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Centrist Candidates Are Losing the Plot
Feb 26, 2020 Sticking to the middle of the road will take a toll at the polls, if the Nevada Democratic caucuses were any indication.
The Iowa Caucuses Are a Mortal Threat to Democracy
Feb 7, 2020 The process is unrepresentative and undemocratic, but national political reporters and Iowa businesspeople will never let it die.
‘Medicare for All’ Would Help Heal the Income Gap
Jan 7, 2020 The benefits of such a plan far outweigh the costs to the uppermost strata of American taxpayers.
Unions Dig In to Protect Hard-Fought Health Plans
Nov 29, 2019 Leaders are skeptical of Medicare for All proposals that don’t make room for their top-notch plans, affecting the Democratic policy debate.
Presidential Candidates Refuse to Discuss the Country’s Worst Crisis
Oct 18, 2019 America’s homelessness problem is in plain view around the nation but conspicuously absent on the campaign trail.
The Jig Is Up for Trump
Oct 3, 2019 There’s a certain poetic justice in the president’s tricks doubling back on him with the Ukraine scandal.
Words We’re Not Hearing From Leaders Who Should Be Saying Them
Aug 14, 2019 He wasn't perfect, but Robert Kennedy rose to the occasion when Martin Luther King was murdered. Those in power need to follow his lead.
Trump’s Mendacity Is a Threat to Public Safety
Jul 22, 2019 Between his announced raids of immigrant communities and attacks on sitting congresswomen, the president is putting people’s lives at risk.
Trump’s Lies Destroy Immigrants’ Lives
Jun 28, 2019 The harrowing headlines about people killed trying to cross the U.S.-Mexico border tell only one part of the complex story on the ground.
The 2020 Election Hinges on Health Care
May 29, 2019 It’s far from the issue that media pundits or the president are talking about the most, but health care will be high on voters’ lists in 2020.