very problem it seeks to eradicate. Here's a different solution.

It's not just about bathrooms. It's about livelihoods—and lives.

Cities are increasingly punishing people who have nowhere to go—and few Americans, including Democrats, seem to care.

The mayor's winning personality won't be enough. He has to stand for something.

Democratic candidates are moving away from Bernie Sanders's plan, but moderate health reform would create a crisis of care.

The senator is struggling to gain traction in the polls, despite releasing a flood of innovative proposals. But she is exactly where she needs to be.