Bloomberg’s Campaign Threatens to Turn Our Elections Into an Auction Bloomberg’s Campaign Threatens to Turn Our Elections Into an Auction
In our broken campaign finance system, the barrier to running for office keeps getting higher.
Mar 3, 2020 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Letters From the March 16/23, 2020, Issue Letters From the March 16/23, 2020, Issue
A message to Democrats… An impeachable offense…
Mar 3, 2020 / Our Readers
The Constitution Requires a New Civic Reckoning The Constitution Requires a New Civic Reckoning
There is much work to be done, but former and current civil servants condemning the Trump administration’s corruption restore faith that the work is possible.
Mar 3, 2020 / Russ Feingold
Trump Is Using Pandemic Panic to Ramp Up Attacks on Migrants Trump Is Using Pandemic Panic to Ramp Up Attacks on Migrants
This has nothing to do with public health and everything to do with locking out poor and brown people.
Mar 3, 2020 / Sasha Abramsky
The Billionaire Class Is Counting on Super Tuesday to Stop Sanders The Billionaire Class Is Counting on Super Tuesday to Stop Sanders
But voters seem to like the idea of a candidate who threatens “the corporate wing of the Democratic Party.”
Mar 3, 2020 / John Nichols
Trump Wants to Gut Crucial Environmental Regulation Trump Wants to Gut Crucial Environmental Regulation
Rolling back the National Environmental Policy Act would prevent the public from learning about the consequences of massive construction projects.
Mar 2, 2020 / Michelle Chen
His South Carolina Victory Allows Biden to Consolidate the Moderates His South Carolina Victory Allows Biden to Consolidate the Moderates
With Steyer and Buttigieg out of the race, it’s shaping up to be a contest of Joe Biden versus Bernie Sanders.
Mar 2, 2020 / Jeet Heer
A Brokered Convention Would Be an Ugly Act of Self-Sabotage A Brokered Convention Would Be an Ugly Act of Self-Sabotage
Are establishment Democrats really willing to destroy the party on live television?
Mar 2, 2020 / Ed Burmila
Joe Biden Finally Gets a Big Win Joe Biden Finally Gets a Big Win
One billionaire is out, one to go. But is Biden’s win too late?
Mar 1, 2020 / Joan Walsh
Will the Democratic Establishment Destroy the Party to Stop Sanders? Will the Democratic Establishment Destroy the Party to Stop Sanders?
Talk of thwarting the front-runner at a brokered convention comes from an elite that distrusts democracy.
Feb 28, 2020 / Jeet Heer